the quiet part
@ellesalt.bsky.social
saying the quiet part out loud because I understand that someone has to
I have outrageous privilege in this situation. I know that. I’m not thrilled to concede to academic politics given the desperate necessity of these discussions, but I have the benefit of being able to not only make principled decisions in line with my values, but to do so comfortably.
What Can You Do Shrug
Alt: I Love Lucy GIF. Lucy is shrugging.
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September 17, 2026 at 12:05 AM
I have outrageous privilege in this situation. I know that. I’m not thrilled to concede to academic politics given the desperate necessity of these discussions, but I have the benefit of being able to not only make principled decisions in line with my values, but to do so comfortably.
I would strongly prefer to not be dead. If I have to be metaphorically dead for the benefit of the sovereignty of Canada or something, so be it. I’ll move home and open a bookstore.
September 16, 2026 at 10:46 PM
I would strongly prefer to not be dead. If I have to be metaphorically dead for the benefit of the sovereignty of Canada or something, so be it. I’ll move home and open a bookstore.
September 16, 2026 at 10:26 PM
I would strongly prefer to not be dead. If I have to be metaphorically dead for the benefit of the sovereignty of Canada or something, so be it. I’ll move home and open a bookstore.
✨ timeline cleanse ✨
September 13, 2026 at 2:40 AM
✨ timeline cleanse ✨
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Telling my students they can run with scissors this one time to test their valor
September 11, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Telling my students they can run with scissors this one time to test their valor
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September 12, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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Sometimes you have to apply music to stop the bleeding
September 11, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Sometimes you have to apply music to stop the bleeding
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Me: Holy shit is EVERYBODY taking crazy pills?
Narrator: Yes. Yes they are.
Narrator: Yes. Yes they are.
September 12, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Me: Holy shit is EVERYBODY taking crazy pills?
Narrator: Yes. Yes they are.
Narrator: Yes. Yes they are.
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September 11, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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Whenever I raise my eyebrows, my forehead creates a wrinkle in the space-time continuum.
September 12, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Whenever I raise my eyebrows, my forehead creates a wrinkle in the space-time continuum.
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I'm finding out way too much for someone who fucks around so little
September 11, 2026 at 3:42 PM
I'm finding out way too much for someone who fucks around so little
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"don't you care about fairness in sports?" No actually, I don't. Nobody does
September 12, 2026 at 3:38 AM
"don't you care about fairness in sports?" No actually, I don't. Nobody does
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The curse of mad scientist’s block
September 10, 2026 at 7:27 PM
The curse of mad scientist’s block
Failing to convince myself that what I experienced was normal and how I reacted was weird is, I’m pretty sure, the reason I don’t get doors held open for me at the psychologists’ club.
I don’t like posting this stuff, because what usually happens is that even the most courageous women get real quiet and the most problematic men get louder. But the alternative is letting folks with stories like mine believe they’re alone in understanding what happened to them and why.
And those are just the physical scars. I used to be a meek, overeager people-pleaser. My whole life, childhood through my late 20s. Then my academic #metoo happened. Quiet torture. Then I started talking about systemic coverup, resulting in overt torture.
And I’m supposed to pathologize discomfort.
And I’m supposed to pathologize discomfort.
September 12, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Failing to convince myself that what I experienced was normal and how I reacted was weird is, I’m pretty sure, the reason I don’t get doors held open for me at the psychologists’ club.
I don’t like posting this stuff, because what usually happens is that even the most courageous women get real quiet and the most problematic men get louder. But the alternative is letting folks with stories like mine believe they’re alone in understanding what happened to them and why.
And those are just the physical scars. I used to be a meek, overeager people-pleaser. My whole life, childhood through my late 20s. Then my academic #metoo happened. Quiet torture. Then I started talking about systemic coverup, resulting in overt torture.
And I’m supposed to pathologize discomfort.
And I’m supposed to pathologize discomfort.
📍 TW: medical trauma 📍
This is one long scar, by the way. A scar the length of my entire abdomen.
