Christiana
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1,364 appearances
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first heard Nov 2024
last heard Jun 2025
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That's interesting. Now we're like into kind of this workplace dynamic space. Could you tell the audience more about your view on gossip? Because I come on the other side of it. And I don't like the word gossip. I think we should call it oral history because that's what it is. All history in real time. In real time. Is that true? Yeah, I mean, I come from a line of griots, West African.
But wait, how do you define gossip? So like, I think gossip is really important for protecting the tribe. It's how we... No, no, but how do you define gossip?
But you know, history and gossip is interchangeable for me. No, I'm with you in some ways.
No, no, I mean amongst, like, do you get what I'm saying?
But you know what? History, because we're on the other side of it. At the time, when they were burning all those witches, do you think they were like, we're about to burn 10 witches?
I think gossip is frowned upon because women do it. I think everybody does it. But women do it really well. You know what? My closest male friends are great gossips. Again, oral historians.
I mean, history is laced with judgment. There is no neutral history.
And I'm on the other side. Like as a black woman, I never vent at work.
Okay, go on.
Oh, okay.
Can I tell you what office gossip normally... Someone who's worked in a lot of offices, it's normally done in a group chat. And it's like, this is what office gossip is. It's, you know, the Christmas party. So-and-so hooked up with so-and-so. Really? They did. Oh, there are no more sausage rolls because so-and-so took more sausage rolls. That's what office gossip is.
It's just a litmus test of the culture and the happenings all the time. I'm telling you from the group chat. And then sometimes it slides into... you know, she did this today. Oh, that's so annoying. But the way gossip works and there's enough factions in the office, it's really hard to completely change the perception of one person. I have not found a situation.
And if everyone hates you, there's good reason.
It can, but it's also like, don't go into that guy's office because he's very handsy-pansy. Because there's been research on gossip.
And can I tell you something about, I bet you about that company. They protect a lot of men.
Because I think gossip's a crucial social language. It's a very female... If we say no gossip, I think it insulates poor leadership. I think it insulates bullies. Because there are always these managers who are bullies. And you can't share your experience without being labeled gossip. So it's just like, how do I share?
I had oral history.
Okay.
But some people would. Some people would say, well, that's gossip. You weren't there. You can't prove that he looked at her a certain way.
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