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CONSCIOUS EDITING
The Compassion Manifesto@consciousstyles #EdsGuild2017
HOW NOT TO MAKE
EVERYTHING WORSE
HOW CAN EDITORS FOSTER COMPASSION
AND HEALING?
THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE
BRAIN, MIND, AND BODY IN THE HEALING OF TRAUMA
by Bessel van der Kolk, MD
Break the pattern of using language that causes trauma. Change the script.
Adapted from The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk, MD
Question a writer’s insistence on the right to leave slurs lying around.
Fight racism instead of just abstaining from racism.
CONFLICT IS NOT ABUSE
OVERSTATING HARM, COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY,
AND THE DUTY OF REPAIR
by Sarah Schulman
In conflict, accountability is mutual. In abuse, one has power over another.
Source: Conflict Is Not Abuse, Sarah Schulman
• gaslighting• shaming• ghosting
• stalking• bullying
OVERSTATING HARM?
People with power often claim to be the victim. Source: Conflict Is Not Abuse, Sarah Schulman
•Protesting abuse is not “harassment.”•Resisting abuse is not “threatening.” •Bringing an abusive system into balance is not “discrimination.”
WHEN RESISTING ABUSE
Instead of using the language of abuse, ask what actually occurred.
Source: Conflict Is Not Abuse, Sarah Schulman
Don’t respond to struggles against cruelty with more cruelty.
Source: Conflict Is Not Abuse, Sarah Schulman
by Dylan Marron
CHANGE THE FORMAT
When we feel safe, we are open to changing our minds.
THE ART OF COMMUNICATING
by Thich Nhat Hanh
“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
The path to reconciliation is through loving speech and deep listening.
Source: The Art of Communicating, Thich Nhat Hanh
The greater cost of exaggeration is that we discredit ourselves.
“Sometimes even the most skillful words can cause
pain. That is okay.”
—Thich Nhat Hanh
Gatekeepers are gate openers. Let through more of what we want to nurture in this world.
Go beyond style guides to build the foundations, bridges, and homes necessary to ground your work in wise compassion.
CONSCIOUS LANGUAGE
LIVES AT THE INTERSECTION
OF CRITICAL THINKING
AND COMPASSION.
Karen YinStorify of #EdsGuild2017 reactions:
http://ow.ly/BJ3R30fqadP
Language evolves. Be included.
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