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Why getting mad at the media is not helping you
Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away known as “Feminism”, I and tons of others used to get regularly riled up about how the media screwed up our minds. And…
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On Intersectionality & Privilege: BONUS!
So. I was at the pub last night… Wait. I have never started anything with that line. I have to make the most of it. I was at the pub last night, not…
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On Intersectionality & Privilege: Part 5
The “Really Personal” (read: spiritual) As you may have read, the whole “privilege” meme kinda started from the publication of Peggy McIntosh’s “Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” (pdf link). In it she writes about…
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On Intersectionality & Privilege: Part 4
The Personal side of “intersectionality & privilege”: The “stuff” aspect We all have “stuff” with regards to intersectionality and privilege. Because we are all… trying to “get somewhere” in life and seeing how…
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On Intersectionality & Privilege: Part 3
Purely Political Theory I don’t like to talk about “privilege”. For many reasons. But one of them is that it is tied too close to the sense of “meritocracy”. Saying that someone is…
True words for challenging times
