27 people who proved their doubters wrong will make your day better
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https://twitter.com/jackieaina/status/1017859664304918528
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https://twitter.com/Cather_i_ne/status/1019513994489552896
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My first PhD advisor told me I wasn't competent to finish a PhD. 9 months later, I submitted a DDIG on a completely new project in a new lab … funded. Then an NSF post-doc grant, a TT job & an NSF CAREER, followed by tenure. Turns out I was competent. https://t.co/QNGDzdasU6
— Dr. Bronwyn Bleakley (@BHBleakley) July 17, 2018
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“You will tweet about Japanese language in English (i.e. your not very good English) and want to have 1,000 followers? Good luck.” https://t.co/80aqi29AlA
— Ako (@akokitamura) July 19, 2018
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https://twitter.com/anapayopayo/status/1019674059783725059
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https://twitter.com/amandarae88/status/1019573433569546240
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https://twitter.com/abbyhonold/status/1018490885384830976
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A guy said he should co-write my already-completed play because "women can't write about men." He said this in my home in front of a director.
I'm a critically-acclaimed #playwright. https://t.co/iY9EkHYHDc
— Dawn S. Smith (@novemberdawn) July 19, 2018
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Consultant 1: ‘This is my SHO Roshana she wants to be an orthopaedic surgeon’
Me ‘Hi!’
Consultant 2: Looks me up and down, ‘Ha… what’s your plan B!’#oneofmany https://t.co/hz4W5v6q6y
— Roshana Mehdian-Staffell (@RoshanaMN) July 18, 2018
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My ex, while we were still engaged, laughed when I wanted to go back to school for my degree. He gave me 3 months before I flunked out. I broke up with him that day, and 3 years later, I graduated with perfect attendance, a 3.98 GPA, and a Bachelor's degree. https://t.co/2T4ofVz279
— Alexis (@AlexisPos82) July 16, 2018
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An ex-girlfriend’s mother told me I would never amount to anything and had no ambition because I said I want to be a full time writer and not have a day job.
Well. https://t.co/9rvMtkum7S
— roxane gay (@rgay) July 19, 2018
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After my 1st rejection letter, ex-husband said, Why do you bother? You have a better chance of becoming a rock star than an author. Stopped submitting my work for 15 years. New husband encouraged, Can’t hurt to try. Sold my first story a few months later.
— Paige E. Ewing (@PaigeEwing) April 24, 2018
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Got told by spiteful sixth form tutor despite 11 A*s and 3 As at GCSE that I was too stupid to become a doctor. I got three offers of medical school places, graduated with a prize for my finals & have been a doctor for 3 years. She poured petrol on that fire. https://t.co/3WhzEk7w6b
— Sarah Marsden (@IntrepidSarah) July 18, 2018
They say it’s the exception that proves the rule and this insightful reply supports that theory.
I'm white, male and middle-class, so I was never told this. https://t.co/nsn6GOhRm1
— gawanmac (@gawanmac) July 19, 2018
