Afterword

Plural Self-Respect

We hope this primer was sufficient to impart you with the understanding that speaking for the experience of every system is very, very difficult. You're more than welcome to stop right here! But to the aforementioned difficulty, we acknowledge that we brushed over and barely touched topics with a lot of depth to them - topics where it's more appropriate to individually speak to our personal experience and understanding, rather than act as an unbiased explainer.

The chapters following this afterword are Plural Self-Respect. Anecdotes and micro-essays written by individual systems and members - Plural Respect's authors, editors, and their friends. With the intuition from the primer, we hope you can interpret the potential for experiences differing to the ones within these pages, but still derive value from more detailed, personal writing.

Feel free to skim them in any order!

Aside: 2.0

This primer is a 2024 rewrite of the original 2022 plural respect - made with less redundancy, more consistency, more conviction, a better understanding of ourselves, and of course - the help of our friends. 1.0 is long, meandering, and at times incorrect - but is available here with even less warranty - just in case it's more complete.