It amazes me that this could be claimed by anyone who has ever engaged with activists who use 'intersectional' as part of their label.
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Intersectionality is not optional My fem'ism will be intersectional or it will b bullshit Fem'ism w/out intersectionality is white supremacy
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The word 'intersectionality' along with associated terms 'diversity' & 'inclusion' have their own very specific political meanings now.
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'Your feminism isn't intersectional' isn't just an observation. The response, 'No, I find other approaches better' won't go down well.
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Im told repeatedly that the alternative to intersectionality is only caring about cis white men. 'You're not intersectional' = 'You are bad'
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I'm told this explicitly & genuinely. 'Intersectionality' is seen by its adherents as synonymous with 'caring about social justice for all.'
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Here, I broke down the foundational essays. Identity politics & privilege theory were present from the start. http://helenpluckroseblogs.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/extract-from-essay-of-mine-which-breaks.html …
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Please do not tell me intersectionality is not political & ideological but purely observational. It never was and it certainly isn't now.
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As for claiming that criticising the standards of gender studies is anti-intellectual, never has a point been missed so thoroughly.
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Criticising a field for substituting ideology for evidence and rigour can hardly be described as anti-intellectual.
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It is possible to apply a powerful intellect to critical theory but that doesn't mean it wouldn't be better applied to almost anything else.
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Ah yes, it's just a description but if you don't agree, your a bigoted, racist, sexist piece of human garbage.

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Oh Ben, your apostrophe is missing!
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Christian, that's mean! You never Grammar Nazi! Stop prodding Ben in his perfectionistic vulnerable bits!
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I think it was initially intended to be that way.
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No. Always political. I broke down the foundational essays here. http://helenpluckroseblogs.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/extract-from-essay-of-mine-which-breaks.html …
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#OccupyWallStreet,#intersectionality meant "get to the back of the line and check your privilege you cishet white male!!!" Prescriptive!pic.twitter.com/d6kDfJVWXk
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@HPluckrose explains how intersectional feminism is often more of a political ideology than a field of scientific inquiry.https://twitter.com/HPluckrose/status/889889958797987842 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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it's a notably poor description, lacking in the dimensions that make us interesting in order to heavily weight external characteristics
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if the intersectional theorists accounted for cognitive ability, at the very least, i'd believe they might have something to say
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