We gotta get into some serious thought abt how certain struggles---the struggles of privilege people---take up all the oxygen in the room.
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Like... the big critique of "WWC" rhetoric TNC had was like... when we make it about WWC they will suck up all the oxygen in the room...
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Because we don't think WWC ppl are SUPPOSED to suffer. Or like, if black women start a discussion around their oppression...
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And then suddenly when white women get into it, it becomes Important bc, you know, white women aren't SUPPOSED to suffer.
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Black women, black working class, yeah sure 100%, their suffering is natural and normal and usual, so the response is smaller.
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And I just... not at ALL to silence or invalidate cis male survivors of assault, but please please make sure you don't accidentally...
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Allow them to take up all the oxygen in the room, because cis men, especially "masculine" cishet men, aren't SUPPOSED to suffer assault.
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That's... all I am qualified to say on the subject and maybe as a non-survivor I've already said too much just... idk a thought.
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