this is probably going to get nowhere near as much attention as brontë’s post but i don’t care, so i’m going to say this anyway
i’m a mentally ill queer woc and i live in constant fear of being publicly called out for some ~problematic~ shit i might be doing unknowingly. i don’t mind being called out itself, it’s obviously important to be told when i fuck up UNKNOWINGLY because how would i even know otherwise. but it’s literally like, i could be one misstep away from being branded irredeemably bad for life at any given time.
you’re obviously in no way obliged to teach anyone about your own oppression, but can’t you, like, let people live, i’ve fucked up so many times in the past, just like everyone else probably, and i continue to do things that many would probably deem ~problematic~.
i’m not talking about people being abusive and shit like that, i’m talking about: said something ignorant and apologized after realizing the mistake, still got called out for being ~problematic~ and had 20 anons telling them to kill themselves in their inbox the next morning.
if no one beats me to it, i might just look through my blog and add proof of my past and present ~problematic~ actions to this post myself.
also feel free to reblog this with or without commentary, i guess.