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"What took me aback regarding the fediverse is that my networks were mostly “leftists” and self-proclaimed radical thinkers regarding race, ableism, gender, patriarchy, sexuality, et cetera, and yet what I was being exposed to was a lot of naiveté or hostility for questioning whiteness as a basis for many people’s takes or approaches to these subject matters. And if I were to question or push back on their whiteness, I was often accused of being biased myself. It became clear to me that there were many queer, radical leftists on the fediverse who had never taken the time to address race, whiteness, white supremacy in their politic, who hadn’t done any kind of organizing or work outside of online community spaces, and hadn’t engaged with the literature of Black and queer folks of color. I’m a teacher so my natural reaction is to provide resources, perspective, and engage, and that kind of became my role in the space. "