It also makes me think about the whole tarbaby phenomenon–nothing new, but I realize more keenly how polyvalent the term is, like an atom with a lot of available electron orbits. It easily ‘attaches’ to a diversity of experiences, experiences which have not been terribly well-articulated outside of some obscure circles. And I think that may be one reason to keep the term, because until those different interactions are more clearly understood, we don’t want to draw hard distinctions between them too quickly.

Thanks for taking an entire month to shine a spotlight on this tangle!

Yehuda