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Medium Writers Are Banding Together And it’s Beautiful
A plea to donate to Shannon Ashley’s lifesaving operation fund and to reflect on how you use your platform
Yesterday I donated to Shannon Ashley’s crowdfunding campaign because of an email from Tom Kuegler. The headline was: Chelsey, I should’ve done this last week, and I was intrigued, so I opened the message.
He shared Shannon’s crowdfunder and a generous donation appeared in her fund.
Good for you, Tom, I thought. But he was right. He should have done this sooner. Someone with so huge a platform, to whom Shannon is a colleague of sorts. It made me reflect on something I struggle with on this platform. Unacknowledged privilege.
Both of these writers have lots of talent, but very different brands. They write personal stories that reflect how different their experiences have been. Or perhaps reflect how vulnerable they are willing to be.
Shannon is famously honest and refreshingly unafraid to call out bullshit. She…
