“Community.” “Those impacted.” “Centering the lived experiences of *insert group here*.” As co-conspirators in the progressive ecosystem, we share this culture of language, parroting ubiquitous words that—when used persistently over long periods of time—lose their saliency and power. This happens often. At DTC, we’ve often found ourselves in meetings with clients, trying to dig out …
4 communications tropes holding back your political goals
Like all tropes, there 's some truth to each, which is why these became passable common knowledge in the first place, but like all tropes, they should be examined more closely and nuanced when deployed.