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Concerning material mistakes and methodological shortcomings of the article \u2018Beyond Feminism? Jineoloj\u00ee and the Kurdish Women\u2019s Freedom Movement<\/em>\u2019 signed by Nadje Al-Ali and Isabel K\u00e4ser which was published in the journal Politics & Gender,<\/em> the Jineoloj\u00ee Committee Europe sent a letter to the journal editors. On the basis of the right to reply the Jineoloj\u00ee Committee requested from the editors to provide the opportunity to write an own article which would be published in the journal.<\/p>\n

After a long period, the magazine editors wrote an answer letter which did not reply to this request. Instead they requested evidences concerning the claims made by the Jineoloj\u00ee Committee to carry out further investigations. In this situation, the need arose to share our critics on the article with the public. In the following text, we aim to express our attitude towards the mentioned article, which was written without reading the basic sources and publications of Jineoloj\u00ee and without carrying out researches in places where the works of Jineoloj\u00ee are being developed.<\/p>\n

February<\/span><\/span> 17, 2021
\n<\/span><\/span>Jineoloji<\/span><\/span> Committee<\/span><\/span> Europe<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> editors<\/span><\/span> of <\/span><\/span>Politics<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>&<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>Gender<\/i><\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We<\/span><\/span> are<\/span><\/span> writing<\/span><\/span> this<\/span><\/span> letter<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> response<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> article<\/span><\/span> Beyond<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>Feminism?<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>and the<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>Kurdish Women\u2019s<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>Freedom<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>Movement<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>authored<\/span><\/span> by Nadje<\/span><\/span> Al-Ali<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> Isabel<\/span><\/span> K\u00e4ser<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> published<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> your journal<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> 2020. Below,<\/span><\/span> we<\/span><\/span> have<\/span><\/span> listed<\/span><\/span> our objections<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> this<\/span><\/span> article.<\/span><\/span> To<\/span><\/span> summarize,<\/span><\/span> we<\/span><\/span> find<\/span><\/span> it unacceptable<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> article<\/span><\/span> neglects<\/span><\/span> feminist<\/span><\/span> methodologies<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> objectifies<\/span><\/span> us and<\/span><\/span> Jineoloj\u00ee\u2014 <\/i><\/span><\/span>the<\/span><\/span> science<\/span><\/span> of woman<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> life\u2014that<\/span><\/span> we<\/span><\/span> are<\/span><\/span> developing.<\/span><\/span> It<\/span><\/span> misrepresents<\/span><\/span> various<\/span><\/span> aspects<\/span><\/span> of our practice<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> disseminates<\/span><\/span> false<\/span><\/span> information.<\/span><\/span> For these<\/span><\/span> reasons,<\/span><\/span> we<\/span><\/span> want<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> express<\/span><\/span> our disappointment<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> reviewers\u2019<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> editors\u2019<\/span><\/span> decision<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> deem<\/span><\/span> this<\/span><\/span> article<\/span><\/span> publishable.<\/span><\/span> Considering the<\/span><\/span> basic<\/span><\/span> principles<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> have<\/span><\/span> been<\/span><\/span> developed<\/span><\/span> as<\/span><\/span> a<\/span><\/span> result<\/span><\/span> of the<\/span><\/span> numerous<\/span><\/span> instances<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> which women<\/span><\/span> from<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> south,<\/span><\/span> Black<\/span><\/span> feminists,<\/span><\/span> indigenous<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> migrant<\/span><\/span> women<\/span><\/span> have<\/span><\/span> exposed<\/span><\/span> white feminists\u2019<\/span><\/span> \u201cothering\u201d<\/span><\/span> of non-western<\/span><\/span> women,<\/span><\/span> we<\/span><\/span> are<\/span><\/span> surprised<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> an<\/span><\/span> article<\/span><\/span> doing<\/span><\/span> just<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> \u2013 othering<\/span><\/span> indigenous<\/span><\/span> Kurdish<\/span><\/span> women<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> our women\u2019s<\/span><\/span> movement<\/span><\/span> \u2013 has<\/span><\/span> been<\/span><\/span> published<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> your journal.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Until<\/span><\/span> now we,<\/span><\/span> as<\/span><\/span> women<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> Kurdistan<\/span><\/span> women\u2019s<\/span><\/span> liberation<\/span><\/span> movement,<\/span><\/span> have<\/span><\/span> opened<\/span><\/span> our doors to<\/span><\/span> everyone<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> wanted<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> research<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> write<\/span><\/span> about<\/span><\/span> us. This<\/span><\/span> openness<\/span><\/span> springs<\/span><\/span> from<\/span><\/span> our desire<\/span><\/span> to convey<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> reveal<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> struggle<\/span><\/span> we<\/span><\/span> lead<\/span><\/span> on our land<\/span><\/span> against<\/span><\/span> colonization<\/span><\/span> by four nation-states<\/span><\/span> and against<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> ongoing<\/span><\/span> denial<\/span><\/span> of our identity<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> right<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> exist.<\/span><\/span> Our openness<\/span><\/span> also<\/span><\/span> springs<\/span><\/span> from<\/span><\/span> our commitment<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> reach<\/span><\/span> out<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> other<\/span><\/span> struggles<\/span><\/span> with<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> aim<\/span><\/span> of building<\/span><\/span> alliances.<\/span><\/span> Meanwhile,<\/span><\/span> we have<\/span><\/span> also<\/span><\/span> taken<\/span><\/span> important<\/span><\/span> steps<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> represent<\/span><\/span> our identities<\/span><\/span> on our own terms.