Andrea Long Chu

I fully believe in holding conflicting ideas in your head at the same time. It's called dialectics. It's great. I love it. I do it every day. But there's this fantasy in the liberal tradition of like, well, I'm just going to kind of think about everything, and I'm going to try on all of these hats.

I'm going to try on everyone else's hat, and that's going to make me a sort of supreme ethical subject because look at how many hats I am capable of wearing. And what that spares me is the difficulty, the risk, the responsibility of... choosing a hat. I am all for being able to think through other people's ideas. I tend to think that it's what I do for a living.

I'm going to try on everyone else's hat, and that's going to make me a sort of supreme ethical subject because look at how many hats I am capable of wearing. And what that spares me is the difficulty, the risk, the responsibility of... choosing a hat. I am all for being able to think through other people's ideas. I tend to think that it's what I do for a living.

I'm going to try on everyone else's hat, and that's going to make me a sort of supreme ethical subject because look at how many hats I am capable of wearing. And what that spares me is the difficulty, the risk, the responsibility of... choosing a hat. I am all for being able to think through other people's ideas. I tend to think that it's what I do for a living.

But the idea that that is like enough in and of itself is, I think, very pernicious. I have written about this, you know, in the context of trans kids and this sort of idea that like, oh, we just need to like...

But the idea that that is like enough in and of itself is, I think, very pernicious. I have written about this, you know, in the context of trans kids and this sort of idea that like, oh, we just need to like...

But the idea that that is like enough in and of itself is, I think, very pernicious. I have written about this, you know, in the context of trans kids and this sort of idea that like, oh, we just need to like...

talk and think about it we need to just have a bunch more conversations and then like then we'll know what to do well no you won't at a certain point you actually have to just do something do something you have to choose something and then you have to be willing to bear the consequences or responsibility of what happens as a result so you know the the fantasy of just like

talk and think about it we need to just have a bunch more conversations and then like then we'll know what to do well no you won't at a certain point you actually have to just do something do something you have to choose something and then you have to be willing to bear the consequences or responsibility of what happens as a result so you know the the fantasy of just like

talk and think about it we need to just have a bunch more conversations and then like then we'll know what to do well no you won't at a certain point you actually have to just do something do something you have to choose something and then you have to be willing to bear the consequences or responsibility of what happens as a result so you know the the fantasy of just like

nice whole integrated society where like very little ever happens and we sort of like slowly work our way towards like a nicer more tolerant world I think that's actually just a reflection of the kind of like ideological position of people who would stand to lose something if the world changed

nice whole integrated society where like very little ever happens and we sort of like slowly work our way towards like a nicer more tolerant world I think that's actually just a reflection of the kind of like ideological position of people who would stand to lose something if the world changed

nice whole integrated society where like very little ever happens and we sort of like slowly work our way towards like a nicer more tolerant world I think that's actually just a reflection of the kind of like ideological position of people who would stand to lose something if the world changed

Well, I guess I would say they don't need a certain kind of capital A authority. Would I say that the critic doesn't need authority at all? Like, obviously, I strive for, you know, a certain kind of authority in my own work. I'm trying to present myself in a way that says, you know, I know what I'm talking about.

Well, I guess I would say they don't need a certain kind of capital A authority. Would I say that the critic doesn't need authority at all? Like, obviously, I strive for, you know, a certain kind of authority in my own work. I'm trying to present myself in a way that says, you know, I know what I'm talking about.

Well, I guess I would say they don't need a certain kind of capital A authority. Would I say that the critic doesn't need authority at all? Like, obviously, I strive for, you know, a certain kind of authority in my own work. I'm trying to present myself in a way that says, you know, I know what I'm talking about.

But I think, you know, knowing my stuff actually wouldn't qualify as like enough authority for this whole historical discourse about needing authority and criticism. And I am trying to develop a relationship with the reader here. I am trying to locate the justification for that kind of judgment in our relationship. I am trying to treat them as capable of sharing this judgment.

But I think, you know, knowing my stuff actually wouldn't qualify as like enough authority for this whole historical discourse about needing authority and criticism. And I am trying to develop a relationship with the reader here. I am trying to locate the justification for that kind of judgment in our relationship. I am trying to treat them as capable of sharing this judgment.

But I think, you know, knowing my stuff actually wouldn't qualify as like enough authority for this whole historical discourse about needing authority and criticism. And I am trying to develop a relationship with the reader here. I am trying to locate the justification for that kind of judgment in our relationship. I am trying to treat them as capable of sharing this judgment.

So the kind of authority that I am interested in, if I am to give a positive version of authority, would be the kind that exists in that relationship with the reader.