Hearing promises of “safe spaces” is usually a quick way to get me very angry. Safe for whom? And safe from whom? Probably not safe for minorities from dominant discourses… But then calling for “brave spaces” instead does not help a lot either. Brave spaces demand bravery from everybody, so far so good, but what about those people who have to be brave to show up as themselves every single day already because of society’s reaction to who they are? Also, it should not require being brave to be heard. So then, an alternative seems to be to strive for accountable spaces. Here I am digging into some literature to see how people generally think and write about it!

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