I was reading Bell Hooks’ “The Will to Change” this morning and it inspired me to ponder more on my own upbringing. Hooks talks a lot about her relationship with her father and the violent ways in which he reinforced the patriarchal rule. She also mentioned her mother and the more quiet but just as strong ways in which she supported his message.
“If the construction industry wants to survive the digital evolution it is undergoing, a little BIM and a lot of women may be the medicine it needs”
"Due to various conditions however we were unable to match a lot of applicants, but even the word “rejected” didn’t sit well with me. First of all, I called them “Unmatched Mentoring Applicants” or UMAs - I liked to imagine them in yellow sportswear wielding a katana."