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• 1 2022-06-15T14:13:32-07:00 Conclusion 4 plain 2022-06-24T14:08:13-07:00 I imagine the kinds of collective learning spaces that could be facilitated in a more liberated digital future. I imagine an online space where sexual stigma and whorephobia are not a part of the design, but rather communities are able to freely gather virtually and share resources, participate in mutual aid, educate one another, and build friendships and professional relationships. I imagine young people unabashedly engaging their curiosity about sexuality, intimacy, and relationships, as it's a normalized part of growing up and connecting with others. I imagine the ways teens will hack their education. How through their resilience and desire for knowledge they will find communities online who make them feel supported, seen, and unashamed of who they are. I imagine sex educators listening to sex workers and taking the time to learn about the needs of their communities and how they intersect with the pursuit of accessible sex education and sexual and reproductive health services. I want to imagine more than that. I believe in the cyber world’s potential to disrupt the increasingly frequent attacks on inclusive and honest education, but beyond that, I believe in the physical world’s potential to transform. I believe in our collective power to abolish carceral technologies that allow for the perpetuation of violence against criminalized communities under the guise of safety for some. I believe in our ability to liberate our minds from the nationalistic, and often conservative, myths we are taught as a legacy of colonization and ongoing US imperialism. Myths that insist on a “right” way to exist and determine which desires are permitted and which are a threat to the safety of white supremacist, sexist, ableist, homophobic, and transphobic moral values.