Rebecca Subar writes: "Whether armed or nonviolent, what is the purpose of unilateral nonconsensual action? It is to build #power, not to resolve the demand that the group is #protesting about."
#MandyBrown: "What’s important is that it shifts expectations: […] the desired outcome is a more level playing field—level enough that true #negotiation can take place."
https://aworkinglibrary.com/reading/when-to-talk-and-when-to-fight
"People who meet expectations the most tend to be trusted the most. […] It means that gaining power in organisations as a minority means that we have to toe the party line much harder than someone of the dominant group might have to: we have to hew closer to whatever idiotic party line's being peddled to make it seem like we're knowledgeable."
@iris_meredith wrote about epistemic injustice: https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/epistemology
´Several men have asked me what it is like to be a woman in IT, and I seem to have developed an allergy to that question. With limited time and energy, I will not entertain this question anymore´.
@mahryekuh wrote: https://marijkeluttekes.dev/blog/articles/2024/10/06/you-have-two-downsides-you-are-young-and-you-are-a-woman/
Use what you've got; change the course: https://everythingchanges.us/blog/change-the-course/
"What actually happens in a bargaining transaction is the co-construction of a storyline that both sides end up committing to."
Venkatesh Rao: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2008/03/16/bargaining-with-your-right-brain/