So I came across this substack article by a protest musician, and I think it is interesting in at minimum the antifeminism sphere.

In particular:

  • Establish a narrative that anyone claiming to be a victim who is also perceived to be from a marginalized group of any kind should be believed even more readily than other sorts of victims, and questioning their claim to having been victimized by someone is even more egregious, and in fact a terrible transgression in itself.

  • always methodically work to undermine solidarity by highlighting the relative perceived "privilege" of any advocate for a cause, with the message being that they should shut up and allow the "centering" of other voices.

  • If anyone is advocating for a certain cause, circulate suggestions that by doing so, they are dismissing other causes.

  • When anyone is trying to make connections and build bridges between groups with common interests but big differences, emphasize the differences. If anyone on the left is trying to make an alliance with a group of anti-imperialist Republican dissidents, make it clear that by associating with any kind of Republicans, they are themselves now basically fascists, and part of a "red-brown coalition."

  • When people are advocating for free speech or open discourse, emphasize how hate speech makes people unsafe, and must therefore be opposed by any means necessary. Accuse advocates for free speech of being privileged, racist, transphobic, etc. Always undermine the possibility of communication or mutual understanding.

All of these weapons are used against male advocacy, and some more from the article not listed here. Moreover, it just really strikes me how readily useful intersetionalism is when it comes to disrupting left-wing politics in general -- and this musician has on a number of occasions been rather good at articulating reasons for why I feel that way.

Sure, much of this isn't entirely new, sectarianism has always been a struggle -- necessarily so -- of leftist politics, but I can't help feel that the normalized ways in which people form sub-identities nowadays is deliberately designed to fuel a feeling of being stuck.