For weeks I've read with horror the screenshots and accounts of harassment and bullying of @SheRa_Marley, a thoroughly decent person, by a tiny minority within the #FBPE movement.
I have no view on the proper way to campaign, but as a matter of basic human decency, it appals me.
I have no view on the proper way to campaign, but as a matter of basic human decency, it appals me.
The price paid by women in the public square is unbearably high to begin with.
I get abused once a month and it bothers me for hours. The DMs and notifications of a woman with a public profile would probably drive me to alcoholism in a day.
I get abused once a month and it bothers me for hours. The DMs and notifications of a woman with a public profile would probably drive me to alcoholism in a day.
Movements about important issues can motivate and enflame passions, but they also exacerbate human tendencies toward purity tests, hierarchy building and out group antipathy.
Decent people in such movements need to be vigilant. Banners can hide many sins.
Decent people in such movements need to be vigilant. Banners can hide many sins.
There are some for whom every project is an opportunity to relive high school as lords and ladies of the cool kids table. Don't let them use your movement to do it.
I support @SheRa_Marley, and i hope you all buy her (and thus @TrussellTrust), an oven.
gofundme.com/f/anovenforshe…
I support @SheRa_Marley, and i hope you all buy her (and thus @TrussellTrust), an oven.
gofundme.com/f/anovenforshe…
