lightnlngfarron:

t-alexia:

lightnlngfarron:

what does intersectional feminist mean

I’ll try to summarize it, but essentially intersectional feminists,
(myself included) believe that feminism isn’t just about male/female gender
relations, but that other social factors also play a role, such as sexuality,
race, socioeconomic class, etc. Trans and nonbinary issues are also included in
intersectional feminism. It’s the belief that we’re not just “women,”(or
whatever you identify as) but that we’re all unique individuals who fit into a
number of different groups. Where we belong in these groups affects us
differently, and there are disparities among women based on what other social
groups they belong to. I, for example, face oppression as a woman, but since I’m
white, I have white privilege. My best friend is half black, so she faces
oppression based on both her race and gender; therefore our experiences as
women aren’t the same and we receive different treatment on both interpersonal
and institutional levels. Another example of these disparaties is the pay gap. Although
women make less money than men overall, Women of Color (particularly black women
and Latinas) make less money than white women. White feminists would focus on
the male/female gender pay gap only, but an intersectional feminist would
acknowledge both the gender gap and the racial gap, as well. They also would
point out the differences of pay for Men of Color, too.

I hope this answered your question. I’m not always the best
at explaining things.

oh i didnt realize we had a specific title for it. i am one as well. thank you for explaining to me! 💗

This is worth a read before going with the idea of it being a title [from Racial Formation in the Twenty-First Century] and also this [Intersectionality is not a Label] – the latter also links to various other things including Kimberlé Crenshaw’s paper that originates the concept.

While I don’t actually want to say a lot on this (due to the whole not being a woman thing) but intersectionality is very much not about combining or extending existing frameworks and its deffinitly not refering to the idea that you can be privileged in one area and not in another…its talking about how various things are not separatable like that in fact (so the idea that your experience of being a woman is not separatable from your race (particularly) or class or sexuality or etc and vice versa)