I N T E R S E C T I O N A L

What is it and why should you care?

Feminism

First theorized by Kimberlé Crenshaw, intersectionality is a response to formerly

exclusive feminist ideals such as white-centered feminisms that excluded women of

color and or trans women. Crenshaw is not the only one recognized this. bell hooks

stated, in Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism, that “to be “feminist” in

any authentic sense of the term is to want for all people, female and male, liberation

from sexist role patterns, domination, and oppression.”

Kimberlé Crenshaw

bell hooks

but what does

intersectionality mean,

you ask?

And why does intersectionality matter?B

e c

a u

s e

…

StaceyAnn Chin’s poem, “All Oppression is Connected”

Because ALL oppression is connected,

we cannotr e m o v e or d i s t a n c e

ourselves from each other even though we have

individual experiences

thus, the reason for intersectionality.

Feminism

is

w o r t h l e s s

without

intersectionality

AND

inclusion

Advocating Intersectional Feminism

Listen to

unprivileged

groups

Body

positivity

Be consciousof pronouns

and gendered

language

Use social

media to

share and

exchange

ideas

ReferencesSlide 2:

1. Hooks, Bell. Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism. Boston, MA, South End Press, 1981.

2. Crenshaw photo: https://systemicjusticeblog.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/crenshaw-e1423531331412.gif

3. hooks photo: https://www.autostraddle.com/idol-worship-bell-hooks-was-right-185265/

Slide 3:

4. Hayet, Sara. Kimberlé Crenshaw Discusses ‘Intersectional Feminism’.” Lafayette College, 15 Oct. 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROwquxC_Gxc. Accessed 23 Nov. 2016.

5. Crenshaw, Kimberle. “Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color.” Stanford Law Review, vol. 43, no. 6, 1991, pp. 1241–1299. www.jstor.org/stable/1229039.

Slide 4:

6. Chin, Staceyann, “All Oppression is Connected,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_8k3CX_ZuQ. Accessed 23 Nov. 2016

7. Chuchu, Jim, “All Oppression is Connected – Inspired by the Poetry of Staceyann Chin,” 19 July 2015, http://www.manhattanalternative.com/all-oppression-is-connected. Accessed 23 Nov. 2016.

Slide 6:

8. Valentin Brown - http://valomile.tumblr.com/, “We Can All Do It”, c. 2013, tumblr.com (original post is no longer available).

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10. http://everydayfeminism.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/tumblr_n4chv8Kp7V1suxeeyo1_500-300x300.png

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