online privacies and disclosures

Women have fought for so long to break out of silences. Virginia Woolf argued we all should be so lucky to have space and time to create and Tillie Olson lamented our silences and gaps. Liberation through conversation and discussion.

On the other hand, there are protective and self selected silences–those that honor others and ourselves and recognize the slippery nature of media and language.

There isn’t a slick, quick answer, but a need for productive reflexivities.

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