𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠

𝓦𝓱𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓕𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓭: 
𝓃𝑜𝓉𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈

she works on race, queer and feminist studies. she mostly does research and writing nowadays but used to be a professor of race and cultural students. she resigned out of protest at the failure of dealing with sexual harassment, which is admirable. all of this makes her a good fit to write about the topics she writes about.

𝕊𝕒𝕣𝕒 𝔸𝕙𝕞𝕖𝕕: 𝕗𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥 𝕨𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕤𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕒𝕣

𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘂𝗽 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲?
𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘦, 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘱𝘰𝘤 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘨𝘣𝘵𝘲𝘪+ 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯. 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘤 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯, 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵. 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵.

𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵, 𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦.

𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭?

𝚆𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗’𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚜, 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚍. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚒𝚜, 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗’𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚢𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚢. 𝚆𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗’𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚘𝚝𝚢𝚙𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚜, 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚄𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜. 𝙸𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝙹𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚑 𝚂𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚕, 𝟾𝟶 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚘. 𝚂𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜, 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚘𝚝𝚢𝚙𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚊𝚠𝚢𝚎𝚛, 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚝𝚢. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚝.

𝚆𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚘𝚌 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜. 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚒𝚗𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚙𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙. 𝙸𝚝’𝚜 𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚞𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚣𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 – 𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚣𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗.

𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚜, 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚢. 𝙳𝚘 𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚘𝚌 𝚐𝚘 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐? 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍? 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚐𝚘 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚎𝚡𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚎? 𝙸’𝚖 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚍𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚞𝚙 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚝, 𝚎𝚝𝚌.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎, 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢, 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚞𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎 ‘𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕’. 𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚝, 𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝.

𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚐𝚎. 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚏𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚎, 𝚟𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚡𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗, 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗.

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