All posts tagged "Intersectionality"
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Feminists We Love: Mia Mingus
One insidious effect of systematic oppressions–including ableism, sexism, white supremacy, queerphobia, classism, and colonialism–is that we become disconnected from one another and from ourselves. For...
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Addressing the Criminalization of Disability from a Disability Justice Framework: Centring The Experiences of Disabled Queer Trans Indigenous and People of Colour
By Abla Abdelhadi I write this piece in honour of the countless disabled queer trans Indigenous and People of Colour (IPOC) who have been criminalized,...
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We Exist In Darkness (Living at the Intersections)
By: Naomi Ortiz Intersectionality is described by dominant culture as the location where all of our multiple identities intersect. However, my identities are not straight...
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Op-Ed: Black Men, are we doing enough to stand with Black women? Feminism is for Black Men too.
By Aaron Talley Compared to the bulk of my intellectual trajectory, I have spent very little time engaging directly with Black feminism. Through much of...
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Against Patriarchy: Tools for Men to Further Feminist Revolution*
By Chris Crass For all of us who are men who believe in social justice, who want healthy and beautiful lives for our loved ones,...
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Myths of Progress and Cartographies of Hate
By Darnell L. Moore and Monica J. Casper Definition of HATE 1 a: intense hostility and aversion usually deriving from fear, anger, or sense of...
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Moving the Margins to the Centre: Shifting from Anti-Racist to Pro-Black
By Hana Riaz For many Women of Colour feminists globally and in the West, our struggle with mainstream feminism remains an arduous and painful one....
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Confessions of a Complicated Latina Feminist
By Juliana Britto Schwartz “You Americans, why are you so obsessed with labels?” The way my Brazilian cousin looks at me, she might as well...
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I’m Complicated, Just like Feminisms: A Black and White Feminist Working It Out (Part I)
Dr. Connie Ruzich and I first met soon after I walked onto the Robert Morris University campus in 1999. I thought I’d become a Finance...
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New Study Shows Benefits of Bilingualism in Teens
A new study conducted by the National Institute of Health (NIH) found certain brain functions are enhanced in teens who are fluent in more than...
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Artist Creates Zimmerman Portrait with Skittles
A Denver artist has created a portrait of Florida shooting suspect George Zimmerman using more than 12,000 Skittles — the candy that 17-year-old Trayvon Martin...
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Faux-Apology Not Accepted: Fire Rush Limbaugh for His Hateful Misogyny
By Soraya Chemaly Rush Limbaugh’s limp quasi-apology to Sandra Fluke isn’t good enough. Clear Channel Communications, the largest radio station owner in the US, should fire him...
