do something more than dream of your mansion above.
i always found it intriguing that a hymn (hyrm?) entitled “i have work enough to do” came right after one
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there is work enough to do.
entitled “have i done any good?” like, you want to do good but you have enough work to do already? is that how it goes?
i have become concerned with the large amount of isolationist rhetoric i’ve read/heard/seen lately, in regard to feminism. “if you aren’t such and such a person, we don’t want you.”
now, this is not to say that i don’t hold deep-seated feelings of hatred toward male/straight/ cisgendered/ablebodied/ ableminded/wealthy people. i do. this may make me a bad person. i am not concerned with that.
but there is so much work to be done. so much. so much work to be done in regard to overthrowing the patriarchy. in regard to ending oppression. there is so much work to be done that it seems silly, stupid, laughable, to turn away people who want to help.
everyone who is willing and able to contribute to the dismantling of the patriarchy and ending oppression should be allowed to do so.
there is work enough to do, after all.
for those who are not interested in taking part in the work, that is fine. we will continue on working for change. but no one who wants to contribute should be turned away. there is so much to be done that anyone willing should be able to contribute as much as they want to.
now, i am not saying that we have allies head up the processes of change-creating. allies should continue to defer to disenfranchised people. privilege still needs to be constantly checked.
nor am i saying that we need to pander to oppressors. no pandering. this is a movement of disenfranchised people. those people get to say what should happen and how and when and where. if someone with privilege disagrees, they can deal. but that doesn’t mean that people with privilege should necessarily be excluded from the process.
this does not mean that disenfranchised people only spaces should be done away with. but creating disenfranchised people only spaces is not a solution that will necessarily end oppression.
there is so much to be done. arguing over who gets to do what, or accusing people of not doing enough, is ridiculous. everyone who wants to participate should, in the capacities in which they are able.
there is work enough for everyone.
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3 Responses to “do something more than dream of your mansion above.”
You lost me at: “now, this is not to say that i don’t hold deep-seated feelings of hatred toward male/straight/ cisgendered/ablebodied/ ableminded/wealthy people. i do. this may make me a bad person.”
Are you seriously saying you HATE men, anyone straight, anyone ablebodied (which is like 98% of the world’s population) etc. etc. ????? The fact that you admit to this hatred troubles me and makes me really look at your post with disdain. You are being divisive and not at all willing to take people as they are and love them.
This is a post which is hate filled and you are just as vile as anyone spouting hatred. If this is what Young Mormon Feminists is coming to, I’ll have to remove my name from the mailing list. I never thought I’d see the day where hatred and hate speech is sanctioned on here. For Shame!
“…when I say, “I hate straight people,” I am saying exactly what I mean. “I hate the system of oppression and homophobia that was set up by and benefits straights.” Metonymy…
But furthermore, it’s not even that I “hate the oppression” (although I do). I also hate those who are complicit, who benefit from a system that I can’t access, and when I demand entry, deny that they had any part of it or received any benefits, and tell me that I should make it the same way they did – without any help.” – http://mountainsouled.tumblr.com/post/84567254590/queervoicesonstraightvoices-immaculateidiocy
This is exactly what I mean. Metonymy.
Also, I appreciate you calling me vile.
Furthermore, I am one of many, many authors on this blog. My opinion is not representative of the other authors or YMF as a whole.
Finally, this is not hate speech. Hate speech comes from oppressors, directed toward the oppressed.
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