@grimalkina Thank you, this is a wonderful essay. I think it's interesting to contemplate how much of this could be said about either patriarchy *or* white supremacy:

> However the very fact that you are Technical means that this fight cannot be won by you. I am sorry to be the one to tell you this, but if my belonging in tech is fundamentally unacceptable yours is uncertain. If you as a Technical person seek to stretch the Technical label it will dissolve in your hands like a wet piece of paper because what you are doing is breaking down the fundamental units that create this label in the first place. To preserve its integrity, a Technical system will reject you sooner than it will accept me. This is why you can’t fight it. You are it. The moment you win that argument you get shoved out the airlock to join me out here in the dark.