Unsafe vs. Uncomfortable

This week we talk about feeling “uncomfortable” compared to feeling “unsafe”, and how these terms have become conflated in conversations around free speech and protests against genocide in Palestine.

We discuss what it actually means to be unsafe, the way safety as a concept has been weaponised against marginalised folk, and the importance of sitting with discomfort for growth and reconciliation.  

 

Soaliha: @soalihaofficial & Linktree

Mitch: @mitchs.miscellanea & Linktree

Email: heresthethingthopodcast@gmail.com

PayPal: PayPal.me/soaliha 

 

Sources:

Students arrested at Western Sydney University during Palestine protest - Honi Soit

Working for safety collectively - Overland literary journal 

University responses to anti-Semitism 'woefully inadequate', but Labor-led committee rejects judicial inquiry - ABC News

Right-wing pro-Israel agitators threaten free speech on campus 

Blessed is the flame | The Anarchist Library