Yet, some still consider identity to be static and assumed to be a fixed aspect of our lives, established at some point and consistently carried out in that way. Because we no longer live in a world dictated by binaries and simplicity, we must let go of the sense of identity as being essential, primary and cohesive and begin to understand the intricacy of it. By exploring the theories of intersectionality and performativity, developed by Patricia Hill Collins and Judith Butler respectively, it will be argued that the past view of a stable, fixed identity is no longer pertinent nor sufficient to help discern all of the facets of the self but rather detrimental in regards to global politics as it can augment the distance between groups and fail to recognise that there is an overlap in
Yet, some still consider identity to be static and assumed to be a fixed aspect of our lives, established at some point and consistently carried out in that way. Because we no longer live in a world dictated by binaries and simplicity, we must let go of the sense of identity as being essential, primary and cohesive and begin to understand the intricacy of it. By exploring the theories of intersectionality and performativity, developed by Patricia Hill Collins and Judith Butler respectively, it will be argued that the past view of a stable, fixed identity is no longer pertinent nor sufficient to help discern all of the facets of the self but rather detrimental in regards to global politics as it can augment the distance between groups and fail to recognise that there is an overlap in