“Since when do “fat white cisgendered women”…”possess economic privilege”? Any possible economic privilege gained due to their race is most definitely canceled out by their fat. There are SCORES of studies showing that fat people earn less, in the event they’re able to get hired at all, and we all know that women earn less to begin with.”
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Privilege—a ZERO-SUM GAME, apparently.
Oppression along one axis does not negate privilege along another, okay? Just because I’m queer, for example (and disabled, and Metis), doesn’t mean I don’t have male privilege. It means that in some situations my male privilege is less relevant than my marginalization along these other identity lines, certainly. But I still have that privilege. Nothing is “canceled out”, thanks very much.
(via dorianisms)