<\/span><\/span> Frankly,<\/span><\/span> we<\/span><\/span> are stunned<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> an<\/span><\/span> article,<\/span><\/span> essentially<\/span><\/span> orientalist<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> patronizing<\/span><\/span> towards<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> people<\/span><\/span> it<\/span><\/span> researches, methodologically<\/span><\/span> unsubstantiated<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> neglectful<\/span><\/span> of ethical<\/span><\/span> standards,<\/span><\/span> could<\/span><\/span> be<\/span><\/span> published<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> a<\/span><\/span> respectable<\/span><\/span> academic<\/span><\/span> journal.<\/span><\/span> In order<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> protect<\/span><\/span> ourselves<\/span><\/span> from<\/span><\/span> future<\/span><\/span> harm,<\/span><\/span> we<\/span><\/span> now realize<\/span><\/span> we may<\/span><\/span> need<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> be<\/span><\/span> more<\/span><\/span> selective<\/span><\/span> about<\/span><\/span> research<\/span><\/span> engagements<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> future.<\/span><\/span> Below<\/span><\/span> you will<\/span><\/span> find<\/span><\/span> our objections<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> article<\/span><\/span> divided<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> three<\/span><\/span> sections<\/span><\/span> namely,<\/span><\/span> methodology,<\/span><\/span> content<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> argumentation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Let<\/span><\/span> us begin<\/span><\/span> with<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> problems<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> pertain<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> article\u2019s<\/span><\/span> methods<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> methodology:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1. In the<\/span><\/span> beginning<\/span><\/span> of the<\/span><\/span> article,<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> authors<\/span><\/span> state<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> between<\/span><\/span> them<\/span><\/span> they<\/span><\/span> have<\/span><\/span> interviewed<\/span><\/span> 120 Kurdish<\/span><\/span> women<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> various<\/span><\/span> research<\/span><\/span> they<\/span><\/span> have<\/span><\/span> conducted.<\/span><\/span> However,<\/span><\/span> they refrain<\/span><\/span> from<\/span><\/span> clarifying<\/span><\/span> how many<\/span><\/span> of these<\/span><\/span> 120 women<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> they<\/span><\/span> interviewed<\/span><\/span> for their wider<\/span><\/span> projects<\/span><\/span> are<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> fact<\/span><\/span> reflected<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> this<\/span><\/span> particular<\/span><\/span> article<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> what<\/span><\/span> extent.<\/span><\/span> Also<\/span><\/span> no contextual<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> methodological<\/span><\/span> information<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> given<\/span><\/span> about<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> specific<\/span><\/span> interviews conducted<\/span><\/span> for this<\/span><\/span> particular<\/span><\/span> article.<\/span><\/span> Those<\/span><\/span> of us, who have<\/span><\/span> been<\/span><\/span> interviewed<\/span><\/span> by them however,<\/span><\/span> see<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> our words presented<\/span><\/span> as<\/span><\/span> evidence<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> article<\/span><\/span> for their<\/span><\/span> various<\/span><\/span> theses<\/span><\/span> have<\/span><\/span> been<\/span><\/span> taken<\/span><\/span> out<\/span><\/span> of context<\/span><\/span> entirely.<\/span><\/span> Rather<\/span><\/span> than<\/span><\/span> giving<\/span><\/span> full<\/span><\/span> account<\/span><\/span> of our statements,<\/span><\/span> certain<\/span><\/span> parts are<\/span><\/span> cut<\/span><\/span> out<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> instrumentalized<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> fit<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> authors\u2019<\/span><\/span> arguments.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

2. The<\/span><\/span> authors<\/span><\/span> seem<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> have<\/span><\/span> not<\/span><\/span> engaged<\/span><\/span> with<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> growing<\/span><\/span> body of publications<\/span><\/span> about <\/span><\/span>which<\/span><\/span> they<\/span><\/span> make<\/span><\/span> epistemological<\/span><\/span> claims. <\/span><\/span>Indeed<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> admission<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> first<\/span><\/span> footnote<\/span><\/span> of the<\/span><\/span> article<\/span><\/span> casts<\/span><\/span> doubts<\/span><\/span> on the<\/span><\/span> article\u2019s validity<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> reliability.<\/span><\/span> The<\/span><\/span> footnote<\/span><\/span> states<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> no sources<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> Kurdish<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> Turkish were<\/span><\/span> consulted<\/span><\/span> for this<\/span><\/span> article.<\/span><\/span> This<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> striking,<\/span><\/span> as<\/span><\/span> these<\/span><\/span> are<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> two<\/span><\/span> main<\/span><\/span> languages that<\/span><\/span> broadcast\/publish<\/span><\/span> information<\/span><\/span> on <\/span><\/span>Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span> For example,<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> two<\/span><\/span> Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>programs<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> are<\/span><\/span> broadcasted<\/span><\/span> by Jin<\/span><\/span> TV,<\/span><\/span> where<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> authors<\/span><\/span> conducted<\/span><\/span> interviews,<\/span><\/span> are one<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> Turkish<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> one<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> Kurdish.<\/span><\/span> Nor it<\/span><\/span> appears<\/span><\/span> have<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> authors<\/span><\/span> consulted<\/span><\/span> any<\/span><\/span> of the<\/span><\/span> publications<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> elaborate<\/span><\/span> on the<\/span><\/span> theoretical<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> conceptual<\/span><\/span> terms<\/span><\/span> within<\/span><\/span> Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span> such<\/span><\/span> as<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>Journal,<\/span><\/span> published<\/span><\/span> regularly,<\/span><\/span> every<\/span><\/span> three<\/span><\/span> months,<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> the Turkish<\/span><\/span> language.