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History of Feminism

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Tuesday Afternoon

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2. good essay. found this also helpful for those who unintentionally offend =
Tue Feb 11, 2014, 10:42 AM
Feb 2014

Be humble about the limitations of your good intention. If someone is hurt or triggered by your words, it isn’t because they failed to understand your intentions. It is because your intentions don’t have the power to shape the meaning of your words in the larger social world. For an excellent description of the problem of “intention,” see @chescaleigh’s video “Getting Called Out: How To Apologize.”



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