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malvikasharan

@malvikasharan@scholar.social

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Researcher, educator and leader in Open Source and Open Science community.

Part of The Turing Way, OLS (Open Life Science), RCM Cooperative.

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Joined April 25, 2022

malvikasharan @malvikasharan@scholar.social

· 46mo ago

Woooooooo. @turingway people, you all won the @openuk Belonging category. I am so so grateful for this huge recognition and an opportunity to accept this award for you all.😭😭😭😭

Thanks to the other shortlisted projects and all the other open science folks advocating for and advancing belonging alongside equity, diversity and inclusion as the core values of their work. ❤️❤️

malvikasharan @malvikasharan@scholar.social

· 46mo ago

You don't have to have a reason to be tired. You don't have to earn rest or comfort. You're allowed to just be. -- Becky Chambers

Happy Holidays 🎄

malvikasharan @malvikasharan@scholar.social

· 39mo ago

We have officially closed the call for OLS-8! This time we have truly turned the table with time with most applications from our Global South colleagues. 👏💪

Kudos to the changemakers in the @openlifesci community! You all are beautiful & I am privileged to work with you all. ❤️

malvikasharan @malvikasharan@scholar.social

· 47mo ago

Replying to

... and being "brown skinned-hairy-transfeminine Indian" from an immigrant background. With their intersectional identity and trauma experienced as a trans person, they also speak about forgiveness: “[not] as something passive or obedient, [But] proactive. I came to forgive him because I came to forgive myself and realised that if I had gone through different circumstances in my life, I could have been him, bashing someone like me.” & radical compassion: https://www.artshelp.com/transforming-communities-with-radical-compassion-and-genderless-fashion-alok-vaid-menon/ 2/4

artshelp.com

malvikasharan @malvikasharan@scholar.social

· 47mo ago

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They challenge our notion by reimagining gender/genderlessness: "Let me ask you this: What if self-expression actually is a basic fundamental need? What if we as a society normalize pain and irritation as reality so deeply that when someone actually says, "No, I want to be joyous and free," people think of that desire as a luxury, something superfluous only accessible to those with privilege, when in fact that should be the basic common denominator?" https://www.allure.com/story/alok-vaid-menon-talking-beauty #DeGenderFashion 4/4

allure.com

malvikasharan @malvikasharan@scholar.social

· 47mo ago

Replying to

Recently they got mainstream focus through Getting curious with Jonathan van Ness: https://youtu.be/rlbm7j56Wow (shout out to all #QueerEye fans!) but they are well known for their spoken word poetry and comedy tours - here is a sample: https://youtu.be/iLPwZZjMqyI 3/4

malvikasharan @malvikasharan@scholar.social

· 47mo ago

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@toothFAIRy ❤️❤️ Thank you lovely Esther.