Instead of waiting until someone says something oppressive and then tearing them apart (which sometimes they do deserve) I thought I would give those people an opportunity to ask about a certain aspect of radical politics or talk about whether a view they hold is actually contributing to further oppression.
This post is just an attempt to facilitate constructive dialogue between people that want to know about a certain topic in radical politics (be it feminism, antiracism, intersectionality) and those that can point them in the right direction.
To be clear, as long as everyone is respectful and posting out of genuine curiosity and desire for self-improvement, you can ask anything you want. Questions like "what's wrong with capitalism" are just as welcome as "why is intersectionality important" or "What are the limits of Marxist class analysis in a post-industrial society"
ArbitraryHuman wrote
I’ve never been able to ascertain what intersectionality is in the context of radical politics. Granted, I’ve never actually wondered about the term until now—let alone looked it up—but at this point I have seen it used in enough discussions that I should really know what it means.