<\/span><\/span> The<\/span><\/span> journal<\/span><\/span> just<\/span><\/span> published<\/span><\/span> its<\/span><\/span> 20th<\/span><\/span> issue.<\/span><\/span> Moreover,<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> major<\/span><\/span> publications<\/span><\/span> entitled<\/span><\/span> Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>Tart\u0131\u015fmalar\u0131<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>[Jineoloj\u00ee<\/span><\/span> discussions],<\/span><\/span> 2015 and<\/span><\/span> Jineoloj\u00ee\u2019ye Giri\u015f<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>[Introduction<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> Jineoloj\u00ee],<\/span><\/span> 2016 do not<\/span><\/span> seem<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> have<\/span><\/span> been<\/span><\/span> read.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

3. On the<\/span><\/span> other<\/span><\/span> hand,<\/span><\/span> Al-Ali<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> K\u00e4ser<\/span><\/span> write:<\/span><\/span> \u201cMost<\/span><\/span> of the<\/span><\/span> Jineoloj\u00ee<\/span><\/span> research<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> taking <\/span><\/span>place<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> Rojava,<\/span><\/span> where<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> autonomous<\/span><\/span> government<\/span><\/span> has<\/span><\/span> included<\/span><\/span> Jineoloj\u00ee<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> official<\/span><\/span> education<\/span><\/span> curriculum,<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> a<\/span><\/span> Jineoloj\u00ee<\/span><\/span> Academy<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> Jineoloj\u00ee<\/span><\/span> Faculty<\/span><\/span> at<\/span><\/span> Rojava University<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> Qamishlo<\/span><\/span> have<\/span><\/span> been<\/span><\/span> established\u201d<\/span><\/span> (p.12). Interestingly,<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> despite<\/span><\/span> their own statement,<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> authors<\/span><\/span> do not<\/span><\/span> seem<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> have<\/span><\/span> spoken<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> anybody<\/span><\/span> involved<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> these efforts.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4. Another<\/span><\/span> important<\/span><\/span> issue<\/span><\/span> relates<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> relationship<\/span><\/span> between<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> research<\/span><\/span> question<\/span><\/span> and <\/span><\/span>methodology.<\/span><\/span> We<\/span><\/span> wonder<\/span><\/span> if,<\/span><\/span> as<\/span><\/span> stated<\/span><\/span> on page<\/span><\/span> 5, the<\/span><\/span> aim<\/span><\/span> of the<\/span><\/span> article<\/span><\/span> was<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> s<\/span><\/span>t<\/span><\/span>udy <\/span><\/span>the<\/span><\/span> meanings<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> women<\/span><\/span> give<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span> why was<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> research<\/span><\/span> not<\/span><\/span> designed<\/span><\/span> accordingly?<\/span><\/span> Why<\/span><\/span> did<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> authors<\/span><\/span> neglect<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> systematically<\/span><\/span> address<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> interpretations different<\/span><\/span> women<\/span><\/span> have<\/span><\/span> of <\/span><\/span>Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>and<\/span><\/span> instead<\/span><\/span> used<\/span><\/span> each<\/span><\/span> statement<\/span><\/span> made<\/span><\/span> by their<\/span><\/span> interviewees<\/span><\/span> as<\/span><\/span> evidence<\/span><\/span> of another<\/span><\/span> claim<\/span><\/span> they<\/span><\/span> (the<\/span><\/span> authors)<\/span><\/span> made<\/span><\/span> on <\/span><\/span>Jineoloj\u00ee?<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>Moreover,<\/span><\/span> later<\/span><\/span> on in<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> article,<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> authors<\/span><\/span> divert<\/span><\/span> from<\/span><\/span> their<\/span><\/span> original<\/span><\/span> research<\/span><\/span> que<\/span><\/span>s<\/span><\/span>ti<\/span><\/span>on w<\/span><\/span>it<\/span><\/span>h no explanation.<\/span><\/span> Instead,<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> focus<\/span><\/span> shifts<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> defining<\/span><\/span> Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>and<\/span><\/span> its<\/span><\/span> relationship to<\/span><\/span> sexuality.<\/span><\/span> Given<\/span><\/span> this<\/span><\/span> new<\/span><\/span> focus,<\/span><\/span> one<\/span><\/span> would<\/span><\/span> expect<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> it<\/span><\/span> would<\/span><\/span> have<\/span><\/span> been<\/span><\/span> even more<\/span><\/span> important<\/span><\/span> for the<\/span><\/span> authors<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> examine<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> materials<\/span><\/span> produced<\/span><\/span> by <\/span><\/span>Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>on these<\/span><\/span> topics.<\/span><\/span> However<\/span><\/span> once<\/span><\/span> again,<\/span><\/span> no such<\/span><\/span> effort<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> made.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

5. Similarly,<\/span><\/span> an<\/span><\/span> article<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> argues<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>is<\/span><\/span> not<\/span><\/span> developing<\/span><\/span> a<\/span><\/span> new<\/span><\/span> epistemology should<\/span><\/span> have<\/span><\/span> at<\/span><\/span> least<\/span><\/span> conducted<\/span><\/span> a<\/span><\/span> content<\/span><\/span> analyses<\/span><\/span> of the<\/span><\/span> previously<\/span><\/span> mentioned<\/span><\/span> key publications<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> included<\/span><\/span> claims<\/span><\/span> made<\/span><\/span> about<\/span><\/span> epistemology<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> them.<\/span><\/span> The<\/span><\/span> fact<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> the authors<\/span><\/span> do not<\/span><\/span> fulfill<\/span><\/span> such<\/span><\/span> a<\/span><\/span> basic<\/span><\/span> methodological<\/span><\/span> criterion<\/span><\/span> suggests<\/span><\/span> a<\/span><\/span> prejudice<\/span><\/span> on the part<\/span><\/span> of the<\/span><\/span> authors.<\/span><\/span> That<\/span><\/span> is,<\/span><\/span> Al-Ali<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> K\u00e4ser<\/span><\/span> seem<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> believe<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> Kurdistan Women\u2019s<\/span><\/span> Freedom<\/span><\/span> Movement,<\/span><\/span> which<\/span><\/span> has<\/span><\/span> been<\/span><\/span> writing<\/span><\/span> on these<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> other<\/span><\/span> topics<\/span><\/span> despite<\/span><\/span> many<\/span><\/span> obstacles,<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> not<\/span><\/span> actually<\/span><\/span> producing<\/span><\/span> knowledge<\/span><\/span> worthy<\/span><\/span> of Al-Ali<\/span><\/span> and K\u00e4ser\u2019s<\/span><\/span> consideration.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

