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Anne Dalke's picture

post-identity politics?

okay, not post identity.
how about post identity politics?
(From The Gender Workbook,
pp. 67-68):
Pure identities (or identities that pass as pure) are valuable things...because there's a sense that someplace will always be home, a space with others who claim similar pure identities. And our identities are valuable to others. We become easier to deal with. Other people know who we are....This might be how identity politics does itself in. We need to get past this....Taking liberties with identity wreaks havoc with identity politics. It raises questions about the value of identity itself.

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