You are not being ridiculous at all. I have enormous respect for you. And we would never allow people to shout at you in this space. I want you to be here, because you are my friend, and you are so smart, but I understand if you are unwilling to trust us without some proofs that this space might OK for you. I want this space to be OK for you so badly, but I know that will take time and as a comm we may not meet your expectations or be fulfilling for you. But since you were a huge part of the impetus for me doing this I want it to be OK for you! <3 I've spent the last 36 hours doing almost nothing else, but working on this comm and talking to users about it.
I really don't want this to be a angry comm. We're definitely going to ask people to tag their posts as "angry" or "venting" so people who are not up to dealing with it can skip them. Many of us don't have the energy to deal with that all the time, if at all. Other people can take that sort of upset and not let it get to them. We're all very different. But as a mod and maintainer I will try to read and respond to every post and I imagine that is going to be hard. But I know I can do it. And I believe we can work on making a place for you here.
OMG YOU ARE NOT OUR TOKEN ANYTHING. I hope you don't think we think that about you or anyone in this comm. There are at least six PoC here now and I would love to welcome more PoC and transfolk here, people who are not academics, and non-Americans, but I think we have to do that with more than just our good intentions. I have noted that a lot of the PoC and trans people have not intro'd themselves and I think we have to earn their trust. I'm doing my very best.
Race and class are great issues to talk about here. They are a bit harder for me to talk about, but I want to learn to do better, to be a better ally.
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I really don't want this to be a angry comm. We're definitely going to ask people to tag their posts as "angry" or "venting" so people who are not up to dealing with it can skip them. Many of us don't have the energy to deal with that all the time, if at all. Other people can take that sort of upset and not let it get to them. We're all very different. But as a mod and maintainer I will try to read and respond to every post and I imagine that is going to be hard. But I know I can do it. And I believe we can work on making a place for you here.
OMG YOU ARE NOT OUR TOKEN ANYTHING. I hope you don't think we think that about you or anyone in this comm. There are at least six PoC here now and I would love to welcome more PoC and transfolk here, people who are not academics, and non-Americans, but I think we have to do that with more than just our good intentions. I have noted that a lot of the PoC and trans people have not intro'd themselves and I think we have to earn their trust. I'm doing my very best.
Race and class are great issues to talk about here. They are a bit harder for me to talk about, but I want to learn to do better, to be a better ally.