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The most dangerous aspect of the pedestal is its height. Because the image atop it is built on perfection, any human mistake becomes a "fall" that leads to aggressive vilification.

Joss Whedon and the Feminist Pedestal: A Reading List - Longreads pedestal

💡 : The pedestal is rarely a gift to the one on top; it is a cage that prevents them from walking beside us. The most dangerous aspect of the pedestal is its height

A pedestal functions as a physical and symbolic "vehicle of distance". By raising an object or person above the common ground, we remove them from the messy, lived experience of humanity. we remove them from the messy