Holy shit. Someone is actively trying to take credit for my work. Going above my head and talking directly to the boss. Shooting down my ideas so they can claim theirs are of higher value and they deserve more recognition in the final product.

And I'm too new to really have the tools to shut this shit down.

Fucking hell.

I don't fucking even know what to do. It's young WoC female student against experienced white male long-term lab person.

Fucking HELL I did not want to deal with this already!

This isn't even just clueless white guy thinks he did more work than WoC me by default and is cluelessly arguing for more recognition.

This is fucking. Politics. I can feel it. This is deliberate and planned.

FUCK. What the hell do I do? Cause this shit isn't going to go away. For my whole. Friggin. PhD.

I'm extremely lucky that I found out and have written evidence of the thing right now. But hell, I feel uncomfortable sharing ANYTHING in lab now in case it gets back to the dude and he decides to make it his.