 Continental feminists share with other Continental thinkers an interest in close reading that uses careful exegesis to unpack the deep meanings of texts through attention to their linguistic and historical specificity. However, to utilize a philosophical tradition that has largely presumed rather than explored the impacts of sex and gender on material life, continental feminists often read irreverently to focus on concerns that traditional philosophy might push to the side. While all feminist theorizing deals with questions of power, subjectivity, and culture, Continental feminist approaches to these issues are often critical in the sense that they explore how external power dynamics affect the constitution of inner experiences, and in turn how embodied and subjective re-articulations of power can and should transform the world in the pursuit of justice. This frequently involves taking lived experience as a crucial component of critical philosophy; as Gail Weiss puts it,