Link: Intent! It's Fucking Magic!

[sonia]

While I'm posting retrospective links, I've been thinking about this post a lot lately, so I'm linking to it here for folks that didn't see it the first time. (Back in 2010, wow, time goes by.)
Intent! It's Fucking Magic! by genderbitch

A small sample:

So say, if you make a bunch of racist jokes, instead of contributing to the systemic oppression of POC, the bewitching might of Intent (I’m capitalizing the I now, to give it proper respect as a primary element) spreads out, blocking every single person from fully hearing the awful racist shit you just said, further preventing them from internalizing it and using it to justify actions. It also prevents it from creating an environment where racist behavior is seen as more acceptable, by twisting the very threads of fate there as well!