Comments on: Language Politics #13)distinctions within privilege and oppression http://takesupspace.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/language-politics-13distinctions-within-privilege-and-oppression/ trans misogyny, feminism, and trans activism Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:02:25 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: shiva http://takesupspace.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/language-politics-13distinctions-within-privilege-and-oppression/#comment-138 shiva Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:54:07 +0000 http://takesupspace.wordpress.com/?p=94#comment-138 I kind of agree with these distinctions, but i'm having trouble getting my head round the ideas of "privilege that everyone should have" and "oppression that everyone should have", because in my system of definitions, privilege and oppression are things that no one should have, because they shouldn't exist at all. Put alternatively, i don't disagree that support and accountability should apply to everyone - i just don't think that support should be classified as "privilege" or that accountability should be classified as "oppression", because i think that kind of muddies the core-for-me concept of fighting for a world where there is neither privilege nor oppression... I kind of agree with these distinctions, but i’m having trouble getting my head round the ideas of “privilege that everyone should have” and “oppression that everyone should have”, because in my system of definitions, privilege and oppression are things that no one should have, because they shouldn’t exist at all.

Put alternatively, i don’t disagree that support and accountability should apply to everyone – i just don’t think that support should be classified as “privilege” or that accountability should be classified as “oppression”, because i think that kind of muddies the core-for-me concept of fighting for a world where there is neither privilege nor oppression…

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