I've heard a few times recently that intersectionality is descriptive not prescriptive; an observation, not an ideology.
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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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I think you might be conceding ground too freely. Although semantic discussions are frowned upon, insisting on these definition is important
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I'm not conceding anything. I'm saying that these terms have specific political usages. They do.
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That's fair. Would this then be a time to ally with the people suggesting intersectionality is prescriptive vs those who say descriptive?
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Sorry, you answered my question implicitly in another thread.
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The bullying power of these is huge. As a Midwestern writer, I feel I can't write abt majority of families I know. Every town has to be L.A.
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But I'm for the second two while suspicious of the first.
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