Equality and diversity are endorsed as positive goals, yet anger and disgust arise from perceived assaults on those efforts. Some backlash emerges from perceived excesses and misplaced priorities, exemplified by attention to minor issues like tampon machines in men's rooms at a women's college. The concept of micro-aggression has utility, but major harms should receive priority. Efforts to link queer theory and corporate governance can blend identity, institutional critique, and playfulness into jargon-heavy formulations that risk reducing complex ideas to meaningless pablum and alienating stakeholders in corporate contexts.
"We are calling for papers that will link queer lives and queer theory to corporate law and governance, with the goal of publishing an edited collection or special issue publication," writes a trio of international thinkers. "'Queer' can mean different things to different people," they explain. "For some, it is part of a personal identity. Here, connecting the queer to corporate governance involves providing spaces
for queer people within corporate life. For others, it is an approach to thinking about social institutions. Here, connecting the queer to corporate governance involves questioning concepts and practices underlying corporate life, which may include interrogating the very concepts of identity which shape the focus on creating queer spaces. There can also be a playfulness to queer, to challenge preconceptions by subverting the established.
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