Kyriarchy
Originally published to Mastodon.
The kyriarchy (racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, etc) is the default. In Twitter, in Mastodon, in the U.S., in Europe, in Asia, in me, and in you. It’s what we do effortlessly because we’ve been raised to do it. But with effort, we can reduce the harm we cause and protect the people who would otherwise be oppressed.
So we have to make an effort. Raise up oppressed voices. Don’t *splain to them. #TipYourServer and help moderate it. (And more generally, pay for community-run and small services instead of relying on “gifts” from dominant corporations.) Learn to do better.