While we air out abusers we need to also check ourselves and how we participate in/perpetuate vengeful punishment/prison/cop mentality, white feminism, and lack of healing.
Victims/survivors need to be heard, believed, and protected. Abusers need to be held accountable WITHIN community. We need to check in on ourselves to actually make change too.
Also BLACK TRANS/FEMMES stories need to be amplified/centered. All survivors need to be heard, but prioritizing their safety is not just necessary but will also directly grab these intersecting systems by the root at once for more lasting change. We literally owe it to them.
I say this as a survivor who has also perpetuated rushed white feminism. This is a lot bigger than who’s good or bad or safe or toxic.
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