White Privilege and Performative Purity

This thread was originally published October, 2017

Someone said at dinner, “Sally, do these women understand what a white feminist/privileged position they’re taking on litmus tests?”

I said I touched on it but I try to keep my arguments about facts and straight logic, and I don’t want to be performative.

She said, “THEY’RE being performative!”

And she’s right. “Taking a stand” demanding a litmus test on Twitter has no real life significance. It…