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Through her career, DeConnick has found that the best way to inspire, lead, bring people together, and motivate those who need a push is to make them uncomfortable. She shared her \u201cFive Steps to Becoming a Professional Discomfort Provider.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For more than a decade, Kelly Sue DeConnick has worked as a leading writer in the world of comic books, most notably on Captain Marvel and Bitch Planet. Through her career, DeConnick has found that the best way to inspire, lead, bring people together, and motivate those who need a push is to make them [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-presentations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":113046,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=113046","url_meta":{"origin":72803,"position":0},"title":"Kelly Sue DeConnick: How To\u2026","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"17\/08\/2015","format":"video","excerpt":"Kelly Sue DeConnick: How To Make People Uncomfortable (And Still Make a\u00a0Living) For more than a decade, Kelly Sue DeConnick has worked as a leading writer in the world of comic books, most notably on Captain Marvel and Bitch Planet.(Source: https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/)","rel":"","context":"In &quot;all other stuff&quot;","block_context":{"text":"all other stuff","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":128166,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=128166","url_meta":{"origin":72803,"position":1},"title":"Kelly Clancy","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"24\/06\/2011","format":false,"excerpt":"If you are into cartooning and comics you should check Kelly Clancy\u2019s on-line portfolio Original Article","rel":"","context":"In &quot;all other stuff&quot;","block_context":{"text":"all other stuff","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/behance.vo.llnwd.net\/profiles21\/464211\/projects\/1621491\/c82c43f584ef6b4509242bf47b31bff5.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/behance.vo.llnwd.net\/profiles21\/464211\/projects\/1621491\/c82c43f584ef6b4509242bf47b31bff5.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/behance.vo.llnwd.net\/profiles21\/464211\/projects\/1621491\/c82c43f584ef6b4509242bf47b31bff5.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":129427,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=129427","url_meta":{"origin":72803,"position":2},"title":"Jon Hopkins &#038; Kelly Lee Owens &#8211; Luminous Spaces","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"16\/01\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/LkQLJPKUxYY","rel":"","context":"In &quot;sounds&quot;","block_context":{"text":"sounds","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=5"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jon-hopkins-kelly-lee-owens-lumi.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jon-hopkins-kelly-lee-owens-lumi.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jon-hopkins-kelly-lee-owens-lumi.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jon-hopkins-kelly-lee-owens-lumi.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jon-hopkins-kelly-lee-owens-lumi.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":149770,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=149770","url_meta":{"origin":72803,"position":3},"title":"MsKinsey &amp; The Business of Fashion: The state of fashion 2026","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"17\/11\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Everyone keeps saying the rules are changing. 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