You cannot understand #criticaltheory's applications in society *only* through reading theories in books.

People who draw conclusions by only doing this are misleading the public.

Drawing conclusions about the applications of CT without...

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(1) applying #CriticalTheory in their work
(2) regularly engaging with people who use critical theory
(3) not working in academia where critical theory is applied

and imagining you can generate real-world conclusions is like...

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...poring over the Bible to understand what Christians are doing in 2020.

It is a good theoretical start, but you may come to the erroneous conclusion that Christians today do not touch menstruating women for fear of being "unclean till evening."

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A common retort would be: "it takes someone outside of the system in order to critique the system."

This can be correct.

But writers and scholars still try to talk to people to understand the point of view of insiders before they make their critiques.

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If you read a critique of #criticaltheory and the author has not done any of the three things above, then this is someone at best naive to complexity.

At worst, it is someone intentionally disregarding complexity in order to paint a caricature. They are pandering to you.
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