I was born and raised in the fundamentally democratic San Francisco Bay Area. I’m unabashedly and unapologetically a Californian: I believe in--and work to support--open cultures, diversity, equity, non-violence, transparency, and accuracy of information. I have not always understood or embraced those practices, however. I grew up in an authoritarian family culture, and the relational norms that initially shaped me were closed, homogenous, severely imbalanced, violent, and secretive. ...

https://cathybglenn.com/2021/12/10/my-positionality-or-why-i-write-about-authoritarianism/