I am, by most definitions, an intellectual. I say this less like how people say I just really like going to the gym, and more how people say I kind of like Nickelback. I have a master’s degree in sociology, and I have 2.5 years left before I complete my Ph.D. This is technically as “intellectual” as it gets, except that I am young and a woman, and even white women are generally only accepted as “legitimate” intellectuals after pointless and repetitive informal social tests. (See examples like:
(Anti)intellectualism
(Anti)intellectualism
(Anti)intellectualism
I am, by most definitions, an intellectual. I say this less like how people say I just really like going to the gym, and more how people say I kind of like Nickelback. I have a master’s degree in sociology, and I have 2.5 years left before I complete my Ph.D. This is technically as “intellectual” as it gets, except that I am young and a woman, and even white women are generally only accepted as “legitimate” intellectuals after pointless and repetitive informal social tests. (See examples like: