u/Inevitable_Lead_5107 — reddlx

My mom was a white American woman who married my dad, a Kashmiri man who grew up in Pakistan. She was the person who taught me about the violent occupation of Kashmir, how my grandparents were displaced during partition and to be proud of where we are from and lived her life in a principled way, as a Muslim. She was outspoken about Kashmir and Palestine. I wanted to share this with you all because I’m very sad but also so grateful for the sense of identity she gave me during a time when our issues were not so well known. She made so much effort to educate people on our issues and I am very proud of her.

I don’t know what flair to add to this, im just a kid without a mom right now. Thanks for reading

Hi, I posted last week about issues with my feeding pump at work and my manager sending a passive-aggressive email about “disruptions.” HR got involved and were actually supportive, they confirmed my medical accommodation is valid and basically said I’m not doing anything wrong. They said they’d talk to my manager and everything was fine until today.

I thought that would be the end of it, honestly, but now there’s been another development and I feel kind of embarrassed and unsure if I should escalate again or just drop it and stop being so over dramatic about the whole thing.

Since the first issue, my manager has still been acting off. He’s made a few comments about me stepping away and once even asked me to explain how my feeding pump works, which felt a bit condescending but I tried to brush it off. It wasn’t anything overtly rude and I could work around it so I didn’t care all that much.

Then today he sent another email directly to me. I attached it so everybody can read without me having to explain.

It felt weird and just like he was crossing a boundary. Like he’s acknowledging I’m allowed to have the accommodation but also kind of implying I shouldn’t be using it in a way that affects anyone else at all, which it isn’t and my coworkers have reassured me they aren’t bothered and don’t care in the slightest.

HR already said everything is fine on their end, so now I don’t know if I’m just being too sensitive or if this is actually still worth bringing back up again. I don’t want to create any drama or risk my job because this truly is a job i enjoy, but I just feel kind of awkward and singled out at this point and I’m unsure if escalating to HR again is the right decision.

Edit 1: to clarify it is NOT a breastfeeding pump 😭 I need a feeding pump which is a tube going right into my stomach to feed me. It has to be connected 20hrs a day