So, Twitter is outpouring with discussions about a white cis man’s mental health issues and whether current depictions of his behavior are ableist or not. They might be ableist, I wouldn’t know because I haven’t been following the way his mental health diagnosis or its manifestations are currently being framed. And here’s the discussion that is not happening: how years of abuse might have impacted the mental health of Women of Color. Here’s another discussion that is not happening: feminist community response to the possible mental health issues of the WoC in question. And here’s yet another discussion that is not happening: who is accountable for the well being of the community and the members that are cast away.
But you know, even when we denounce an abuser we are still going to be erased from the subsequent discussions in the aftermath.
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