Indeed, it might sound absurd or obscene to some readers. Middle-class het white women (in particular) have rightly been criticized for doing feminism in ways that illicitly over-generalize, even universalize, on the basis of our own experiences. (Audre Lorde’s [1979, repr. 2007] “The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House,” is a justly famous call to action in this connection.) But, although my limitations will have me daubing at the small corner of the overall canvas I can reach without overextending myself and inevitably (as opposed to potentially) making a mess of it, I do
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