Not hurtful at all. It's an excellent point. I never meant to imply we were all anything. Several members were concerned about it being a mostly white comm and some of them were PoCs. Flourish and I were worried about a disproportionate number of people being cis white academics. It does seem to be the default for many online comms, but I still think it's worth thinking and talking about. But we should watch how we define the comm, you're right.
I want this to be a good place to discsuss feminist issues, but because of places where feminism intersects with race or class or trans issues I do want to be aware of those issues too and sensitive to the differences as well as the sameness between us all. Like I want to make sure I am calling a transman by his preferred pronoun because calling him, "her" could be very hurtful. I didn't know that until last year. I'm very glad I know it now.
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Date: 2010-10-14 06:48 pm (UTC)I want this to be a good place to discsuss feminist issues, but because of places where feminism intersects with race or class or trans issues I do want to be aware of those issues too and sensitive to the differences as well as the sameness between us all. Like I want to make sure I am calling a transman by his preferred pronoun because calling him, "her" could be very hurtful. I didn't know that until last year. I'm very glad I know it now.