Intersectionality

This week, Eva talks to Emma about the origins of the term “intersectionality”, how the definition has changed, and the importance of crediting and centring Black feminists. Plus-- a rant about the upcoming OnlyFans pornography ban. Reading List: Kimberle Crenshaw, “Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics and Violence against Women of Color”: http://blogs.law.columbia.edu/critique1313/files/2020/02/1229039.pdf Kimberle Crenshaw, “Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics” http://blogs.law.columbia.edu/critique1313/files/2020/02/1229039.pdf Alex Kirshner, for Slate: https://www.google.com/url?q=https://slate.com/technology/2021/08/onlyfans-porn-ban-cruel.html&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1629763228495000&usg=AOvVaw0d-owS6fv4uSJO_8kHcAHm Tilly Lawless’s instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tilly_lawless/?hl=en Intersectionality Venn diagram/Wheel: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sylviaduckworth/50245846893 Jane Coaston, for Vox: https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/5/20/18542843/intersectionality-conservatism-law-race-gender-discrimination Crenshaw interview with Columbia Law School: https://www.law.columbia.edu/news/archive/kimberle-crenshaw-intersectionality-more-two-decades-later Sojourner Truth’s 1851 speech: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/sojtruth-woman.asp Photograph used in cover image by Miranda Barnes, https://www.mirandabarnes.com