Rod Liddle Rod Liddle

The doctrine of intersectionality is a dud

Matty Healy of The 1975 at L'Oympia in Paris, 12 July 2023 (Getty Images) 
issue 29 July 2023

The almost complete absence of anything remotely resembling an intersection in the progressive doctrine of intersectionality poses a problem for those on the left who adhere to its idiotic credo. Put crassly, intersectionality implies that anyone who is not straight, white and male shares an equal burden of oppression and should thus put aside footling differences of opinion and unite against the ghastly and brutal hegemony.

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