The Intersectionality of Hate: Name-Magic in the 21st Century

[bellatrys]

The one who tells the stories rules the world.
--Hopi proverb"Intersectionality" is one of those words that, like "dynamic", can seem to be (and is sometimes used as) a meaningless buzzword, but which really does have meaning and is a useful descriptor for discussion purposes, namely of the fact that the world is not a bunch of separate unrelated

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[voxwoman]

Excellent post.

:)

[ext_82617]

Linked you here: http://seeking-avalon.blogspot.com/2008/07/announcement-thoughts.html

But do let me know if I missed points.

[dinpik]

"I've talked before about the co-option - the deliberate and Orwellian co-option and refashioning - of the expression "politically correct" in the early '80s by rightwing pundits into meaning the exact opposite of what it originally meant, from being an expression that referred to the changeability of what was permitted public discourse based on the vagaries of who happened to be in power at a given moment and which was in fact used ironically and self-critically by those who disapproved of it within the old Left, to a claim of a fixed, unmoving rule of what was and was not permitted by a totally-static heirarchy of power."

I love this. I remember that post, but can't for the life of me remember what you had it tagged uner.

Can I quote this paragraph in Journalfen's unfunnybusiness community? We had some people whine that because other people pointed out why the game Fat Princess wasn't funny that they were being "dogpiled" because they weren't PC.