- First coined by Kimberle Crenshaw and rooted more broadly in the writings of black feminists in the United States, the concept of intersectionality has been mobilized to move feminist theory and practice beyond an exclusive focus on gender, and instead to bring into view the wide variety of axes of power and difference that “intersect” within women’s lives.
- The key insight of intersectional feminism is that the identities and oppressions of women cannot be understood simply in terms of gender; rather, the categories of race, class, sexuality, ability, nation, and so on, all play an important role in women’s lives, and have to be taken into account in order to understand the experiences and confront the oppression(s) faced by women.
- also seeKeeping it 101 (S2E2) - Intersectionality