Choosing identity labels produces a common cause between them

Evidence

We take the explanations we produce to be the grounds of our own action; they are endowed with coherence in terms of our explanation of a self. Thus, willy-nilly, the choice of these two labels to give myself a shape produces between them a common cause. (Alternatively, the common cause between feminism and deconstruction might have made me choose them as labels for myself.) This common cause is an espousal of, and an attention to, marginality—a suspicion that what is at the center often hides a repression. — Donna Landry and Gerald MacLean, The Spivak Reader, 285

Categorization

• XREF: Labels chosen ‘to give myself a shape’ show self-consciously strategic self-labeling — the individual constructs agency through chosen identity markers, relevant to the individual/collective availability question. — connects to: Identity labels trigger prior beliefs and reinforce dualistic thinking — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror…, 220; Identity labels signal shared projects across wildly varied specific work

Broader Connections

• Identity labels signal shared projects across wildly varied specific work #expands (0.85)
• Identity labels trigger prior beliefs and reinforce dualistic thinking #complicates (0.75) — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 220