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Is imposter syndrome designed to protect the power in place?

If you experience imposter syndrome, you are not alone: 64% of people feel like they don’t do enough to prove that their work is good.

5 min readJul 12, 2021

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Colorful letters that say “You (don’t) Suck” Design by Soren Hamby

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Max Masure (they/them)
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Trans Inclusion

We got you, Elliot Page. We are family.

Elliot Page came out as trans today, using he/they pronouns.

2 min readDec 1, 2020

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We got you, Elliot Page. We are family.

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Max Masure (they/them)

“The Social Dilemma” Dilemma

I don’t buy it. “The Social Dilemma” is not as revolutionary and inclusive as it could be.

6 min readSep 13, 2020

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“The Social Dilemma” Dilemma

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Trans Inclusion

When my kid was 4, he told me that he was a boy.

Reflections on Father’s day from a trans parent of a trans kid.

6 min readJun 21, 2020

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Black and white picture of a kid looking outside a window.

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Max Masure (they/them)
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Trans Inclusion

5 rules to create an empowering kid experience without gender-bias

And why Pip’s Island, the Escape The Room for kids, will be a huge hit.

5 min readMar 12, 2019

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5 rules to create an empowering kid experience without gender-bias

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Max Masure (they/them)

Why we always got the portfolio approach wrong

How we sell ourselves as creative people and why we need to revisit the way we make our portfolios.

7 min readSep 12, 2018

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Why we always got the portfolio approach wrong

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Max Masure (they/them)
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Trans Inclusion

Why I Put Pronouns on my Email Signature (and LinkedIn profile) and You Should Too

As a cisgender person, it costs you nothing For a cisgender person (a person whose gender is in alignment with the sex they were assigned…

4 min readAug 10, 2018

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Max Masure (they/them)
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Trans Inclusion

How Square can be more Trans and Gender Inclusive

As a trans person I struggle daily with my first name and my birth name. I have a name I use, a name I chose myself. And a birth name I…

8 min readOct 16, 2017

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How Square can be more Trans and Gender Inclusive

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Max Masure (they/them)
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Trans Inclusion

How to ruin gender inclusive bathrooms

In 2016, NYC Mayor De Blasio signed the great Executive Order No 16 that mandates city facilities to provide bathroom access to people…

4 min readAug 30, 2017

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How to ruin gender inclusive bathrooms

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Max Masure (they/them)
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Design for startups

12 tips for designing a better group chat experience

When Josh Muccio asked me yesterday: “Hey, so what’s one awesome thing you’ve found recently?’ in order to include it in our The Pitch…

10 min readDec 10, 2015

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12 tips for designing a better group chat experience

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Max Masure (they/them)

Max Masure (they/them)

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans non-fiction writer. 📕 “You (Don’t) Suck”, a memoir-workbook to overcome imposter syndrome (2022). Also a UX strategist and DEI Consultant.

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