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Surveillance

Surveillance and Modern USA Colonialism:

Surveillance has long been a core tool of colonial power, used historically to monitor and control colonized populations, suppress resistance, and maintain administrative dominance. Colonial governments relied on censuses, pass systems, identity documents, and police informants to track movement, gather intelligence, and regulate access to land and labor. These practices created asymmetrical visibility: colonizers observed, categorized, and disciplined, while colonized people were denied privacy and autonomy. In modern contexts, this legacy continues through digital surveillance, counterterrorism frameworks, and data-driven policing that disproportionately target Indigenous communities and formerly colonized regions. Contemporary surveillance technologies, such as biometric databases, facial recognition, and expansive monitoring of communication, often replicate colonial dynamics by treating certain groups as inherently suspicious or requiring heightened control.

Flock’s Aggressive Expansions Go Far Beyond Simple Driver Surveillance | ACLUBuild it (an authoritarian tracking infrastructure) and they (expanded uses) will come

Privacy and Surveillance | American Civil Liberties UnionThe ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.

Consent in All Spaces

Consent in All Spaces is a mechanism we can use to focus on how we would want to be treated in any given situation. We know that being forced to do anything is uncomfortable, and when it comes to sexual encounters there is a high tendency for people to abuse their position in the exchange of pleasure. This is not only a crime, but a tendency high enough that 1 in 4 people Assigned Female At Birth, or represent femininity, are sexually abused before the age of 18. This is not to take away from the ways that males are alos victims of sexual asssault.

Talking about consent is important and there are plently of ways to make is a sexy experience. We should always discuss our sexual preferences in terms of sexual acts, before we engage in sexual acts with someone new. It's important to discuss STD/STI status and make sure that this is a person you are comfortable with. Continuous consent is also important, and if you aren't feeling a situaiton don't feel compelled to continue. Make sure to have good communication with the people you are engaging with, this can be even in non-sexual spaces. Consent can revolve around many different areas in life such as, medical procedures, touching (hugging/kissing), discussion of personal information or triggering information, etc.

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