From yoga to the Anthropocene to feminist theory, recent calls to ‘decolonise’ have resulted in a resurgence of the term. This article problematises the language of the decolonial within feminist theory and pedagogy, problematising its rhetoric, particularly in the context of the US. The article considers the romanticised transnational solidarities produced by decolonial rhetoric within feminist theory, asking, among other questions: What are the assumptions underpinning the decolonial project in feminist theory? How might the language of ‘decolonising’ serve to actually de-politicise feminism, while keeping dominant race logics in place? Furthermore, how does decolonial rhetoric in sites such as the US continue to romanticise feminist solidarities while positioning non-US-born women of colour at the pedagogical end of feminist theory? I argue that ‘decolonial’, in its current proliferation, is mainstreamed uncritically while serving as a catachresis within feminist discourse. This article asks feminism to reconsider its ease at an incitement to decolonise as a caution for resisting the call to decolonise as simply another form of multicultural liberalism that masks oppression through imagined transnational solidarities, while calling attention to the homogenous construction of the ‘Global South’ within decolonising discourse.

从瑜伽到人类世，再到女权主义理论，最近对“非殖民化”的呼吁导致了这个词的复兴。本文对女权主义理论和教育学中非殖民主义的语言进行了问题化，对其修辞进行了问题化，尤其是在美国的背景下。这篇文章考虑了女权主义理论中的非殖民化修辞所产生的浪漫化的跨国团结，并提出了其他问题：支持女权主义理论中的非殖民化计划的假设是什么？“去殖民化”的语言如何在保持主导的种族逻辑的同时，真正使女权主义去政治化？此外，美国等地的非殖民主义言论如何继续将女权主义团结浪漫化，同时将非美国出生的有色人种女性置于女权主义理论的教学端？我认为，“去殖民化”在目前的泛滥中被不加批判地主流化，同时在女权主义话语中充当了宣泄的作用。本文要求女权主义重新考虑其在煽动非殖民化时的轻松性，以此作为一种警告，以抵制将非殖民化作为另一种多元文化自由主义形式的呼吁，后者通过想象中的跨国团结来掩盖压迫，同时提请注意“全球南方”的同质化建设在非殖民化话语中。