Crash Override

Here’s the thing - people in marginalised sections of society both online and offline will already know how this goes, because that’s the reality of life for many of them. Zoe highlights this in several places by amplifying their voices, whilst acknowledging that her social privilege grants her a better chance at many things, whilst further highlighting that even that didn’t help her one iota.

This isn’t an easy read but people owe it to folks in Zoe’s position to read it, no matter how hard it feels to get through it. She talks about her life crashing down around her in candid terms and the explosive effects it had on anyone close to her, and how it made impossible for her to secure any kind of safety and security for herself, and all because a violent ex bore her a grudge. It’s devastating but entirely raw and real. I don’t necessarily agree with every single point in relation to handling people who have been abusers in the past, when they seek help in the future, but then highlighting her own problematic behaviour in the past helps us understand where mob mentality comes from and how it manifests. Every angle is important.

Everyone should read this book - or rather I say everyone in a position of privilege should read this book; because then folks might understand what it’s like to exist as someone who is deemed disposable by those who hold all power over them.