Pretty amazing essay by @amandahess on the antimonies of male feminism:http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/10/15/male_allies_confusing_for_feminism.html?wpsrc=fol_fb …
Part of the problem with discursive identity politics is that people exploit these unresolved contradictions to gain social capital.
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I'm all for good-faith intra-feminist critique (see: https://twitter.com/jessespafford/status/519168991299117057 …). But I think that often people criticize for criticism's sake.
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By going after others from the left, you can prove that you are ideologically purest. Important for those for whom feminism is an identity.
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One possible harm is limited participation. It's understandable why some might shy away if they'll be criticized regardless of what they do.
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Another is a general culture of animosity within the movement characterized by constant vicious critique, vindictive reprisal, and posturing
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(Disclaimer: this isn't coming from personal experience; I've never been personally criticized. But I see it happen all too frequently).
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Oof, I brutally misspelled "antinomies" in that first tweet, but there's no going back now. It's unfortunate, since it was pretty pithy imho
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@jessespafford 'opposed onlies'
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