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timeisacephalopod · 5 years

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Lol my therapist told me I should start a podcast because I went on a rant about how the way we view The Expert(tm) is inherently flawed and doesn’t often acknowledge the preexisting power imbalances that result in people being unable to ‘prove’ their expertise with academic sourcing or degrees or whatnot, meaning what a minority opinion has to say on a matter is often ignored in favor of the status quo.

Anyway, I could go on for hours about this topic so maybe I will start a podcast.

#winters ramblings #basically i was ranting about the 'where's your proof?' argument minorities tend to get #which doesnt typically acknowledge that certain minorities don't have academic sources to '''''prove'''' their oppression #if people aren't looking into your problems you can't pull a study to corroborate you have them #and people tend to take a 'lack' or proof that none exists instead of acknowledging agap in research #which is HOW academia works- finding research gaps and filling them #but i guess research gaps mean certain minorities have no problems now! good news!#anyway i think that listening to what people have to say is useful in trying to figure out where those knowledge gaps are #and then working to bridge them instead of flat claiming they dont exist because no one has studied it #or only 2 people have #like BITCh what logic is that?#not to mention for some minorities it doesn't matter HOW much research exists to support your views #trans people can cite studies about letting them transition being good for them all day #but transphobes aren't gunna listen to that they're be all BuT bIoLoGy until you give up and then they'll assume they're right #so then you're in a situation where proof is no longer the problem people who refuse to look at it are

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