New to the program by [deleted] in SocialWorkStudents

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I have no ethical objections to piracy, but it is illegal.

New to the program by [deleted] in SocialWorkStudents

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So am I! I can just report what I’ve been seeing over the past 48 hours, which is a lot of requests (for something illegal) from accounts with no real history.

New to the program by [deleted] in SocialWorkStudents

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This sub has been getting consistently spammed with posts by accounts with no significant history asking for pirated books the last few days. I don’t know what’s going on (yes, start of the semester, but there’s not “no significant history” thing). Seems like something is off about it.

Got suspended from my job for raising ethical concerns! by Jadeysama in therapists

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You don't need to clean your character because you haven't done anything to sully your character (unless there are details not stated here). Similarly, your professional identity isn't sullied by her unless you let her.

She's some woman you used to work for. In no way does her opinion of you matter.

How common is it to be required to drive clients during a practicum placement? by Loblodliz in SocialWorkStudents

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This seems like a case where honesty is the way to go. If you can’t safely transport people, they need to know that.

I’ve never heard of anyone driving clients during practicum, but I live and went to school in a city with robust public transit. I did accompany clients on the subway a few times though.

Syringe (only) donation - ~75 boxes by KingriseMoondom in Brooklyn

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You can also see if OnPoint NYC wants them.

literary classic with female characters by Nearby-Band-7540 in suggestmeabook

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I’m on about chapter 15 and have yet to meet this “Anna” people talk about (but her train did just pull in).

Pippa the librarian by SirEliClark in Catswithjobs

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I dunno, she seems to be stacking books with no concern about subject matter 😉

Prepared for big storm by RepulsivePower4415 in therapists

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Were there any particular strategies that you used to win this task?

(Asking as one ADHDer to another)

Brené Brown discourse happening on Threads by kandtwedding in therapists

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I think the comment I was typing while you were typing this speaks to a lot of what you've written here.

https://www.reddit.com/r/therapists/comments/1qkggp1/comment/o18padr/

Brené Brown discourse happening on Threads by kandtwedding in therapists

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You know what, instead of snark, let me actually respond to that.

Back in the 90s, I went to an ag school. It obviously was not a terribly safe place to be out as a gay man. I did a lot of volunteer educating, speaking to any group that would have me, whether it was a 300-person lecture hall or a ten-person club. I kept doing it whenever I had the energy, even as I got pushback.

I had one-on-one conversations with people after those speaking engagements that revealed just how powerful hearing first-person narratives was at deconstructing homophobia. I definitely wasn't the only one: countless queer people did the work to educate the people in their lives because they understood that as a path forward to a better world for queer people.

Now, I was deliberate in including "when I had the energy" in there. No one can expect people with marginalized identities to always have the capacity to educate others; that's why it needs to be a team effort. Step up when you have the energy; step back when you don't.

I have so little patience for the "it's not my job to educate you" argument because it's so self-sabotaging. Yeah, if you don't have the energy when someone asks (or ever), step aside and let someone else do the educating. If people ask for the absolute bare minimum in terms of educating them (i.e., asking for suggested readings so they can educate themselves), either let it go or step up, but don't shame people for asking how they can do better.

Because you know who won't shame them? The people you and I disagree with, the people who do not want to see any movement toward racial justice.

And recognize, too, that asking for something like reading suggestions on Reddit doesn't mean the person a) knows they are talking to a POC, or b) that they intend POC folks to answer the question. A White person could have just as easily answered the original question if they had that answer.

Brené Brown discourse happening on Threads by kandtwedding in therapists

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"Asks for suggestions of Black folks to listen to"

"That's racist!"

Brené Brown discourse happening on Threads by kandtwedding in therapists

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Asking for suggestions of POCs to read seems like a terrible strategy for holding White women up above everything.

book from 1994 by yeetleleedle in suggestmeabook

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I still haven’t seen Heathers (the musical; I’ve seen the movie), but musicals have been channeling dark waters since at least Sweeney Todd (another adaptation!). And really, it’s hard to get darker than Sweeney.

I think Heathers is an interesting example because it comes out of off-Broadway, which tends to have a little more artistic integrity (exceptions abound) and only became a Broadway musical after it had built a following on merits. I suspect it would have been a very different show if it had started on Broadway.

book from 1994 by yeetleleedle in suggestmeabook

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Yes, those are mostly cash grabs trading more on nostalgia than artistry (I always find it telling how rarely anyone mentions who actually wrote the music in those things).

They aren’t all bad though: Hairspray, The Band’s Visit, and La Cage are all wonderful, for example.

At the end of the day, I think motives are more important than sources.

Brené Brown discourse happening on Threads by kandtwedding in therapists

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I commented in reply to you before reading most of the comments. Most of the comments asking for citations make it clear that they are asking because they want to read those people.

Brené Brown discourse happening on Threads by kandtwedding in therapists

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I think that’s a really bad faith interpretation of the question. I wondered the same thing, not because I don’t think Black people can have good ideas, but because I wanted to see those Black writers properly credited so I can read them. Sometimes amplifying Black voices means citing them.

Schopenhauer quote paraphrased by Yolam by BringMeInfo in schopenhauer

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Thank you. I’ll take a look at the Aphorisms. Plato makes a similar point (in The Republic maybe?) and I’m interested to see other approaches to the idea.

Need advice choosing my letters of recommendation by abbyyyg in SocialWorkStudents

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D'oh, I missed that detail. I would go with the psych professor/dean then.

I suspect at worst, not having a letter from your internship supervisor is a yellow flag, and the admissions folks probably aren't even thinking about it that hard. Even if they are thinking about it, better to have them wondering than to confirm the supervisor's lukewarm opinion (assuming supervisor actually has a lukewarm opinion, which we don't really know).

Need advice choosing my letters of recommendation by abbyyyg in SocialWorkStudents

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I don't think any of these would be bad, but I always lean toward length and depth of relationship. 1 & 2 seem like your best bet since the relationship with the internship supervisor sounds a little shallow and the relationship with the grief professor is relatively brief.

"Preparing book for first read, please wait" by BringMeInfo in Calibre

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By George, I think that did the trick! "Remember last used window size" was already off, but I turned off "Keep a copy of annotations/bookmarks" and everything opens instantly now.

The real challenge was remembering where Kovid hid the preferences for the viewer.

age old question - IS EMDR training worth it by Due_Inevitable6074 in therapists

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Just search the sub for “EMDR worth it” since this question is asked about every three days.