“The first time I raised my voice at work I was thirty-one. I lost the promotion. I do not regret raising my voice. I do regret that the women who had told me to do it stopped speaking to me afterward.”
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“The first time I raised my voice at work I was thirty-one. I lost the promotion. I do not regret raising my voice. I do regret that the women who had told me to do it stopped speaking to me afterward.”