Shiri Eisner Quote

Minority world is a term denoting the geographical areas and countries usually imagined as the West (west of what?). It corresponds with the term majority world, which comes to replace the use of the problematic term third world. It allows us to keep in mind that, while minority-world thinkers have been busy pathologizing sex, gender, and desire, many majority-world societies have long had mainstream, socially acceptable patterns of practices and behaviors that minority-world people might understand as queer.

Shiri Eisner

Minority world is a term denoting the geographical areas and countries usually imagined as the West (west of what?). It corresponds with the term majority world, which comes to replace the use of the problematic term third world. It allows us to keep in mind that, while minority-world thinkers have been busy pathologizing sex, gender, and desire, many majority-world societies have long had mainstream, socially acceptable patterns of practices and behaviors that minority-world people might understand as queer.

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About Shiri Eisner

Shiri Eisner is a genderqueer bisexual writer and activist based in Tel Aviv. Eisner works towards deconstructing stereotypes attached to bisexuality arguing that their subversive power should be utilized rather than rejected by bisexual movements. In their book, Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution, Eisner writes about monosexual privilege, the harms it can cause in society, and the intersection of transgender people and bisexuality. The book was nominated in 2014 for a "Lammy" from the Lambda Literary Awards.