I was signing up for sports classes held at my university, which were specifically reserved only for university employees. My (white) friend and I decided to register for the same classes, so that we could workout together. She and I went to the admin desk to register for the...
I was working as a junior researcher at a department where I felt I did not belong. I was one of the few non-Dutch speaker, person of color, woman of color. One day I forgot to bring my own keys to my office. I went to the admin to...
Moving out of my office to integrate a new one after having been freshly appointed as a professor, I was asked by a new PhD student who had just arrived at my former department whether I could take care of the boxes standing outside in the corridor. I gave...