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This site is a wiki about INTERSECTIONALITY, built by the Women's & Gender Studies Capstone class of 2016 at Eastern Washington University. It is meant to be an enduring resource for students and scholars. If you would like to contribute, please contact [editor] or [editor] for access.
What is Intersectionality?
[Short, basic definition goes here.]
[Longer, more sophisticated definition goes here]
Geneaology of Intersectionality
-Genealogy
-1830s: Maria Miller Sewart (critiques slavery / made sexual violence against slaves a political issue)
-1851: Sojourner Truth (women of color marginalized / excluded from suffrage)
-1890s: Anna Julia Cooper / Harriet Jacobs (account of black experiences)
-1940s Mary Church Terrell / Pauli Murray
Michael Foucault regarded as "original" person to describe intersectinality - whitewashing
-1970s: Frances Beal (co founder of black women's liberation committee / double jeopardy
-1977: Combahee River Collective (double bind / double jeopardy / intersectionality product of black feminism)
-1979: Audre Lorde (oppression of women knows no racial bounds, but it is not identical in those bounds)
-1980s: bell hooks, Angela Davis (Women, Race, & Class / From Margin to Center)
-1983: This Bridge Called My Back
-1988: Debora King / Elizabeth Spelmon / Mori Matsuda (triple jeopardy)
-1989: Kimberle Crenshaw (coined the term)
-1990: Patricia Hill Collins
-1991: Third wave feminism (whitewashing / visibility inclusiveness connecting categories / multiply identified center / black lives matter)
-90s-Now: Boom: visibility / mutual construction of category
-Content
-Easy to Understand Examples / information (everyone/Ariel)
-Understanding Privilege: Race, Gender, Sexual Orientation, Age, Ability, etc (Ariel)
-Media & Popular Culture (Michaela)
-Relationships among multiple racial categories (Alexis)
-Race, Class, Education (Jordan)
-Education Policy (Allie)
-Women's Health (Sharkyla)
-Corporate Culture (Freddy)
-Activism (Sophie)
-Movement Backlash - maybe (Ariel)
-postfeminism
-demonization / stereotypes of feminism in media / mainstream
-Vivian May: Speaking Into the Void: critiques of intersectionality / back lash
-Jennifer Nash: intersectionality is equated with black feminism / black symbolism / creation of reality / transnational
-Side Bar
-Analytic
-Visiblity
-About Us / Course
-References
-Kimberle Crenshaw
-Ange Marie Hancock
Intersectionality – A Resource for Students and Scholars
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