Am actually sitting on my hands trying not to interfere with someone else's discussion which they're handling superbly. I shld stop watching
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However, in practice, this leads to all sorts of other ideas - simplistic ideas of privilege, reversal of hierarchies, identity as paramount
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Restricting PoC & women & LGBTs to certain categories, claiming intersectional values for them all, vilifying them if they don't hold them.
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Reading everything for offence, demanding everyone focus on race, gender & sexuality rather than individuality or shared human experience.
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We can agree that women shld have equality but decline feminism as a much broader phenomenon including ideology & practices we do not share.
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Similarly, we can agree an individual can be subjected to several forms of discrimination but decline the added baggage of intersectionality
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Ppl can have consistent principles which oppose discrimination & advocate gender/racial/LGBT equality w/out taking on either of those.
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I'd call this 'liberal' but know pp who share my values but reject 'liberal' seeing it as associated w the left whilst they are conservative
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I'd call it humanist but know ppl who share these values but reject 'humanist' seeing it as atheist whilst they are religious.
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I could argue with these ppl & insist they are liberals & humanists but this is much less important than promoting the values together.
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So pls do not tell anyone they are feminist or intersectional if they tell you they're not. They know what they're declining & why.
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Have you read this book? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sceptical_Feminist …
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I have this book! Points for intent!
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It's very rigorous and analytic
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I must get to it!
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You might be also interested in her 2012 Uehiro Lectures http://www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/lectures/2012
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