Wasn’t quite what I was expecting when I opened the piece – but enjoyed the read nevertheless. Reflecting on the content though, I do wonder what it’s actually trying to say! Is it essentially a health and safety message (ie – organise events to minimise the potential for harms of all sorts); or is it a plea for self-censoring based on ‘my’/’your’ identity (ie YOU/I can’t say that; you/I can’t say THIS; or YOU/I can’t say THAT or THIS!!) – in case I’ve caused ‘offence’ and/or haven’t checked my privilege(s)?

If the former – no problem. If the latter – problem! There is no inherent reason for a conference/meeting/seminar/campus etc to be a ‘safe space’ in the latter sense – indeed I would argue that for such things to be effective ‘spaces’ they need to be challenging, stretching and inherently ‘unsafe’ in the sense of taking everyone (including myself) out of our comfort zones. That after all is why I read your piece.