Derrida, in particular in Structure, Sign, and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences discussed the Center, and scholars riffed on that to discuss writing back to the center. Those voices outside, excluded or self-isolated, who respond to the center. Post-colonial theory, travel writing, feminist theory, American Indian writers, Asian, Hispanic, and African American scholars all feature some aspect of this non-mainstream voice speaking back to the mainstream. One American Indian author called it "Writing in the Enemies Words."

That said, there has also been a lot of deliberate carefully-worded shit-stirring that is easily recognizable and consequently treated as trolling.