9 Ways We Can Make Social Justice Movements Less Elitist and More Accessible

[TalkingDog]

At our worst, social justice culture is basically a rehash of high school, except that everyone is trying to one-up each other with how cool their politics are.

Nailed it.

...activist communities tend to be concentrated within an age range of 5-7 years, meaning that there is very little intergenerational overlap between them. This means there is little community memory to guide us. It also means that activism is not necessarily open to people creating and raising families.

An older feminist friend once said bitterly to me that “Activists all start out at 18 or 20, and then age out at 40. There never any children or elders in social justice communities, which means they aren’t really communities. They’re just scenes.”

...being considered a “good feminist” is an endeavor that can require an enormous amount of privilege: It takes time and certain kind of education to read and keep up with social justice ideas. Not everyone’s style of learning or thinking lends itself easily to learning new ways of thinking and talking.

http://everydayfeminism.com/2015/09/social-justice-less-elitist/