This is cobblers. The author misunderstands the term; it's about her annoyance with individual self-described intersectional feminists.
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I broke down the foundational essays here http://helenpluckroseblogs.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/extract-from-essay-of-mine-which-breaks.html … I disagree with its basis in PoMo constructivism & identity politics.
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But yes, I am addressing intersectional feminism as a movement & its approach in practice. That's what actually affects people.
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In the same way, I agree with feminism's core aim but not the way the movement has developed & how it conducts itself.
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I think intersectionality was bound to go this way coz centred in elevating group identity above universal human rights & individuality.
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And adopted PoMo cultural constructivist views of gender & race & then focused on privilege clustering round certain groups.
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Having this essentially Foucauldian view of society in which individuals are constructed by group ID & defined by their place in society
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...makes it difficult not to be divisive or be tolerant of those who do not fit the mold & challenge the narrative.
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Intersectionality could be useful if it were part of a framework which also valued universal human rights & individuality. See last para.
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