y'all, nows the time to start doing more.
a lot of you have responded to the attacks on therians in multiple countries in south america (and apparently europe now, from what i'm hearing) with tucking your tail between your legs and going "see, we are oppressed!"
so? what are you going to do about it? we cannot just sit here and idle. even if you cannot be there in the moment, we need to start building a foundation of which we can make a change. and that foundation is not built off of vibes-based politics. we have to actually start thinking about how we will reach our own liberation.
think about the physical attacks that have happened in our community. who are the victims who have been injured? is there any way we can provide financial aid towards them in regards to getting medical treatment? have they spoken up about anything? how are we going to handle this going forward?
who are the people who are actively in areas that have had these attacks? have they talked about what the environment is like? we need to start giving folks who are actually directly harmed by this a platform to elevate their voices. by learning more from those who are actually directly having this happen to them, we can start to build a foundation in which we learn how to go forward.
the answer to this situation is not to keep hiding in the shadows, hoping that there is a part that is dark enough to hide us for good and for people to forget about us. there is no more shadow to hide in. so what will we do now?
we cannot let the community continue to just be a fun little space for people to hide away and ignore the troubles of the world. this has harmed members within our own community, primarily those racialized, and it is now more than ever a behavior that will hurt the whole community.
change starts with you. so let's actually try and make some productive change.
