When I applied to residency, I didn’t have any bikini photos to hide. But I did hide years of FB posts about racism and white privilege because I hadn’t minced words and I didn’t know how it would be taken by programs. Like many others, I also changed my name and privated. 1/

I’m a geriatric millennial so I’ve been posting my opinions on the internet for many years on various blogging platforms - but usually anonymously. This twitter is my attempt to blend my professional online persona with my core values of calling out bias and prejudice. 2/

I constantly worry that something I say will have negative professional ramifications. At my current institution, I’ve received nothing but support and dialogue from colleagues and supervisors, but the fear is still there. And I self censor a lot. 3/

I wish changing the rules of what discourse is considered #professional were as easy as posting bikini photos. This is not a slam on #MedBikini, just a desire to broaden the discourse. 4/4