The Bolivian activist, writer and popular educator calls for better coordination among global women’s movements in order to confront a ‘patriarchy that presents itself in the form of fascist groups’
I agree. Somehow it feels as if if goes deeper though. There are people who are deeply traumatized by society and then turn to completely oppose this perceived threat. I know this from trans spaces or from people who are deep in the Israel/Palestine conflict. There is a strongly moralizing factor dividing the world into good and bad. Speaking from my own perspective, I could also divide the world into evil cis people and good trans people. And this certainly seems appealing sometimes. But there are people, and I would put Adriana Guzmán in this category, who go through the world identifying all the hardships with this threat, this evil. Your thesis didn’t work out? It was the hegemonic science who didn’t let me. I really don’t mean that in a mean way. But it is very frustrating to interact with people like this. (I know I have my own issues that heighten my frustration even more though.) It is really hard to withstand this eternal conflict that we all are trapped in this complex world of power struggles, microaggressions and discrimination. It certainly feels easier to position yourself on the side of “the good” fighting against the evil. However, if you anyone is really honest with themselves we have to admit that we are really all helping perpetuate the hegemonic standard in some way. We can only really strive to do our best. But this doesn’t appeal to everyone I guess and so there are people like the interviewee who divide the world into good vs bad…
I agree. Somehow it feels as if if goes deeper though. There are people who are deeply traumatized by society and then turn to completely oppose this perceived threat. I know this from trans spaces or from people who are deep in the Israel/Palestine conflict. There is a strongly moralizing factor dividing the world into good and bad. Speaking from my own perspective, I could also divide the world into evil cis people and good trans people. And this certainly seems appealing sometimes. But there are people, and I would put Adriana Guzmán in this category, who go through the world identifying all the hardships with this threat, this evil. Your thesis didn’t work out? It was the hegemonic science who didn’t let me. I really don’t mean that in a mean way. But it is very frustrating to interact with people like this. (I know I have my own issues that heighten my frustration even more though.) It is really hard to withstand this eternal conflict that we all are trapped in this complex world of power struggles, microaggressions and discrimination. It certainly feels easier to position yourself on the side of “the good” fighting against the evil. However, if you anyone is really honest with themselves we have to admit that we are really all helping perpetuate the hegemonic standard in some way. We can only really strive to do our best. But this doesn’t appeal to everyone I guess and so there are people like the interviewee who divide the world into good vs bad…