I never understood why Chavez got so much recognition when Huerta obviously did all the work. But in light of her coming forward, it makes so much sense now. Women and NB femmes have been dealing with men like this in movements for decades. Across the last 28 years, I’ve encountered more of these than I can count. Be very suspicious of people who seek the spotlight and the credit. Even if it makes you uncomfortable to get recognition, don’t let someone like that take credit for your work. The movement is rarely their true motivation. Predators seek easy access to power that lacks accountability. Their show off, attention seeking behavior is the first red flag. Men who seek to be the media darling, pull showy risky stunts, control publishing or messaging, etc. should make you skeptical. It’s not automatically bad, plenty of people harmlessly nerd out on these things. But some people seek them for the wrong reasons. The second red flag is hypersexuality (especially if it includes politicizing polyamory, forming “harems”, sexual harassment, ignoring asexual people, etc). Do not keep predators’ secrets to protect a movement. If a group is letting abuse go on, then it should die and be replaced with something better. They will send their flying monkeys to shut you up and blacklist you, but the seeds of doubt you sew might just encourage another person to trust their intuition and protect themselves. Accountability and exposure are preventive. Someone who genuinely regrets what they did and doesn’t want to do it again will not mind it being known. Take care, folks. Wishing all these women healing and recognition.
Fuck, well this just made me fucking cry
At the end of the day, Charlie Kirk
was a mediocre white man who
dropped out of college then found
fame in convincing other mediocre
white men who dropped out of
college that minorities and women
were chosen for jobs over
mediocre white men because of
who they were and not because
they were more qualified, worked
harder and/or finished college
That's his legacy. And no amount
of tears on phony social media
videos posted by random people
on the internet will change that.
In case you need nice kitties bathing each other in the sun today.