Atheism +
December 1, 2012 at 11:45 pm
(This post was last modified: December 2, 2012 at 12:19 am by Categories+Sheaves.)
Yeah... I'm bothered by the insistence on reducing everything to a matter of privilege over there. For example, there was a thread on "police privilege"--imho, police corruption is a much better angle. If we're using the same analytic for both guys coming on too strong and police brutality... Bluh.
Also, the use of intersectionality. I remember reading an academic review-thingy (graciously linked by StephenT) that insisted how it was mistake to assume that different "axes of oppression" are simply additive (suckage of being a black woman = suckage of being black + suckage of being a woman) esp. because it's the study of how these different axes are co-constitutive of one another (e.g. iono whether this is intersectional canon, but the way black cops interact with black citizens is hugely determined by the way blacks and whites interact). But then some other A+ folks were circulating a blogpost that promoted intersectionality as the simple principle that axes of privilege/oppression are additive.
So as far as concretely changing the way gender roles function, I have more faith in the bronies atm. But there are some really good discussions over there... e.g. the user Setar kicked ass in some econ threads. I was converted to neoclassical econ by a Chicago school grad, and it's pretty refreshing to find canny criticisms of that stuff.
Also, the use of intersectionality. I remember reading an academic review-thingy (graciously linked by StephenT) that insisted how it was mistake to assume that different "axes of oppression" are simply additive (suckage of being a black woman = suckage of being black + suckage of being a woman) esp. because it's the study of how these different axes are co-constitutive of one another (e.g. iono whether this is intersectional canon, but the way black cops interact with black citizens is hugely determined by the way blacks and whites interact). But then some other A+ folks were circulating a blogpost that promoted intersectionality as the simple principle that axes of privilege/oppression are additive.
So as far as concretely changing the way gender roles function, I have more faith in the bronies atm. But there are some really good discussions over there... e.g. the user Setar kicked ass in some econ threads. I was converted to neoclassical econ by a Chicago school grad, and it's pretty refreshing to find canny criticisms of that stuff.