insights INSIGHT Origins And Intellectual Roots
- Queer theory originated from sex-positive radical feminism merged with postmodern critiques in the 1980s and early 1990s.
- It surfaced as an academic field labeled 'queer theory' by scholars like Teresa De Lauretis and Gayle Rubin.
insights INSIGHT Queer As Opposition
- Queer theory defines 'queer' as an oppositional identity that resists essence and stability.
- David Halperin frames queer as an identity without essence, occupying a marginalized positionality to challenge norms.
insights INSIGHT Queer As A Relational Construct
- Queer theory argues homosexuality functions relationally to stabilize heterosexuality by defining what it is not.
- The theory treats homosexual/queer as a constructed negation that encapsulates everything non-heterosexual.
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Thanks to Drag Queen Story Hour, groomer schools, and all other things sex, gender, and sexuality pushed by today's out-of-control Woke Marxist Left, Queer Theory has been pushed front and center in the public consciousness, but what is it? Simply put, Queer Theory is Queer Marxism, which is a Marxist Theory about a form of sociocultural "property" called "normalcy," "normality," or "normativity," that it believes to have been unjustly created and in need of destruction and total abolition. As such, it's incredibly dangerous and destructive, particularly on the formative and impressionable psychologies of children, whom it targets in particular, often directly through our schools and children's entertainment programming. On this episode of New Discourses Bullets, host James Lindsay breaks down what Queer Theory is, partly in its own foundational words, and illustrates succinctly why it is a form of Queer Marxism that must be stopped. Join him to learn about this important and timely topic!
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