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CONSCIOUS EDITING
The Compassion Manifesto@consciousstyles #EdsGuild2017
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HOW NOT TO MAKE
EVERYTHING WORSE
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HOW CAN EDITORS FOSTER COMPASSION
AND HEALING?
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THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE
BRAIN, MIND, AND BODY IN THE HEALING OF TRAUMA
by Bessel van der Kolk, MD
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Break the pattern of using language that causes trauma. Change the script.
Adapted from The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk, MD
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Question a writer’s insistence on the right to leave slurs lying around.
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Fight racism instead of just abstaining from racism.
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CONFLICT IS NOT ABUSE
OVERSTATING HARM, COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY,
AND THE DUTY OF REPAIR
by Sarah Schulman
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In conflict, accountability is mutual. In abuse, one has power over another.
Source: Conflict Is Not Abuse, Sarah Schulman
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• gaslighting• shaming• ghosting
• stalking• bullying
OVERSTATING HARM?
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People with power often claim to be the victim. Source: Conflict Is Not Abuse, Sarah Schulman
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•Protesting abuse is not “harassment.”•Resisting abuse is not “threatening.” •Bringing an abusive system into balance is not “discrimination.”
WHEN RESISTING ABUSE
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Instead of using the language of abuse, ask what actually occurred.
Source: Conflict Is Not Abuse, Sarah Schulman
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Don’t respond to struggles against cruelty with more cruelty.
Source: Conflict Is Not Abuse, Sarah Schulman
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by Dylan Marron
CHANGE THE FORMAT
When we feel safe, we are open to changing our minds.
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THE ART OF COMMUNICATING
by Thich Nhat Hanh
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“RIGHT SPEECH” GUIDELINES
1. Tell the truth.2. Don’t exaggerate.3. Be consistent.4. Use peaceful language.
Source: The Art of Communicating, Thich Nhat Hanh
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The path to reconciliation is through loving speech and deep listening.
Source: The Art of Communicating, Thich Nhat Hanh
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The greater cost of exaggeration is that we discredit ourselves.
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“Sometimes even the most skillful words can cause
pain. That is okay.”
—Thich Nhat Hanh
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Gatekeepers are gate openers. Let through more of what we want to nurture in this world.
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Go beyond style guides to build the foundations, bridges, and homes necessary to ground your work in wise compassion.
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CONSCIOUS LANGUAGE
LIVES AT THE INTERSECTION
OF CRITICAL THINKING
AND COMPASSION.
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