Global policymaking often seeks to create processes for the effective delivery of public goods and services. What happens when individuals critique or dissent such policies? In this paper, we examine the case of two activists—Greta Thunberg and Disha Ravi—who have been mobilizing attention toward climate change since their teenage years, and who have been both celebrated and vilified for it. While climate change policies emphasize the importance of gender mainstreaming and youth participation, reactions garnered by these two activists are instructive in highlighting the narrow notion of “participation” that ungirds climate policy. Specifically, we show that Greta and Disha’s tactics do not readily jive with the postfeminist, neoliberal conceptualization of youth participation that emphasizes apolitical exercise of citizenship; valorizes girls’ activism only insofar as it enhances national economic growth; and views girls as symbols of hopeful futurities. Greta and Disha are instead what we call, “policy dissidents,” whose activism creates “tactical crevices.” We theorize tactical crevices as tentative and fleeting interruptions by the powerless that puncture prevailing logics through strikes and protests, and through consumption of discourses and materials in ways that those in power do not intend. The paper contributes to the study of girl activism broadly, and to notions of youth engagement (or disengagement) specifically, within the spheres of local and global politics.

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政策持不同政见者：将女孩行动主义理解为创造“战术缝隙”

全球决策往往寻求创建有效提供公共产品和服务的流程。当个人批评或反对此类政策时会发生什么？在本文中，我们研究了两位活动家——格蕾塔·桑伯格和迪莎·拉维——的案例，他们从青少年时期起就一直在动员人们对气候变化的关注，并因此而受到赞扬和诽谤。虽然气候变化政策强调性别主流化和青年参与的重要性，但这两位活动人士的反应具有启发性，强调了阻碍气候政策的狭隘“参与”概念。具体来说，我们表明格蕾塔和迪莎的策略并不容易与后女权主义、新自由主义的青年参与概念相一致，后者强调公民的非政治性行使；仅在促进国民经济增长的情况下才重视女孩的行动主义；并将女孩视为充满希望的未来的象征。相反，格蕾塔和迪莎是我们所说的“政策持不同政见者”，他们的激进主义创造了“战术漏洞”。我们将战术缝隙理论化为无权者试探性的、短暂的干扰，通过罢工和抗议，以及以当权者不希望的方式消费话语和材料，刺穿主流逻辑。本文有助于广泛研究女孩行动主义，特别是在地方和全球政治领域内青年参与（或脱离）的概念。