There was nothing wrong. I had no illness, no bleeding, nothing.
They just decided to cut me open.
This is one long scar, by the way. A scar the length of my entire abdomen.
There was nothing wrong. I had no illness, no bleeding, nothing.
They just decided to cut me open.
September 12, 2026 at 11:45 PM
I don’t like posting this stuff, because what usually happens is that even the most courageous women get real quiet and the most problematic men get louder. But the alternative is letting folks with stories like mine believe they’re alone in understanding what happened to them and why.
And those are just the physical scars. I used to be a meek, overeager people-pleaser. My whole life, childhood through my late 20s. Then my academic #metoo happened. Quiet torture. Then I started talking about systemic coverup, resulting in overt torture.
And I’m supposed to pathologize discomfort.
And I’m supposed to pathologize discomfort.
📍 TW: medical trauma 📍
This is one long scar, by the way. A scar the length of my entire abdomen.
There was nothing wrong. I had no illness, no bleeding, nothing.
They just decided to cut me open.
This is one long scar, by the way. A scar the length of my entire abdomen.
There was nothing wrong. I had no illness, no bleeding, nothing.
They just decided to cut me open.
When Taylor Swift said, “it’ll leave you breathless or with a nasty scar,” she was not joking!
September 12, 2026 at 9:03 PM
And those are just the physical scars. I used to be a meek, overeager people-pleaser. My whole life, childhood through my late 20s. Then my academic #metoo happened. Quiet torture. Then I started talking about systemic coverup, resulting in overt torture.
And I’m supposed to pathologize discomfort.
And I’m supposed to pathologize discomfort.
📍 TW: medical trauma 📍
This is one long scar, by the way. A scar the length of my entire abdomen.
There was nothing wrong. I had no illness, no bleeding, nothing.
They just decided to cut me open.
This is one long scar, by the way. A scar the length of my entire abdomen.
There was nothing wrong. I had no illness, no bleeding, nothing.
They just decided to cut me open.
When Taylor Swift said, “it’ll leave you breathless or with a nasty scar,” she was not joking!
September 12, 2026 at 8:25 PM
📍 TW: medical trauma 📍
This is one long scar, by the way. A scar the length of my entire abdomen.
There was nothing wrong. I had no illness, no bleeding, nothing.
They just decided to cut me open.
This is one long scar, by the way. A scar the length of my entire abdomen.
There was nothing wrong. I had no illness, no bleeding, nothing.
They just decided to cut me open.
(There are some would love to assure you they’ve found the magic workaround, the very secret evidence-based way of doing exposure therapy that doesn’t require you to actually talk about the fear or collaboratively plan the exposures. They have not.)
I would love to tell you that I alone hold the key to evidence-based treatment for systemic trauma, but I don’t. The key doesn’t exist. I am not *permitted* to connect the sometimes bizarre adversities I experience to things men post online.
Clin psych, there’s no ahem-ing our way around this one.
Clin psych, there’s no ahem-ing our way around this one.
I have this massive scar on my abdomen from an involuntary emergency surgery a few years back… only there was no emergency. Nothing was wrong. I was just loud about Epstein in a way some folks didn’t much appreciate.
When the women of academia tell you there are systemic problems, LISTEN.
When the women of academia tell you there are systemic problems, LISTEN.
September 11, 2026 at 2:01 AM
(There are some would love to assure you they’ve found the magic workaround, the very secret evidence-based way of doing exposure therapy that doesn’t require you to actually talk about the fear or collaboratively plan the exposures. They have not.)
I would love to tell you that I alone hold the key to evidence-based treatment for systemic trauma, but I don’t. The key doesn’t exist. I am not *permitted* to connect the sometimes bizarre adversities I experience to things men post online.
Clin psych, there’s no ahem-ing our way around this one.
Clin psych, there’s no ahem-ing our way around this one.
I have this massive scar on my abdomen from an involuntary emergency surgery a few years back… only there was no emergency. Nothing was wrong. I was just loud about Epstein in a way some folks didn’t much appreciate.
