Complete erasure is one way to “invisibilize” a group, yet inclusion that builds on stereotypical representation can also be harmful. It is not enough just to be seen if you and people like you are rendered in disempowering terms or through disempowering frames. By continuing to show up even when it hurts and even at the risk of erasure, I was combating symbolic annihilation. Now I knew I would need to be more strategic about where I committed my energy.
