When someone is in an abusive relationship, they often have to construct a mental model of their abuser in order to survive. They use this mental model to understand what will set off the abuse. If I do this, will they attack me? Every action is run through this mental model of their abuser to see what will trigger abuse…

“In short, to communicate we all need an audience willing and capable of hearing us. The extent to which entire populations of people can be denied this kind of linguistic reciprocation as a matter of course institutes epistemic violence.” - Kriste Dotson…

When media writes about interactions between Jewish people and those harmed by circumcision, they usually focus on how the behavior of survivors impacts Jewish feelings. There have been multiple articles written by Jewish people on how activists against circumcision are supposed to talk to Jewish people without offending them…

When people talk about circumcision, they don’t say “I was circumcised.” They say “I am circumcised.” Why? This is not how we talk about other surgeries. No one would say “I am shoulder surgeried.” They would say “I had shoulder surgery.” The only surgeries that people use identity language around are those which transform identity in some way. For examp…

Those from minority groups are often treated as representatives of their group, while those from dominant groups are not. If someone from a minority group commits a crime, the headline includes the minority aspect of their identity. If someone from a dominant group does the same action, they are often described merely as a person, rather than a represen…

One of the most common objections to the concept of systemic pedophilia from those who participate in it is “but I’m not attracted to children.” Children’s Justice defines systemic pedophilia as the systems that allow for children to be harmed. These systems include culture, language, institutions, etc. By definition, systems cannot “desire” the way that…

Hermeneutical justice is the key to all social justice. Only once a movement can find the language to name and describe the challenges it faces, it will be able to solve those challenges. In Epistemic Injustice: Power and the Ethics of Knowing Miranda Fricker defines hermeneutical injustice as “when a gap in collective interpretive resources puts someone…