When the women of academia tell you there are systemic problems, LISTEN.
When the women of academia tell you there are systemic problems, LISTEN.
When Taylor Swift said, “it’ll leave you breathless or with a nasty scar,” she was not joking!
September 11, 2026 at 1:53 AM
I would love to tell you that I alone hold the key to evidence-based treatment for systemic trauma, but I don’t. The key doesn’t exist. I am not *permitted* to connect the sometimes bizarre adversities I experience to things men post online.
Clin psych, there’s no ahem-ing our way around this one.
Clin psych, there’s no ahem-ing our way around this one.
I have this massive scar on my abdomen from an involuntary emergency surgery a few years back… only there was no emergency. Nothing was wrong. I was just loud about Epstein in a way some folks didn’t much appreciate.
When the women of academia tell you there are systemic problems, LISTEN.
When the women of academia tell you there are systemic problems, LISTEN.
When Taylor Swift said, “it’ll leave you breathless or with a nasty scar,” she was not joking!
September 11, 2026 at 1:42 AM
I have this massive scar on my abdomen from an involuntary emergency surgery a few years back… only there was no emergency. Nothing was wrong. I was just loud about Epstein in a way some folks didn’t much appreciate.
When the women of academia tell you there are systemic problems, LISTEN.
When the women of academia tell you there are systemic problems, LISTEN.
I’m also expected to do that free clinical work under the supervision of a psychologist with several years’ less clinical experience than I have. For the benefit of the public, you see. She’s great at nodding and making eye contact in hallway conversations and is therefore very qualified. I am not.
Allowing myself, as a treat, a vent session about Saskatchewan refusing to recognize my PA clinical license and demanding instead that I perform and write up an entire assessment and course of therapy, on my own time, for free, so they can decide whether Penn & MGH graduate qualified clinicians.
September 10, 2026 at 2:05 PM
I’m also expected to do that free clinical work under the supervision of a psychologist with several years’ less clinical experience than I have. For the benefit of the public, you see. She’s great at nodding and making eye contact in hallway conversations and is therefore very qualified. I am not.
The “everybody gets breakthrough mental healthcare and a puppy and no sex crimes“ vs. “everybody has to tap dance in Morse code and mental healthcare and regulation are both just some guys nodding or not and the mafia keeps doing sex crimes” debate I’m somehow losing
Confused White Cat Asks Why
ALT: Confused White Cat Asks Why
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September 10, 2026 at 1:28 PM
The “everybody gets breakthrough mental healthcare and a puppy and no sex crimes“ vs. “everybody has to tap dance in Morse code and mental healthcare and regulation are both just some guys nodding or not and the mafia keeps doing sex crimes” debate I’m somehow losing
Oh — and, just to really drive home the lose-lose, no standard-of-care exposure therapy for structural/systemic trauma. Exposure therapy *requires* clients and therapists to collaboratively plan exposures together and discuss exposures after. You can’t do that if you can’t openly discuss the trauma.
FWIW, I wasn’t allowed to talk about Bruno in the United States, either. This isn’t an international relations issue. This is a ‘men of academic clinical psychology, your days of having your cake and &@:&/$ it too are just about up.’ Options on the table at the moment include no sex and no cake.
September 10, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Oh — and, just to really drive home the lose-lose, no standard-of-care exposure therapy for structural/systemic trauma. Exposure therapy *requires* clients and therapists to collaboratively plan exposures together and discuss exposures after. You can’t do that if you can’t openly discuss the trauma.
FWIW, I wasn’t allowed to talk about Bruno in the United States, either. This isn’t an international relations issue. This is a ‘men of academic clinical psychology, your days of having your cake and &@:&/$ it too are just about up.’ Options on the table at the moment include no sex and no cake.
September 10, 2026 at 2:12 AM
FWIW, I wasn’t allowed to talk about Bruno in the United States, either. This isn’t an international relations issue. This is a ‘men of academic clinical psychology, your days of having your cake and &@:&/$ it too are just about up.’ Options on the table at the moment include no sex and no cake.