On Intersectionality: Essential Writings

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It's now been over two decades since legal scholar Kimberle Crenshaw wrote her original paper coining the term 'intersectionality' and mainstream feminism is still in the throes of a massive storm around it." Pdf here (essential reading for anyone interested in issues of gender/race etc - which should be all of you) In this first-ever collection of Crenshaw's writing, readers will find the key essays and articles that have defined the concept of intersectionality and made Crenshaw a legal superstar. The book, which also includes a sweeping new introduction by the author, reveals the trajectory of the subject as it has evolved over the course of two decades and radically changed the face of social justice activism. For anyone interested in movement politics and advocacy, On Intersectionalityis compulsory reading from one of the most brilliant critical race theorists of our time. Kimberle Crenshaw belongs at the center of public conversationImagine the world we might have if we all took a few moments to engage her ideas."

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Over the past twenty years the concept of "intersectionality," first coined by scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw, has emerged as an influential approach to understanding discrimination and exclusion in our society, whose members can experience bias in multiple ways—as a consequence of race, gender, sexual orientation, or a combination of these. And as the Washington Postreported recently, "the term has been used by social activists as both a rallying cry for more expansive progressive movements and a chastisement for their limitations." As a new wave of activism seeks to challenge entrenched discrimination in America, few concepts have acquired such relevance or been so widely debated. A major publishing event, the collected writings of the groundbreaking scholar who "first coined intersectionality as a political framework" (Salon) Considering its recent prominence, it s surprising to realize that the term [intersectionality] has been around only since 1989: It was coined by legal scholar and critical theorist Kimberle Crenshaw."Over the past twenty years, the concept of “intersectionality” has emerged as an influential approach to understanding the complex facets of discrimination and exclusion in a society whose members—with often complex racial, gender, or sexual identities—can experience bias in multiple ways. The 'crisis of care' and the neoliberal restructuring of the public sector – a feminist Polanyian analysis – Rebecca Selberg Considering its recent prominence, it's surprising to realize that the term [intersectionality] has been around only since 1989: It was coined by legal scholar and critical theorist Kimberlé Crenshaw." The Byzantine Eunuch: Pre-capitalist Gender Category, 'Tributary' Modal Contradiction, and a Test for Materialist Feminism – Jules Gleeson A Marxist-Feminist Perspective: From Former Yugoslavia To Turbo Fascism to Neoliberal Postmodern Fascist Europe - Marina Gržinic

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I read this freshman year of college and still return to this because I was that moved. Still am. This was an assigned reading, a “textbook” that I rented, but loved so much I went out and bought. 💛 It was the first book that really opened my eyes to the intricacies of systemic racism and sexism and what I can do to educate myself to do better. Women in Small Scale Fishing in South Africa: An Ecofeminist Engagement with the 'Blue Economy' - Natasha Solari and Khayaat Fakier Reading her famous essay on intersectionality was one of those "consciousness changing" moments for me as an undergrad. I just stumbled on a pdf of it online, which reminded me that I never read anything else of hers...so I will rectify that shortly... It's now been over two decades since legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw wrote her original paper coining the term 'intersectionality' and mainstream feminism is still in the throes of a massive storm around it."This volume is a true intellectual and political treasure trove. It establishes beyond any doubt that Marxist-Feminist thought is a vital resource for the struggles ahead. Agents for change … Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York, 2011. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

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Kimberle Crenshaw belongs at the center of public conversation...Imagine the world we might have if we all took a few moments to engage her ideas."A thought-provoking set of essays showing how contemporary Marxist-Feminist theory is vitally relevant for the crucial feminist questions of today, from gender oppression to care work to facing environmental crisis. Recommended reading for all scholars engaged in thinking deeply on how to change the world. Considering its recent prominence, it's surprising to realize that the term [intersectionality] has been around only since 1989: It was coined by legal scholar and critical theorist Kimberle Crenshaw." Kimberlé Crenshaw belongs at the center of public conversation. . . . Imagine the world we might have if we all took a few moments to engage her ideas."