shel

The Transsexual Chofetz Chaim

Mutant, librarian, poet, union rabble rouser, dog, Ashkenazi Jewish. Neuroweird, bodyweird, mostly sleepy.


I write about transformative justice, community, love, Judaism, Neurodivergence, mental health, Disability, geography, rivers, labor, and libraries; through poetry, opinionated essays, and short fiction.


I review Schoolhouse Rock! songs at @PropagandaRock


Website (RSS + Newsletter)
shelraphen.com/

DiscoDeerDiary
@DiscoDeerDiary

Thinking about the way social media communities mangle the concept of "accountability", because a key feature of social landscapes like Twitter and Tumblr is that there's no clear sense of borders or localization to provide a definite sense of who's "in the community" and who's "not in the community". This is, in many cases, a strength, but it also enables a really toxic dynamic where you take the concept of accountability, formerly understood to mean paying your dues to the people you're directly in community with, and spread that definition of "community" to include potentially the entire internet, you end up with a state of affairs where a person can be accused of "failing accountability" if one person is uncomfortable with them. Even if that's a person they've never met.


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