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[birke]

In a thread on whether knitting is a feminist activity,paxpinnae says:

Knitting is a Eurocentric tool of American hegemony and is therefore at odds with the current third wave goal of intersectionality. Instead, we should practice batik cloth weaving and dying using natural compounds and sustainable sources.

Whoops, that's oppressive cultural appropriation. Hang on, one more scotch and I'll have this...

Wait! Scotch is a traditionally masculine drink! By choosing it preferentially over Cosmopolitans, am I boldly transgressing gender boundaries, or am I defining "masculine" as good and "feminine" as bad, playing into the patriarchal value system and becoming a self-loathing quisling?

Gender politics are confusing! Let's go shopping!

Context applies critical thinking to its hobbies.

Comments

[rydra_wong]

*cracks up*

[ex_moondancer561]

So...if I knit but don't do batik, AND like both Cosmos and Scotch, can I still go shopping?

[msilverstar]

social-justice bingo!