Why Intersectionality Matters in Feminist Advocacy
Walk into any rally or scroll through hashtags about women’s rights, and you’ll hear the word intersectionality tossed around like it’s been there forever. But this idea didn’t come out of nowhere. Coined by scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989, intersectionality was born out of frustration—frustration that mainstream feminism often spoke to the needs of middle-class, … Read more