I do, so resonate with what you described about fitting in to corporate culture. I am also someone who can’t wear the traditional pencil skirt, white blouse, high heels because my cultural background and body type won’t allow it. And I have also had the experience of being told I’m silly or exaggerating because I try to bring up a topic that various institutional cultures attempt to ignore or suppress.

The privileges of corporate advancement come at the cost of the people I most identify with.