“Wokeness” is not new; it is simply the most modern iteration of an identity-oriented, social-justice-minded politics that took off in the U.S. in the mid-1960s. The vanguards of American wokeness were the “New Left,” a notably cerebral, theory-reading contingent of the ‘60s and ‘70s counterculture. As the counterculture waned, many individuals from, or adjacent to, […]
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The Political Is Not Personal: Neoliberalism and Today’s March Culture
“The personal is political”. With its roots in 70s second-wave and intersectional feminism, this phrase is found everywhere in our current political discourse. In any march or protest you go to, it’s likely that you’ll see it some sign or banner. Its ubiquity can be attributed to its effectiveness: few other phrases capture so well […]