Awareness Exhaustion: So Sick of Being Sensitive

Olivia and Raven respond to common criticisms of embracing labels and sensitivity toward people’s identities, and explain awareness exhaustion.

 

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Discussion Summary:

00:33: Episode begins, and background on Raven’s term “awareness exhaustion.”

01:50: Why we should care about people’s different identities, and the importance of having a word for an identity.

07:29: When labels can be divisive, and the flaw in deciding certain labels are problematic.

11:04: When labels unite us, and our need to have a community of people who understand us without explanation.

20:30: The privilege of being able to ask why labels matter.

21:39: The importance of increasing awareness to have compassion, and helping with advocacy for communities you don’t belong to.

25:52: Attempts to connect with marginalized communities’ experiences, and when it can be offensive.

30:36: Awareness exhaustion explained.

36:39: Raven shares why she doesn’t understand the view that there are too many labels, and Olivia shares a time when she experienced awareness exhaustion.

40:19: Being offended by something many people don’t find offensive.

45:31: Learning to be corrected without taking offense, and changing what you think of as normal.

50:04: The apathy aspect to awareness exhaustion, and remembering not to diminish the struggles people experience.

53:41: Outro.

 

Music credits: Opening: Goestories - Noir Et Blanc Vie

Closing: First Class - DJ Williams