6. The<\/span><\/span> article<\/span><\/span> puts<\/span><\/span> great<\/span><\/span> emphasis<\/span><\/span> on <\/span><\/span>Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span>\u2019s<\/span><\/span> relationship<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> LGBTQI+<\/span><\/span> identities. <\/span><\/span>However,<\/span><\/span> although<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> authors<\/span><\/span> state<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> there<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> a<\/span><\/span> considerable<\/span><\/span> participation<\/span><\/span> of <\/span><\/span>LGBTQI+<\/span><\/span> individuals<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>camps,<\/span><\/span> only<\/span><\/span> one<\/span><\/span> person<\/span><\/span> seems<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> have<\/span><\/span> been<\/span><\/span> interviewed.<\/span><\/span> This<\/span><\/span> person<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> tokenized<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> their<\/span><\/span> view<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> treated<\/span><\/span> as<\/span><\/span> if<\/span><\/span> representing<\/span><\/span> all<\/span><\/span> other LGBTQI+<\/span><\/span> participants.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

7. The<\/span><\/span> authors<\/span><\/span> frequently<\/span><\/span> refer<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> transnational<\/span><\/span> feminism,<\/span><\/span> decolonialism,<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> many<\/span><\/span> oth<\/span><\/span>er<\/span><\/span> critical<\/span><\/span> feminisms<\/span><\/span> positively.<\/span><\/span> Research<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> draws<\/span><\/span> on such<\/span><\/span> feminist<\/span><\/span> approaches normally<\/span><\/span> centers<\/span><\/span> horizontal<\/span><\/span> engagement<\/span><\/span> as<\/span><\/span> a<\/span><\/span> method.<\/span><\/span> However,<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> this<\/span><\/span> article<\/span><\/span> there<\/span><\/span> is absolutely<\/span><\/span> no indication<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> claims<\/span><\/span> put<\/span><\/span> forward<\/span><\/span> by the<\/span><\/span> authors<\/span><\/span> were<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> any<\/span><\/span> way discussed<\/span><\/span> with<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> interviewees.<\/span><\/span> For example,<\/span><\/span> two<\/span><\/span> of us who were<\/span><\/span> interviewed,<\/span><\/span> re<\/span><\/span>quested<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> read<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> article<\/span><\/span> before<\/span><\/span> publication,<\/span><\/span> but<\/span><\/span> never<\/span><\/span> heard<\/span><\/span> back<\/span><\/span> from<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> authors. As such<\/span><\/span> it<\/span><\/span> seems<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> authors<\/span><\/span> regard<\/span><\/span> their<\/span><\/span> interviewees<\/span><\/span> as<\/span><\/span> experimental<\/span><\/span> subjects<\/span><\/span> to be<\/span><\/span> used<\/span><\/span> rather<\/span><\/span> than<\/span><\/span> as<\/span><\/span> equal<\/span><\/span> partners<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> a<\/span><\/span> collectively<\/span><\/span> designed<\/span><\/span> research<\/span><\/span> project.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Largely<\/span><\/span> due<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> neglecting<\/span><\/span> research<\/span><\/span> coming<\/span><\/span> from<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> communities<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> they<\/span><\/span> studied,<\/span><\/span> we<\/span><\/span> found numerous<\/span><\/span> factual<\/span><\/span> errors<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> article:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1. The<\/span><\/span> article\u2019s<\/span><\/span> abstract<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> methodology<\/span><\/span> section<\/span><\/span> claim<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> research<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> based<\/span><\/span> on interviews<\/span><\/span> conducted<\/span><\/span> with<\/span><\/span> people<\/span><\/span> engaged<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> development<\/span><\/span> of <\/span><\/span>Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span> However,<\/span><\/span> as<\/span><\/span> evident<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> main<\/span><\/span> body of the<\/span><\/span> text,<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> majority<\/span><\/span> of interviews<\/span><\/span> were<\/span><\/span> done<\/span><\/span> with<\/span><\/span> Jin<\/span><\/span> TV workers.<\/span><\/span> Jin<\/span><\/span> TV<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> a<\/span><\/span> television<\/span><\/span> project<\/span><\/span> led<\/span><\/span> collectively<\/span><\/span> by Kurdish,<\/span><\/span> Arab,<\/span><\/span> Turkish<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> European<\/span><\/span> women.<\/span><\/span> The<\/span><\/span> TV,<\/span><\/span> which<\/span><\/span> has<\/span><\/span> studios<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> Middle<\/span><\/span> East<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> Netherlands, broadcasts<\/span><\/span> weekly<\/span><\/span> programs,<\/span><\/span> among<\/span><\/span> them<\/span><\/span> two<\/span><\/span> on <\/span><\/span>Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span> Other<\/span><\/span> than<\/span><\/span> this,<\/span><\/span> Jin<\/span><\/span> TV<\/span><\/span> as<\/span><\/span> an institution<\/span><\/span> itself<\/span><\/span> has<\/span><\/span> no direct<\/span><\/span> connection<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> development<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> spread<\/span><\/span> of <\/span><\/span>Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span> As we<\/span><\/span> have<\/span><\/span> stated<\/span><\/span> previously,<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> article<\/span><\/span> lacks<\/span><\/span> any<\/span><\/span> information<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> would<\/span><\/span> make<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> validation<\/span><\/span> of its<\/span><\/span> methods<\/span><\/span> possible<\/span><\/span> (why, where,<\/span><\/span> how and<\/span><\/span> who were<\/span><\/span> interviewed).<\/span><\/span> Therefore<\/span><\/span> the content<\/span><\/span> of the<\/span><\/span> article<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> suspect<\/span><\/span> from<\/span><\/span> its<\/span><\/span> very<\/span><\/span> beginning.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

