@wilfredchan This is partly just a journalist/academic language divide, but still: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affair …
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@jessesingal interesting. i mean, i'm a journalist too, and i too love plainly expressed ideas. but i think it's clear she's not trying to1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@jessesingal speak to a mainstream audience, but committed activists who are understand and draw power from serious radical scholarship1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@jessesingal think of it almost as, there's a reason why it's inaccessible. if anyone mainstream liberalism could just skim and understand,1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@jessesingal it probably wouldn't contain very new or fundamentally game-changing ideas.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@jessesingal still, those willing to give the benefit of the doubt to say, "hmm, maybe@suey_park really knows her shit, i should listen"5 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@jessesingal and then do the work to see how their own privilege gets in way of understanding, and actively try to undo those biases, & then1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@jessesingal really take the time to see where she's coming from, will see that she's not fluffy/crazy, but knows what she's talking about.6 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@wilfredchan I think if you read it closely, it doesn't. But arguing over crit theory is like arguing over religion
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