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Impact is often the place where the efforts of the well meaning privileged can collide with the needs of the marginalized. Cliched as it might be to say, the road to hell is indeed paved with the good intentions of those who did not consider potential consequences.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/31/ani-difranco-righteous-retreat-outrage?CMP=twt_gu (via hillbillyplease)

I was glad to see this but made the mistake of reading the comments, which were pretty much all horrible. Don’t read them, but if you have a Guardian account, it’d be nice if you could add one in support of the author and her position.

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Impact is often the place where the efforts of the well meaning privileged can collide with the needs of the marginalized. Cliched as it might be to say, the road to hell is indeed paved with the good intentions of those who did not consider potential consequences.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/31/ani-difranco-righteous-retreat-outrage?CMP=twt_gu (via hillbillyplease)

I was glad to see this but made the mistake of reading the comments, which were pretty much all horrible. Don’t read them, but if you have a Guardian account, it’d be nice if you could add one in support of the author and her position.

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And I want to try and convey to you, broadly, how you are hurting women and hurting your own art form, and how easy it would be to stop. Because right now you’re coming across like a bunch of entitled babies terrified of a few girls in your clubhouse—demanding that women be thick-skinned about their own rapes while you’re too thin-skinned to handle even mild criticism. It’s embarrassing.

Lindy West, An Open Letter to White Male Comedians  (via jessicavalenti)
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And I want to try and convey to you, broadly, how you are hurting women and hurting your own art form, and how easy it would be to stop. Because right now you’re coming across like a bunch of entitled babies terrified of a few girls in your clubhouse—demanding that women be thick-skinned about their own rapes while you’re too thin-skinned to handle even mild criticism. It’s embarrassing.

Lindy West, An Open Letter to White Male Comedians  (via jessicavalenti)