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The Visibility Compendium, May 2019

This month at the School of Visibility we focused on speaking up around controversial topics. We traversed racism, ageism, abortion, disruption of dominant narratives, and taking insufficient and/or too much responsibility in a world of blame and outrage.

Below is where you can scroll through everything we shared and catch up on all the goodness. So grab a cup of tea and let’s get into it!

FROM THE BLOG

I can’t say that, it’s too controversial!
[Topics: leadership | feminism | visibility]
‘To begin, it’s important to remember this about controversial topics; everything that’s really important in the world is controversial in some way.

Think about a few controversial moments in history:

The Suffragettes were ridiculed for being so ‘brazen’ as to presume women would have something valuable to contribute to the political arena.

The second wave of feminists were considered to be destroying families and stealing men’s jobs for

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What does responsibility have to do with it?

In today’s Tuesday chat I speak about taking responsibility as the antidote to a world that’s almost exclusively focused on expressing blame and outrage.

I speak both about the ways that people in positions of privilege are refusing to take responsibility and the ways people who are not in positions of privilege are expected to take on too much responsibility. (NB: The internet connection cut out toward the end. So expect an abrupt halt to the conversation.)

Once you’ve watched the video, here are some guiding questions to consider;

Where am I not taking responsibility for the privileges I experience in society?
Where am I taking on too much responsibility on behalf of others experiencing privilege?

Question 1: Where am I not taking responsibility for the privileges I experience in society?

If you’ve ever found yourself being yelled at by a person who experiences less privilege than you, this is … [Read More...]

It’s time to disrupt the dominant narrative

This month at the School of Visibility we’re talking all about controversy. Namely what might be stopping you from speaking up about controversial topics.

Last week we covered some of the things to keep in mind when you’re contemplating speaking up about a controversial topic.

Today I’ve a specific question for you to ask yourself before you decide not to speak up about something controversial (or potentially controversial).

Before we dive into that question, I want to remind you of something. (Something that we explore for a whole day of the Visibility Challenge. A free challenge that we run a few times a year.)

In a world that prioritises one perspective – that of the white, ably bodied, heterosexual, economically secure males – all other voices are controversial. By virtue of there being one dominant perspective, all people who don’t fit within these parameters are sidelined as ‘other’.

Which … [Read More...]

The Visibility Compendium, April 2019

Recently we’ve been exploring ways to make content more accessible to you. I’m very conscious that there’s soooo much content out there and want to find ways to make all the visibility related materials easily accessible. The Visibility Compendium is what we’ve come up with. It’s a monthly summary of what we’ve been publishing around women and visibility and/or that we’ve seen published by others.

Scroll down to view articles, videos, and posts we recommend checking out.

ARTICLES TO READ

We need women’s voices to restore the balance
[Topics: leadership | divine feminine | feminism | visibility]
‘The world is badly out of balance. It’s been tipped so far in favour of masculine values and ways of being (values that can be embodied and pursued by women and men) that the planet is on the brink of collapse, people are suffering epidemic levels of illness, there’s an ever growing divide

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Why we judge women differently when they sell things

I just read an article by Australian feminist Jane Caro about how tired she is of being asked to be a free mentor over and over and over again, and it epitomises for me something I’ve been thinking about all week as I’ve been launching A Visible Woman.

It’s a low level of anxiety I feel about charging for anything I offer, including A Visible Woman. There’s a deeply ingrained expectation within me that I should give things to people for free – bonuses, additional content, something/anything – not because I think the program is too expensive. It’s not. (If anything it needs to be reviewed in light of the depth and significance of the transformation women experience. And to honour what it takes to really hold people deeply in a space of transformation for months at a time.)

No, the anxiety isn’t about the value of the offering. … [Read More...]