Some things worth reading, with thanks to @emily_wk, who asked for “writing…that talks about cyclists as an oppressed class…. To wit: I wonder if a reason that it’s hard to get women to cycle more is because we already deal with oppression and don’t want to pile on?”; @wirehead2501, without whose responses I might well have missed the whole thread, as well as the links themselves; and the post authors.
@chrisamaphone: “on the bicycle as a vehicle to understand marginalization”
“if you’re able-bodied enough to ride a bike and otherwise have trouble understanding, from a visceral perspective, the terminology of feminist and antioppression discourse, i have a concrete recommendation: ride a bicycle as your primary means of transportation in a city where this is not the norm.”
@agentfin: “The UX of Community in Contested Space”
“…One of these days it’s going to be too much. I won’t be quick enough. I’ll finally get hit hard enough that I don’t get back up again.
Am I talking about the cars… or that next guy who tells me to “just be patient” when I try to explain why this is so damned hard, then squeezes my shoulder with a friendly leer?”
@eassumption: “Today’s important safety message”
“…just as conventional rape prevention advice perpetuates rape culture, the emphasis on [traffic-safety tips for] cyclists perpetuates a culture where hit-and-run accidents are common and law enforcement (at least against white drivers who break the law) is rare.”
(Post title borrowed from the Reddit link to @chrisamaphone’s post, which called it “a meditation on the many parallels between being a cyclist in a car-dominated world and being a woman in a man-dominated world.”)
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