you know, if you happen to be a cishet person who is also privileged in terms of class and caste and are active in circles that are full of socio-politically aware people- be it debate circuits or MUN circuits, etc- but you don't give space to people from marginalized- (1/n)

communities to talk about their experiences/struggles (or have bare minimum representation on your editorial (yes this is a vv specific twt thread)) EVEN though you have your privileged friends talk about those issues while captioning the posts w quote-unquote- (2/n)

"Stay tuned for our take on this issue" you are doing nothing but appropriating struggles of people from communities who have been harassed, assaulted, killed just for existing. Your 'wokeness' is all for nought. You have created a platform to talk about things that are- (3/n)

relevant. When you make your editorial logo go rainbow during pride month the least we can expect you to do give queer people space to talk about themselves. But you never did that. Actually, you barely did anything. We know you don't have the guts to take accountability-(4/n)

for your homophobic past. It will cause damage to your reputation which of course would be a bit inconvenient for you considering the fact that this initiative is supposed to help get you LORs and boost your CVs. But please remember that while doing so you could have made-(5/n)

actual changes and helped start conversations around 'sensitive' topics in a college that is fairly apolitical. In short, please remember, this editorial helps no one but you at the expense of millions of people in this country who continue to be viewed as threats with- (6/n)

no fault of their own. (end)