2 months ago, #ChristinaYunaLee's death rocked me. my group chats filled with tips on buying mace & coupons for personal alarms. but i knew my sisters deserved more. so i set out to explore the military, cultural, psychosocial history of this violence—& what justice might mean 🧵

https://twitter.com/thenation/status/1516064100824010758

i learned from historian Paul Kramer on the origins & legacy of military-sexual imperialism (American, British, more) & how state-sanctioned violence against women in Asia was justified as a matter of military necessity. the impacts are alive & well today.
apjjf.org/2011/9/30/Paul…

"1 in 4 women in the US will experience severe domestic abuse in their lifetime.

the #1 reason they stay in the relationship: they can't afford to leave.

the impacts of that abuse will cost a female survivor $103k on average." @PassiSonya of @freefromorg
this talk resonated so much. thrilled @freefromorg got a #EqualityCantWait grant to scale their groundbreaking work!

there’s shame/pain in talking about what i went thru, but i'll say one thing with 100% certainty: we need more support for survivors healing from financial abuse.

I gotta say, while there were many gems in the #NewPublicFestival session on online safety, watching the convo dynamics was v uncomfortable, even triggering. Without meaning to, it illustrated why moderating just “for safety” is not enough.

That said, some points that stood out: On being asked to choose b/w "creative tension" of online spaces optimizing for inclusive presence vs for courageous engagement, @natematias notes research shows without spaces where folks feel truly welcome, they cannot engage courageously. (So we all lose.) #NewPublicFestival

I have 5 invites in my inbox to "co-create the future”.

I’ve architected, negotiated, led a lot of co-creation work. True co-creation. With stakeholders from diverse backgrounds (regionally, economically, politically, culturally) + some that hate each other.

What I've learned: Co-creation is not throwing a bunch of people into a space / process / initiative and expecting magic to happen.

That’s wishful thinking—and usually comes from a place of privileged myopia.

Gives me chills to read this from a state recovery plan:

"The road to economic recovery should not be across women’s backs..."

[thread] “Economy” comes from Greek, meaning to “manage the household".

Women in our communities have never been busier taking care of loved ones, provisioning supplies, finding ways to offset the enormous economic and social burdens of this time."