2. Footnote<\/span><\/span> 11 claims<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> Kurdish<\/span><\/span> Freedom<\/span><\/span> Movement\u2019s<\/span><\/span> notion<\/span><\/span> of \u201ctruth\u201d<\/span><\/span> references <\/span><\/span>life<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> Neolithic<\/span><\/span> society.<\/span><\/span> It<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> thereby<\/span><\/span> suggested<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> movement<\/span><\/span> believes<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> truth<\/span><\/span> can only<\/span><\/span> be<\/span><\/span> revealed<\/span><\/span> through<\/span><\/span> archaeological<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> historical<\/span><\/span> excavation.<\/span><\/span> In reality,<\/span><\/span> truth (<\/span><\/span>hakikat)<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>is<\/span><\/span> one<\/span><\/span> of the<\/span><\/span> most<\/span><\/span> important<\/span><\/span> topics<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> Kurdish<\/span><\/span> Freedom<\/span><\/span> Movement<\/span><\/span> has dedicated<\/span><\/span> many<\/span><\/span> years<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> much<\/span><\/span> labor<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> conceptualize.<\/span><\/span> Abdullah<\/span><\/span> \u00d6calan<\/span><\/span> elaborates<\/span><\/span> on these<\/span><\/span> ideas<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> several<\/span><\/span> of his<\/span><\/span> works, works cited<\/span><\/span> but<\/span><\/span> seemingly<\/span><\/span> not<\/span><\/span> read<\/span><\/span> by the<\/span><\/span> authors.<\/span><\/span> In various<\/span><\/span> sections<\/span><\/span> of the<\/span><\/span> book <\/span><\/span>Building<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>Free<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>Life:<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>Dialogues<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>with<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>Abdullah<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>\u00d6calan<\/i><\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span> again which<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> authors<\/span><\/span> also<\/span><\/span> cite,<\/span><\/span> multiple<\/span><\/span> academics<\/span><\/span> discuss<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> Kurdish<\/span><\/span> Freedom<\/span><\/span> Movement\u2019s<\/span><\/span> concept<\/span><\/span> of truth.<\/span><\/span> However,<\/span><\/span> rather<\/span><\/span> than<\/span><\/span> genuinely<\/span><\/span> engaging<\/span><\/span> with<\/span><\/span> Kurdish<\/span><\/span> concepts of truth,<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> authors<\/span><\/span> confined<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> issue<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> a<\/span><\/span> misleading<\/span><\/span> footnote.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

3. The<\/span><\/span> statement<\/span><\/span> on page<\/span><\/span> 12 that<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> Kurdish<\/span><\/span> Women\u2019s<\/span><\/span> Movement<\/span><\/span> founded<\/span><\/span> a<\/span><\/span> Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>Cen<\/span><\/span>ter<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> Diyarbak\u0131r<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> was<\/span><\/span> afterwards<\/span><\/span> closed<\/span><\/span> by the<\/span><\/span> Turkish<\/span><\/span> state<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> not<\/span><\/span> correct.<\/span><\/span> Other<\/span><\/span> than the<\/span><\/span> Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>Journal,<\/span><\/span> which<\/span><\/span> was<\/span><\/span> launched<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> 2016 in<\/span><\/span> Diyarbak\u0131r<\/span><\/span> (and<\/span><\/span> which<\/span><\/span> continues<\/span><\/span> its publications),<\/span><\/span> there<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> no formal<\/span><\/span> institution<\/span><\/span> operating<\/span><\/span> under<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> name<\/span><\/span> of <\/span><\/span>Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span> This<\/span><\/span> is an<\/span><\/span> error<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> could<\/span><\/span> have<\/span><\/span> been<\/span><\/span> avoided<\/span><\/span> had<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> researchers<\/span><\/span> seized<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> opportunity<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> visit the<\/span><\/span> Diyarbak\u0131r<\/span><\/span> office<\/span><\/span> of the<\/span><\/span> Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>Journal<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> their<\/span><\/span> fieldwork<\/span><\/span> period<\/span><\/span> (2015-2018) to speak<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> its<\/span><\/span> editors.<\/span><\/span> This<\/span><\/span> leads<\/span><\/span> us to<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> conclusion<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> authors<\/span><\/span> have<\/span><\/span> no issue<\/span><\/span> with presenting<\/span><\/span> information<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> their<\/span><\/span> audience<\/span><\/span> without<\/span><\/span> doing<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> necessary<\/span><\/span> fact<\/span><\/span> checking.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4. On pages<\/span><\/span> 22 and<\/span><\/span> 23, based<\/span><\/span> on their<\/span><\/span> preliminary<\/span><\/span> research<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> statements<\/span><\/span> of their<\/span><\/span> inter<\/span><\/span>locutors,<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> authors<\/span><\/span> claim<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> curricula<\/span><\/span> of <\/span><\/span>Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>in<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> Middle<\/span><\/span> East<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> Europe are<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> same.