Yeah, it's pretty impossible to tell. In fact, I'm not sure that progressive or arty communities have ever actually been safe, really. I've seen an increase in talking about it publicly in the last ten years or so - the toxic patterns in progressive political and leisure spaces that is - but is that just changing media and community patterns making it easier to amplify marginalized voices (ie the corresponding rise in trans visibility and more open discussion of the problems within the queer community or the increasing visibility of misogyny in Hollywood?)
The persistent myth or illusion that they ARE safe, or were before some arbitrary date (usually like two years ago or whenever the writer first was personally affected), is a big problem in those spaces.
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Date: 17/8/24 17:01 (UTC)The persistent myth or illusion that they ARE safe, or were before some arbitrary date (usually like two years ago or whenever the writer first was personally affected), is a big problem in those spaces.