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[assignedgothatbirth]

"Gradually, one sees why the concept of emotional intelligence won such wide acceptance. It is not a quality or even an attribute but a regimen of restraint. It is a collection of practices—assessment, feedback, coaching, meditation—for monitoring yourself and others, in a way that marries the promise of total self-actualization to the perils of absolute social deprivation. For all its righteous proclamations about what ails the modern world, its goals are straightforwardly conservative: to encourage people to stay in school, to secure stable employment, to bind themselves to their work, to have families and keep them intact, and to raise their children to repeat this same cycle of productive activity."

- The Repressive Politics of Emotional Intelligence

i've always have felt apprehensive about the term "emotional intelligence" from a disability standpoint, but i had no idea about it's history, so this was a very interesting read! the point about the link between emotional intelligence and emotional labor especially.

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[osteophage]

huh. And here I had a negative view of the term "emotional intelligence" just because I figured I didn't have very much of it.

"On a scale of 1 (“Never”) to 5 (“Consistently”), they will be asked to rate how often you are able to describe the effect of your feelings on your actions, how often you lose composure under stress, and how often you view the future with hope."

huh?!

Okay wow the further and further I get into this article the worse it gets. I had to take a step back when it got to the model minority part and now in this same paragraph it's expanding the problems in all directions at once.

[yourlibrarian]

Interesting article, thanks for the link!