<\/span><\/span> They<\/span><\/span> then<\/span><\/span> specify<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> topics<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> a<\/span><\/span> footnote.<\/span><\/span> This,<\/span><\/span> too,<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> not<\/span><\/span> accurate.<\/span><\/span> While <\/span><\/span>Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>workshops and<\/span><\/span> educations<\/span><\/span> might<\/span><\/span> have<\/span><\/span> many<\/span><\/span> common<\/span><\/span> topics,<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> curricula<\/span><\/span> are determined<\/span><\/span> according<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> specificities<\/span><\/span> of the<\/span><\/span> respective<\/span><\/span> countries,<\/span><\/span> even<\/span><\/span> cities.<\/span><\/span> The<\/span><\/span> researchers<\/span><\/span> do not<\/span><\/span> seem<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> have<\/span><\/span> any<\/span><\/span> detailed<\/span><\/span> knowledge<\/span><\/span> of the<\/span><\/span> curricula<\/span><\/span> of <\/span><\/span>Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>educations<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> workshops specifically<\/span><\/span> as<\/span><\/span> they<\/span><\/span> unfold<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> Diyarbak\u0131r,<\/span><\/span> Mardin<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> other<\/span><\/span> places<\/span><\/span> in Kurdistan.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Concerning<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> arguments<\/span><\/span> of the<\/span><\/span> article:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1. The<\/span><\/span> women,<\/span><\/span> who develop<\/span><\/span> Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>elaborate<\/span><\/span> Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>on a<\/span><\/span> daily<\/span><\/span> basis,<\/span><\/span> thereby<\/span><\/span> refining<\/span><\/span> its scale<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> broadening<\/span><\/span> its<\/span><\/span> scope.<\/span><\/span> If those,<\/span><\/span> who develop<\/span><\/span> Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>refrain<\/span><\/span> from<\/span><\/span> pinning<\/span><\/span> it <\/span><\/span>down to<\/span><\/span> an<\/span><\/span> exact<\/span><\/span> definition,<\/span><\/span> but<\/span><\/span> rather<\/span><\/span> frame<\/span><\/span> it<\/span><\/span> as<\/span><\/span> a<\/span><\/span> collective,<\/span><\/span> ongoing<\/span><\/span> effort,<\/span><\/span> why do the authors<\/span><\/span> resort<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> a<\/span><\/span> language<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> confines,<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> fact<\/span><\/span> disciplines,<\/span><\/span> Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>by making<\/span><\/span> authorita<\/span><\/span>tive<\/span><\/span> claims<\/span><\/span> on its<\/span><\/span> behalf?<\/span><\/span> Furthermore,<\/span><\/span> although<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> \u201cIntroduction<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/span> (<\/span><\/span>Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span>\u2019ye<\/span><\/span> Giri\u015f)<\/span><\/span> book, as<\/span><\/span> well<\/span><\/span> as<\/span><\/span> all<\/span><\/span> written<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> oral<\/span><\/span> sources<\/span><\/span> of <\/span><\/span>Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span> repeatedly<\/span><\/span> stress <\/span><\/span>that<\/span><\/span> Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>draws<\/span><\/span> on the<\/span><\/span> legacy<\/span><\/span> of global<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> historical<\/span><\/span> women\u2019s<\/span><\/span> struggles,<\/span><\/span> feminist movements,<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> Kurdish<\/span><\/span> women\u2019s<\/span><\/span> liberation<\/span><\/span> struggle,<\/span><\/span> why does<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> article<\/span><\/span> insist<\/span><\/span> on the <\/span><\/span>claim<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>refuses<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> acknowledge<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> long<\/span><\/span> history<\/span><\/span> of feminist<\/span><\/span> struggle?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

2. Another<\/span><\/span> contradicting<\/span><\/span> approach<\/span><\/span> of the<\/span><\/span> article<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> emphasis<\/span><\/span> on standpoint<\/span><\/span> theory,<\/span><\/span> w<\/span><\/span>it<\/span><\/span>h <\/span><\/span>much<\/span><\/span> focus<\/span><\/span> on the<\/span><\/span> ideas<\/span><\/span> of Patricia<\/span><\/span> Hill<\/span><\/span> Collins,<\/span><\/span> even<\/span><\/span> as<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> attitude<\/span><\/span> taken<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> text<\/span><\/span> stands in<\/span><\/span> total<\/span><\/span> opposite<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> these<\/span><\/span> works. Such<\/span><\/span> approaches<\/span><\/span> argue<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> women<\/span><\/span> develop<\/span><\/span> important, grounded<\/span><\/span> knowledge<\/span><\/span> on social<\/span><\/span> phenomena<\/span><\/span> based<\/span><\/span> on their<\/span><\/span> experiences<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> particular<\/span><\/span> localities.<\/span><\/span> Yet,<\/span><\/span> astonishingly,<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> authors<\/span><\/span> refute<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> Kurdish<\/span><\/span> Women\u2019s<\/span><\/span> Movement\u2019s<\/span><\/span> ways<\/span><\/span> of defining<\/span><\/span> itself.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

