I think that you're doing a fantastic job with this blog! All of you! Thank you for being one of the very few people on tumblr who actually know how to run a privilege blog. However I did notice a few other privilege blogs (the ones that give SJ a bad name) getting angry at your blog because of this. That's where so many of those random asks came from. TITP made a post saying how you shouldn't run a privilege blog because you don't believe in "thin privilege" which I think is bull.

Thank you! I read that on their blog. I’m actually not certain that they read what I wrote at all, but regardless, if that is how they feel it’s how they feel.

Regarding privilege, I think sometimes our personal experiences give us blinders. For example, I grew up wanting to go into law enforcement and eventually work my way into intelligence for the FBI. Then I found out Deaf people are not allowed to become cops in most places. I was really pissed about it, and I was ready to file a discrimination lawsuit and fight the man when I realized that not allowing Deaf people to become cops wasn’t an instance of systematic oppression by the government or by hearing people in general. It was a safety thing. I don’t have all the senses I would need to best protect myself and others in a law enforcement environment, so I can’t have that job. It sucks, but it’s not oppression or discrimination. That’s the same reason why people over a certain weight are not allowed to ride airplanes. It’s not because the government is “waging a war against fat people;” it’s because in an emergency the safety measures for that person would be inaffective. If you are too large to use an airline seatbelt, they can’t simply let you fly without one. As we’ve discussed, being overweight can put you at an increased risk for health concerns. Things like chemotherapy and pregnancy are incredibly stressful on a human body. If you’re already at risk, these things may jeopardize your life. That is not the government waging a war on fat people. That’s a medical professional determining that the risk of those things for your personal situation outweigh the benefits.

As far as intersectionality goes, I will not be bullied into erasing the experiences of others. Everyone has a voice here, and everyone’s experiences matter. No one’s experiences are more or less valuable because of the privileges they do or do not have.

-Harrison