"...whose sense of compassion are you appealing to?"

7 July 2024: "Camp is a mystical gender practice of being able to...hmm...maintain self-esteem, even in the face of severe policing and judgment. That isn't something that makes sense, you know? Like so many of the things I do don't make sense, like people are like, 'Why are you so compassionate, like it doesn't make sense when people aren't going to meet you with compassion.'" And like, whose sense are you appealing to?" --ALOK on this week's episode (#109) of Vibe Check in one of those moments I love--when a podcast just stops me in my tracks.