This is a big post Maha. I know we have talked about some of these things in regards to VC and I don’t want to conflate things in regards to larger issues.

I want to take up inclusivity which comes to me as a paradox that flips on itself time and time again.

I want to take up this idea of “giving voice” in terms of using the right vocabulary. To me, stages; microphones; or polish can be given… but not voices.

However, I think Sherry is right about being careful – even in just considering how to respond I find myself starting and then stopping and then starting again. As I consider these things I find I’m sort of trapped in this strange negotiation between my own power and vulnerabilities – how I perceive those and how I imagine others could potentially perceive them. And so I pause to listen.