Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

 Because so much of my work is affected by politics, identity politics and 
other ways of "grouping" I wonder if anyone has thought through how to 
affirmatively involve "others" in the activism of one's group - 

Language and framing seem to be two obvious ways of constructing ideas for 
communicating differently - but even the issue of whether a male should be in 
the lead on a conversation about anti-VAW seems hard to describe with clarity

when i see a married heterosexual person leading a conversation about gay 
rights - a big part of me feels thrilled - maybe so much so i don't listen to 
what might be harmful in the style of language of that person's leadership - 

this is my personal bias - in favor of transcending hard lines in groups, 
even though i understand that one person's transcending is another's 
dissipation of group power -

are there successful models?? how do we even measure success?

i know lani guinier teaches intersectionality - and i had the pleasure of 
being involved in a part of her class - but i ahve to say - it was hard stuff 
for me and I'm still struggling to get a handle on the concepts

wendy murphy