Ambe: Refusing Patriarchy

A politics of refusal turns it’s back on patriarchy and just goes on building something new, something different, something closer to what we had before. A politics of refusal does not seek inclusion because if what are we seeking inclusion into? The people on this panel have all refused: refused to let Patriarchy define the boundaries or decide when we have transgressed them. Refused to be defined and in that way have defined refusal. For racially marginalized people patriarchy is not always the final boss that needs to be dismantled, our men don’t benefit from it the same way that cis white men do, they don’t even benefit from it the same way that cis white women do. And Homonormativity means that queer white men often benefit from patriarchy as well. Panelists include Robyn Bourgeois, Seán Carson Kinsella, Nick Thixton, and Taté Walker,