bell hooks talks about this in aint i a woman in the chapter on the 1980s feminist movement iirc also reni eddo lodge why im no longer talking to white people about race discusses this but i dont think either of those are originators of the idea

really good! this is key "I realised not just how unfair this lottery of birth is, but how bad we all are at talking about it, within our friendship groups, families, society, even to ourselves"
I think at least in my/our? friendship groups we do talk about it - even if uneasily. its so important!

And the amount of something doesn't effect the vermin designation? Bc it seems more like a value judgement term than a legal (or taxonomical) one!

Is there an argument that the number of animals/insects etc is part of what qualifies something as an infestation? I find it hard to believe that if there was e.g. a secret attic full of hundreds of rabid dogs they would be classed as pets

managed to put the wrong link AGAIN, here's my review! anarchiststudies.noblogs.org/article-invi...

managed to include the wrong link to this one! 🤦‍♀️it is: freedomnews.org.uk/2019/12/08/r...

And of course, because great minds think alike and we are doing our intro posts at PRECISELY the same time (!) my amazing project I did with @marijamdid.bsky.social !

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My review of Invisible: a diary of rough sleeping in Britain! A must read, get it at freedom press, in @anarchiststudies.bsky.social
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