Trashing, pile-on culture and call-out culture, accountability, & related topics

[brainwane]

I've written a MetaFilter post curating links to some interesting thinking from the past 40 years on how we do accountability in progressive groups -- from Jo Freeman and Joanna Russ discussing "trashing" in the US feminist movement to people in the last few years and weeks talking about times to get on the phone, making trusting relationships for accountability, and lessons from Occupy.

Consider checking it out.

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

That was such a great post! Thank you for the research and helpful framing.

[brainwane]

You're very welcome -- lovely icon! :)

[altamira16]

This was something that had been troubling me lately, and I will try to remember to read some of your resources to learn more about this.

[brainwane]

It's a deep subject and worth gnawing on -- glad I could provide some thoughtworthy resources.

[wohali]

Thanks, this is very useful, especially as my knowledge of some of this stuff is a bit out of date. I like seeing the through-line you've illustrated here.

[brainwane]

I'm glad! The MetaFilter comments on this and some previous threads have also been useful, for me, to shake loose my intuitions.