3. In the<\/span><\/span> authors\u2019<\/span><\/span> eyes,<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> refrainment<\/span><\/span> of women<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> men<\/span><\/span> guerrillas<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> Kurdistan<\/span><\/span> F<\/span><\/span>ree<\/span><\/span>dom<\/span><\/span> Movement<\/span><\/span> from<\/span><\/span> sexual<\/span><\/span> relations<\/span><\/span> shows that<\/span><\/span> despite<\/span><\/span> all<\/span><\/span> their<\/span><\/span> claims,<\/span><\/span> Kurdish<\/span><\/span> women remain<\/span><\/span> oppressed<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> repressed.<\/span><\/span> While<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> west,<\/span><\/span> asexuality<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> accepted<\/span><\/span> as<\/span><\/span> a<\/span><\/span> queer<\/span><\/span> identity,<\/span><\/span> while<\/span><\/span> respected<\/span><\/span> feminists<\/span><\/span> like<\/span><\/span> Adrienne<\/span><\/span> Rich<\/span><\/span> spoke<\/span><\/span> of \u201ccompulsory<\/span><\/span> heterosexuality,\u201d while<\/span><\/span> Black<\/span><\/span> feminists<\/span><\/span> like<\/span><\/span> Audre<\/span><\/span> Lorde<\/span><\/span> broke<\/span><\/span> ground when<\/span><\/span> speaking<\/span><\/span> of eroticisms<\/span><\/span> outside of sexuality,<\/span><\/span> why is<\/span><\/span> it<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> Kurdistan<\/span><\/span> Women\u2019s<\/span><\/span> Movement\u2019s<\/span><\/span> political<\/span><\/span> choice<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> opt<\/span><\/span> for asexuality<\/span><\/span> under<\/span><\/span> patriarchal<\/span><\/span> conditions,<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> their<\/span><\/span> struggle<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> conceptualize<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> philosophical<\/span><\/span> meaning<\/span><\/span> of love<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> relation<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> notions<\/span><\/span> of freedom,<\/span><\/span> nature,<\/span><\/span> life,<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> humanity,<\/span><\/span> are<\/span><\/span> seen <\/span><\/span>as<\/span><\/span> forms<\/span><\/span> of suppression<\/span><\/span> of desire<\/span><\/span> by Al-Ali<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> K\u00e4ser?<\/span><\/span> One<\/span><\/span> wonders,<\/span><\/span> could<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> authors <\/span><\/span>have<\/span><\/span> made<\/span><\/span> such<\/span><\/span> a<\/span><\/span> claim<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> a<\/span><\/span> context<\/span><\/span> other<\/span><\/span> than<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> Middle<\/span><\/span> East,<\/span><\/span> where<\/span><\/span> it<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> always<\/span><\/span> assumed<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> sexuality<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> repressed<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> would<\/span><\/span> then,<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> editors<\/span><\/span> have<\/span><\/span> noted<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> this<\/span><\/span> form<\/span><\/span> of argumentation<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> far<\/span><\/span> from<\/span><\/span> feminist<\/span><\/span> solidarity,<\/span><\/span> something<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> authors<\/span><\/span> claim<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> aspire<\/span><\/span> to?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4. The<\/span><\/span> Kurdistan<\/span><\/span> Women\u2019s<\/span><\/span> Freedom<\/span><\/span> Movement\u2019s<\/span><\/span> claim<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> a<\/span><\/span> large<\/span><\/span> part<\/span><\/span> of women\u2019s<\/span><\/span> sexual <\/span><\/span>relationships<\/span><\/span> with<\/span><\/span> men<\/span><\/span> have<\/span><\/span> a<\/span><\/span> rapist<\/span><\/span> character<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> a<\/span><\/span> product<\/span><\/span> of years<\/span><\/span> of experience,<\/span><\/span> research, collective<\/span><\/span> discussion<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> theorizations.<\/span><\/span> This<\/span><\/span> view<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> simplified<\/span><\/span> as<\/span><\/span> essentialist<\/span><\/span> by the<\/span><\/span> authors,<\/span><\/span> who also<\/span><\/span> distortively<\/span><\/span> claim<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>defines<\/span><\/span> all<\/span><\/span> men<\/span><\/span> as<\/span><\/span> rapists.<\/span><\/span> For more<\/span><\/span> than two<\/span><\/span> decades,<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> Kurdistan<\/span><\/span> Women\u2019s<\/span><\/span> Freedom<\/span><\/span> Movement<\/span><\/span> has<\/span><\/span> been<\/span><\/span> discussing<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> developing<\/span><\/span> projects<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> transform<\/span><\/span> men<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> eradicate<\/span><\/span> dominant<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> violent<\/span><\/span> forms<\/span><\/span> of masculinity.<\/span><\/span> Had<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> researchers<\/span><\/span> consulted<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> movement\u2019s<\/span><\/span> literature<\/span><\/span> they<\/span><\/span> would<\/span><\/span> have<\/span><\/span> seen<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> the approach<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> masculinity<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> sexuality<\/span><\/span> are<\/span><\/span> not<\/span><\/span> essentialist,<\/span><\/span> but<\/span><\/span> fundamentally<\/span><\/span> transformative.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

5. Among<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> contemporary<\/span><\/span> critiques<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> decolonial<\/span><\/span> feminist<\/span><\/span> literature<\/span><\/span> of white<\/span><\/span> feminists<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> the fact<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> western<\/span><\/span> feminism<\/span><\/span> dictates<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> exact<\/span><\/span> same<\/span><\/span> conceptualization<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> practice<\/span><\/span> of LGBTQI+<\/span><\/span> identities<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> exist<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> progressive<\/span><\/span> circles<\/span><\/span> of the<\/span><\/span> west,<\/span><\/span> everywhere<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> the <\/span><\/span>w<\/span><\/span>orl<\/span><\/span>d and<\/span><\/span> devalues<\/span><\/span> all<\/span><\/span> radical<\/span><\/span> movements<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> adhere<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> other<\/span><\/span> conceptualizations<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> practices.