Please no right-wing trolls. I spent the last year working for several liberal & nonpartisan political campaigns and my own full-time political job. Last week, the day before the Inauguration, I brought a couple of sexually harassing and sexist comments to my manager, who immediately after told me I was laid off. He claims it's unrelated and that I've done nothing wrong, but in the same conversation told me he feels like he "can't give feedback" or that I don't take criticism. The reality, as I've politiely explained, is that he is a nit-picking micromanager who needs to be more hands-off, and I've changed every little detail of projects the way he wanted without taking it personally as I know I'm good at what I do, only more recently speaking up about what is wrong in this picture. I only took it personally when he acted like he knew how to do my job better (marketing) than I do when he has no experience in this and is centered in another field (tech). I have no intention to pursue charges for the sexism but spoke to a sexism-in-tech expert who told me this situation is messed up and I should leave.
Then I just saw/remembered that the grad schools applications for my MBA (both to top-tier schools) require comments on "how applicant responds to constructive feedback." With details. That's like a focus of them. I'll still be there for another few weeks and am required to have references from my current manager, which I believe he will still provide, but I don't know if he gets that it has to be entirely positive. I am also taking the GMAT, the hardest graduate entrance exam, this week.
A couple of days ago, the guy I'm dating told me he's moving (back to the state we're both from). I haven't known him long enough for it to be a serious thing, but I don't see why my relationships have to keep getting shorter (from several years to 1 year to 5-6 months, to now 1-3 months) when I keep getting healthier and see less and less in the way of BPD symptoms. I never yell or do anything overtly "crazy" and the guys always have some other reason for it not working - if anything it is their own mental problems that cause them to leave, even though I feel I have decent standards for who I choose, even if they are a bit unavailable. I've worked on not being attracted to unavailable people and spotting them a lot as well.
So now I'm working in this pointless position after losing all the progressive battles of the last year, waiting for the job to end, for the guy to move, and for the grad applications to be completed... And of course being bomarded with news of my women, immigrant, and people of color brothers/sisters being victimized by the new administration. And I have no one I can talk to about it in this moment. ###$.