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[–]jkfinn 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Religion and spirituality tend to be too upward and inward, psychology too individual & circular, philosophy too abstracted, but the political, or the understanding of power and its doings and undoings is both more concrete, more social, and more engaging & liberating.

[–]InvisibleWoman 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is how I see it as well! We are social beings who exist less in what we consider to be our worlds but more in a balance of power and political systems. For women, this is an oppressive system, what intentionally, what historically. But I find psychology useful, because we need to understand the human devotion to status quo if we want to dismantle it. Taking a radical position in feminism is a political act. It informs my choices and beliefs more than anything else.