I've heard a few times recently that intersectionality is descriptive not prescriptive; an observation, not an ideology.
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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 see intersectionalism (and any critical analysis) as a useful analytical tool to ensure you don't forget to take it into account.
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But when it also makes the decisions for you, you're biting some big bullets.
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Totally. An aught and an is.
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