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🚲 Imposter Syndrome Isn't Yours to Solve

For anyone still wrestling with self-doubt in spaces that weren't built for them. Reshma Saujani reframes imposter syndrome not as a personal failing but as a scheme rooted in systemic bias — tracing its cousin to 'bicycle face,' a fake medical condition invented in the 1890s to scare wome

Danu Poyner

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For anyone still wrestling with self-doubt in spaces that weren't built for them. Reshma Saujani reframes imposter syndrome not as a personal failing but as a scheme rooted in systemic bias — tracing its cousin to 'bicycle face,' a fake medical condition invented in the 1890s to scare women off riding. Rather than 'How can I overcome this?', her question becomes 'What broken world am I being asked to fix?' Stop treating yourself as the problem; focus on the systems.

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Danu is a writer and founder of Grokkist, a learning community in the deepest sense. His work centres on coherence, curiosity, and helping people make sense of themselves in relation to ideas, experience, and one another.

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