When someone with more visibility “amplifies” a lived-experience message—then becomes the spokesperson, drowning out the original voice.

Publicly identifying as an “ally” without doing the hard work of redistribution, structural change, or accountability.

Collecting lived-experience stories to generate funding, branding, or prestige—while offering little to no return to those who shared them.

When someone uses your work, words, or frameworks and presents them as their own “insight” in safer or more prestigious spaces.

Centres the ally’s feelings about injustice instead of the injustice itself—shifting focus and labour back onto the marginalised person.