That was fucked up and wrong. I’m sad and angry that it happened to you. Thank you, not just for speaking up, but for doing so with such clarity and care.
If you decide, by default, that everyone in your group is self-aware, well-intentioned, and telling the truth, and you then make their intent a central factor in assessing misconduct, you will almost never find abuse. You’ve made it structurally impossible. And this is how you end up with a culture that enables sexual harassment.
I think that this is going to be the main generalized point I take away (as separate from, say, my opinions about CEA or EA norms). Sometimes people will lie, and if your structure does not interrogate that you will fail to do right by people. I am, of course, also disappointed in and angry with CEA leadership, including the people who received the document without, it seems, so much as a “what the fuck” to Riley.
Chatting with you was something I looked forward to at every EAG.
That was fucked up and wrong. I’m sad and angry that it happened to you. Thank you, not just for speaking up, but for doing so with such clarity and care.
I think that this is going to be the main generalized point I take away (as separate from, say, my opinions about CEA or EA norms). Sometimes people will lie, and if your structure does not interrogate that you will fail to do right by people. I am, of course, also disappointed in and angry with CEA leadership, including the people who received the document without, it seems, so much as a “what the fuck” to Riley.
Chatting with you was something I looked forward to at every EAG.