2018Journal article
Amber Johnson
CrossCurrents
Quare/Kuaer/Queer/(E)ntersectionality: An Invitational Rhetoric of Possibility Amber Johnson I remember the first time someone called me queer. I smiled. Finally, someone recognized that my brain, mind, and desires were different, and accepted me because, not despite, those differences. My queerness may not have been written on my body explicitly back then, but some people saw it, despite my ability to pass… Invitational rhetoric calls for the inviting of the other into the world of the rhetor for the purpose of fostering dialogue, understanding, and possible shared meaning (Foss and Griffin ). Whether the rhetor invites others to share in ideas, perspectives, methodologies, epistemologies, or any category of difference, the goal is to not persuade or influence, but to understand each other. When discussing matters of sexuality and gender, entities as fluid as the water we drink, a space where difference manifests far beyond the essential categories available to avow or ascribe, it imperative that we foster a culture of understanding, engagement, and critical generosity (McCune ). Race, class, gender, and sexuality are complex, pervasive, variable, persistent, severe, and hierarchical systems of oppression (Weber , Yep ). Individuals located at the intersections must negotiate different histories, economic disparities, and sex/gender systems, and experience the violence of racism, sexism, classism, heteronormativity (Yep , 25), and homonormativity. Any type of normativity that privileges certain understandings of lived experiences over others creates an approach to difference that can be problematic, dismissive, and silencing. I want to reduce our reliance on the oppressor's language, troubling the way we talk about sexuality and difference within intercultural…
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Amber Johnson. (2018). Quare/Kuaer/Queer/(E)ntersectionality: An Invitational Rhetoric of Possibility. CrossCurrents. https://doi.org/10.1353/cro.2018.a783471
DOI: 10.1353/cro.2018.a783471
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