PS: this has also happened to me in professional situations so it doesn't help to say "just ignore them" or "their opinions don't matter"

Do I need to just.... be a bitch all the time? Is that the secret to being taken seriously in an ableist patriarchal world?
I really don't want that to be true.

But even if I did... a bunch of them would probably still hit me with that condescending baby-talk tone like "woww, look at YOU! I never would have expected that from YOUUU!", "you were always so quiet." etc. 3/4

I've always had this fantasy that one day I would "glow up", reach my full potential, and strut back into those people's lives as a total baddie that would make them eat their words. 2/4