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Day of Silence
It's the Day of Silence today, for LBGTQAIetc rights. I've got about fifteen minutes to decide if I'm participating before I go off to class.
On the one hand, I'd like to. I am bad at fighting injustice in the world, and anything I can do, I'd like to do (current project: Stop using "lame"), and this certainly counts. Even if it's just another drop in the bucket, even if there are more students in Cambridge who'd do this than an opposite, even if no one seems to notice or care up here, it's something I can do.
On the other hand...man, I grew up privileged enough that I don't have to be silent at this period in my life. I can be out as poly, as bi, as queer to everyone I know, and it's really just not a problem. I have a voice, and I like my voice, and I don't want to shut up.
Because I have friends who have to be silent, and that's terrible. And if they have to be silent, well, I'll just have to be louder for them, because right now, I *can* be loud, and they can't. I have enough safety to speak my voice, and maybe I have enough power to make people hear --not on any large scale, but at least one person at a time, letting them know that oh hey, not all bisexual girls are exhibitionist sluts, and not all polyfolk are pedophiliac mormons.
Of course, going back to the first point, maybe since silence is something I've never dealt with, maybe it's something I should experience. Turn off IM, livejournal comments, e-mail, and twitter. If I'm not going to speak, I'm not going to speak at all.
I have to go to class. Decision made?
You'll see when I next post.
~Sor
MOOP!
On the one hand, I'd like to. I am bad at fighting injustice in the world, and anything I can do, I'd like to do (current project: Stop using "lame"), and this certainly counts. Even if it's just another drop in the bucket, even if there are more students in Cambridge who'd do this than an opposite, even if no one seems to notice or care up here, it's something I can do.
On the other hand...man, I grew up privileged enough that I don't have to be silent at this period in my life. I can be out as poly, as bi, as queer to everyone I know, and it's really just not a problem. I have a voice, and I like my voice, and I don't want to shut up.
Because I have friends who have to be silent, and that's terrible. And if they have to be silent, well, I'll just have to be louder for them, because right now, I *can* be loud, and they can't. I have enough safety to speak my voice, and maybe I have enough power to make people hear --not on any large scale, but at least one person at a time, letting them know that oh hey, not all bisexual girls are exhibitionist sluts, and not all polyfolk are pedophiliac mormons.
Of course, going back to the first point, maybe since silence is something I've never dealt with, maybe it's something I should experience. Turn off IM, livejournal comments, e-mail, and twitter. If I'm not going to speak, I'm not going to speak at all.
I have to go to class. Decision made?
You'll see when I next post.
~Sor
MOOP!