<\/span><\/span> What<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> often<\/span><\/span> referred<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> as<\/span><\/span> \u2018pinkwashing\u2019\u2014for<\/span><\/span> making<\/span><\/span> other<\/span><\/span> oppressions<\/span><\/span> invisible\u2014this<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> a<\/span><\/span> way<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> which<\/span><\/span> white<\/span><\/span> feminists<\/span><\/span> once<\/span><\/span> again<\/span><\/span> collaborate<\/span><\/span> with<\/span><\/span> colonialism<\/span><\/span> and imperialism:<\/span><\/span> No autonomous<\/span><\/span> development<\/span><\/span> of schools<\/span><\/span> of thought<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> possible<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> Global South<\/span><\/span> without<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> progressive<\/span><\/span> intervention<\/span><\/span> of the<\/span><\/span> west.<\/span><\/span> This<\/span><\/span> article<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> an<\/span><\/span> example<\/span><\/span> of this<\/span><\/span> attitude.<\/span><\/span> On the<\/span><\/span> other<\/span><\/span> hand,<\/span><\/span> we<\/span><\/span> strongly<\/span><\/span> believe<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> criticisms<\/span><\/span> made<\/span><\/span> from<\/span><\/span> LGBTQI+<\/span><\/span> identities<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> perspectives<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>are<\/span><\/span> valuable<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> we<\/span><\/span> welcome<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> transformative<\/span><\/span> potential <\/span><\/span>that<\/span><\/span> engagement<\/span><\/span> with<\/span><\/span> these<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> other<\/span><\/span> constructive<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> substantial<\/span><\/span> critiques<\/span><\/span> provides<\/span><\/span> for our <\/span><\/span>praxi<\/span><\/span>s. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Conclusion:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> of utmost<\/span><\/span> value<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> authors<\/span><\/span> of the<\/span><\/span> article<\/span><\/span> wish<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> raise<\/span><\/span> criticisms<\/span><\/span> against<\/span><\/span> Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>as would<\/span><\/span> be<\/span><\/span> required<\/span><\/span> by any<\/span><\/span> women\u2019s<\/span><\/span> solidarity.<\/span><\/span> However,<\/span><\/span> if<\/span><\/span> we<\/span><\/span> consider<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> usage<\/span><\/span> of their<\/span><\/span> data, the<\/span><\/span> positions<\/span><\/span> they<\/span><\/span> adopt,<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> language<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> methods<\/span><\/span> they<\/span><\/span> employ,<\/span><\/span> we<\/span><\/span> come<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> conclusion that<\/span><\/span> rather<\/span><\/span> than<\/span><\/span> critique,<\/span><\/span> their<\/span><\/span> aim<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> patronize<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> trivialize<\/span><\/span> our work, and<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> legitimize<\/span><\/span> and spread<\/span><\/span> their<\/span><\/span> point<\/span><\/span> of view<\/span><\/span> through<\/span><\/span> this<\/span><\/span> article.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We<\/span><\/span> have<\/span><\/span> written<\/span><\/span> this<\/span><\/span> letter<\/span><\/span> because<\/span><\/span> we<\/span><\/span> feel<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> article<\/span><\/span> will<\/span><\/span> lead<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> spread<\/span><\/span> of misguided judgment<\/span><\/span> of our work and<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> we<\/span><\/span> therefore<\/span><\/span> need<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> correct<\/span><\/span> these<\/span><\/span> wrong perceptions.<\/span><\/span> Academic views,<\/span><\/span> suggestions<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> criticisms<\/span><\/span> on <\/span><\/span>Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>greatly<\/span><\/span> matter<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> us. However,<\/span><\/span> we<\/span><\/span> think<\/span><\/span> it<\/span><\/span> is<\/span><\/span> important<\/span><\/span> for such<\/span><\/span> frameworks<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> be<\/span><\/span> articulated<\/span><\/span> outside<\/span><\/span> of the<\/span><\/span> hegemonic<\/span><\/span> perspective<\/span><\/span> of positivist scienticism<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> orientalist<\/span><\/span> gazes,<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> a<\/span><\/span> manner<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> strengthens<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> women\u2019s<\/span><\/span> liberation<\/span><\/span> struggle.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We<\/span><\/span> believe<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> it is important<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> your<\/span><\/span> journal<\/span><\/span> does<\/span><\/span> not<\/span><\/span> offer space<\/span><\/span> to such<\/span><\/span> attitudes<\/span><\/span> and that<\/span><\/span> we, as<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> producers<\/span><\/span> of knowledge<\/span><\/span> on <\/span><\/span>Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span> should<\/span><\/span> be<\/span><\/span> given<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> opportunity<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> voice<\/span><\/span> our <\/span><\/span>c<\/span><\/span>on<\/span><\/span>ce<\/span><\/span>rns and<\/span><\/span> represent<\/span><\/span> ourselves.<\/span><\/span> In this<\/span><\/span> sense,<\/span><\/span> we<\/span><\/span> request<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> you publish<\/span><\/span> this<\/span><\/span> letter<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> your upcoming<\/span><\/span> issue<\/span><\/span> as<\/span><\/span> a<\/span><\/span> response<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> Beyond<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>Feminism<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>and<\/span><\/span> we<\/span><\/span> hope<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> you can<\/span><\/span> offer<\/span><\/span> us the<\/span><\/span> opportunity<\/span><\/span> to<\/span><\/span> contribute<\/span><\/span> an<\/span><\/span> article<\/span><\/span> on <\/span><\/span>Jineoloj\u00ee<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/i>in<\/span><\/span> your journal<\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> future.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We<\/span><\/span> wish<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> journal<\/span><\/span> editors<\/span><\/span> all<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> best<\/span><\/span> of success<\/span><\/span> with<\/span><\/span> their<\/span><\/span> work.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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