EPISODE · Sep 19, 2025 · 8 MIN
The Monday Morning Mask: The Code Switch
from Women Who Don't Apologise · host Patricia Haywood
You swore you were done performing. Done shrinking yourself just to fit the room. But then Monday morning comes, the Zoom light flicks on… and without even thinking, the mask slides back on. The voice softens, the edges smooth out, and the real you gets edited down into something “palatable.” This is about the quiet exhaustion of code-switching and the power we lose every time we make ourselves smaller just to survive the week.
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You swore you were done performing. Done shrinking yourself just to fit the room. But then Monday morning comes, the Zoom light flicks on… and without even thinking, the mask slides back on. The voice softens, the edges smooth out, and the real you gets edited down into something “palatable.” This is about the quiet exhaustion of code-switching and the power we lose every time we make ourselves smaller just to survive the week.
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