Entries tagged with plural:uncloseting

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The Contact Hypothesis

While reading a book about kindness and humanity, I came across something called the contact hypothesis, the idea that prejudice gets lowered via contact with the people you're biased against. (There are provisos and such--you have to ACTUALLY get to know them, if you're just in their vicinity but they remain unknown, that can make prejudice go UP, stuff like that.)

And honestly, that's something I've noticed with multi stuff. I've had a lot of success at people changing their opinions about multis, just by existing at them.

( Eating sandwiches... LIKE A MULTI )

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Freyasspirit - The Plurality Playbook!

Hey guys, Freyas published a thing they and Irenes made for plurals in the workplace! To quote them:

"Are you curious about what it’s like to work with or manage someone who is plural? Or, if you’re plural, perhaps you’ve wondered how to get your coworkers to better understand and accept your neurodivergence. In 2016, FreyasSpirit and Irenes realized that they could write a guide to plurality for all three of these audiences and help other plural systems come out in the workplace and thrive.

This document is the product of that effort, and was published internally with the benefit of feedback from other plural systems. Hundreds of employees read this guide or used it when coming out to their teams. Personally, it was helpful for me to be a better ally at first, and even more useful after we awakened as a plural system ourselves."

Congratulations, y'all for posting this! Spread it around and make it work for y'all! So thrilled to see something like this come around for professional use; so many plurals are stuck in the closet or up the creek without a paddle, and this helps break down that isolation! May we all have equal access to the workplace one day!

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the Handy-Dandy Loony-Brain Guide to Uncloseting

It seems we've gotten a lot of questions concerning uncloseting, since we've come out multi to a fair few people with a wide range of reactions. Feel free to bring up suggestions, arguments, or anything you see fit; I wrote this on the fly, and I'm more than willing to revamp it at others' behest. It's meant for multiplicity, but I think a bunch of the rules can apply for about coming out anything. So:

( So You're Crazy: the Handy-Dandy Loony-Brain Guide to Uncloseting )
Happy uncloseting.

--Rogan