🐾 Allyship in Action 🐾

True allyship means listening—not assuming.

As Ed Summers shared:

Being asked what works gave him agency, instead of others deciding for him.

Fake or poorly trained service animals continue to create real barriers for legitimate teams every day.

👏 Thank you to Jen and Ed
🐶 And Loki—the best boy

#PCBPeers #AccessibilityMatters #ServiceDogs #Allyship

good allies always seed back their torrents #praxis #allyship #bittorrent
Re-recording her seminal album Blue, but this time for tops, that’s #allyship
They're Letting This Happen

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Big confrontations are not the only form of allyship.

When a partner freezes during a relative's racially loaded comment, the silence usually comes from conflict, fear, or not knowing what to say. Small agreements—a glance, a check-in afterward—often reduce the pressure more than expecting a perfect rebuttal on the spot.

The goal is a shared approach, not a solo confrontation.

https://insights.blackwhitematch.net/partner-silence-racist-family-comments/

#interracialrelationships #allyship

What to Do When Your Partner Is Silent During Racist Family Comments

Silence during racist family comments often comes from freeze or loyalty conflict, not lack of care. Here is how to talk to your partner and build allyship.

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"In our hundreds once again, we marched through our streets of Cork City, Ireland, in solidarity with Palestine.
Show Israel the Red Card."
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#corkpalestinesolidaritycampaign
#savethetriplelock #RedCardIsrael
#BDSMovement #mastodaoine #allyship #Palestine #solidarity #CorkCity #resist #protest #Cork #enacttheoccupiedterritoriesbill

But also I was raised among the most obvious and paternalistic arrogance of "I know this church is true" ringing in my ears from all sides. The certainty that people crave and cling to, and in turn lecture and enlighten all the lost sheep. The arrogance to tell POC that their own historical traditions are wrong and some white aldulturer's extremely violent but somehow boring fanfic is their actual history. Maybe I just needed this extremely obvious example smacked across my face to get it.

Because that arrogance still manages to stick around in "ex" communities and broader liberalism. Deconstruction is about learning to be humble enough to be curious again. Simple curiosity and a few honest "I don't knows" would solve a lot of the worlds problems right now.

#exmormon #allyship