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[Also: What Feminism Owes to the Reformation | 13 Killed in Choir Bus Crash] Also: What Feminism Owes to the Reformation | 13 Killed in Choir Bus Crash | [View online]( [Christianity Today Direct Newsletter]( Friday, March 31, 2017 BOOK REVIEW [Check Your Privilege Obsession]( Instead of fighting injustice, we end up fighting each other. Tish Harrison Warren That term privilege, once the property of academics and social researchers, has become ubiquitous and culture-shaping. In The Perils of Privilege: Why Injustice Can't Be Solved by Accusing Others of Advantage, Phoebe Maltz Bovy discusses how "privilege" is the primary framework for how we talk about social justice today — from conversation-stopper phrases hurled like grenades online ("check your privilege," "your privilege is showing") to the new genre of "privilege aware" confessions. 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