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Yeah uh.
I don't normally like posting this sort of thing, but also: some of the worst treatment that I have gotten were from indie circles, specifically devs who are American/white in their thinking. It's left me tired very often. https://twitter.com/ThatAceGal/status/1347805249604616192
I don't normally like posting this sort of thing, but also: some of the worst treatment that I have gotten were from indie circles, specifically devs who are American/white in their thinking. It's left me tired very often. https://twitter.com/ThatAceGal/status/1347805249604616192
Timely, really, how I was just talking about how one of the most toxic things about our spaces is that many people don't recognize how the stakes are different depending on why you are here, why you choose to stay or have to stay, and where you are coming from.
We insist experiences like marginalization are universal when they're not. We believe oppression can be a competition when it isn't. Then we get upset when faced with the differences between us, cos we want to shove everyone under large umbrellas like The Queer Experience.
This is centering, and it is often done because somebody wants power, validation, clout, influence. We repeat the violence and aggression we face from our oppressors.
Think about why you speak, when you speak, what you're saying, and who you're speaking for.
Think about why you speak, when you speak, what you're saying, and who you're speaking for.
I realize I ended up threading about two different issues (indie behavior, then intersectionality), but they are deeply connected. We don't think about power dynamics & context, often enough. When we're not careful about how we platform ourselves, we crush others with our voice.
We're all trying to be something in our ttrpgs spaces here. However, while some of us "just want to play", some of us do it to change what we can for our own; others do it to survive. Absorb those differences. Think about them every time you see a thing & think about responding.
