‘Intersectionality’ scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw thinks it’s time for everyone to talk back

In a new memoir, the legal expert shares how her experiences as a Black woman gave rise to frameworks the far-right has tried ...
Yahoo

What is intersectionality? A scholar of organizational behavior explains

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Civil rights advocate and legal scholar Kimberle Crenshaw speaks in New York City on Feb. 7, 2015. Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images In ...
Forbes

Why Understanding Intersectionality Is Key To Stamping Out Workplace Inequality

Understanding intersectionality and the complex and cumulative way that different forms of discrimination like sexism, ageism, racism and classism overlap and affect people is crucial for leaders who ...
CNN

‘Intersectionality’ has become a hot-button topic in recent years. Here’s what it means

Intersectionality. Intersectional feminism. These are phrases you may have heard, either on the news or from your local politicians. Though these terms have become commonplace over the last few years, ...
Time

What's Intersectionality? Let These Scholars Explain the Theory and Its History

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Forbes

DEI Should Address Intersectionality. Here’s Why

There are people who experience various modes of oppression. From being neurodivergent and BIPOC to being disabled and low-income, some individuals identify with several historically oppressed groups.
The Conversation

What is intersectionality and why does it make feminism more effective?

The way we talk about society and the people and structures in it is constantly changing. One term you may come across this International Women’s Day is “intersectionality”. And specifically, the ...
openDemocracy

Enough talk about intersectionality. Let's get on with it

Southall Black Sisters demonstrate for migrant women's access to public funds in cases of domestic abuse. Credit: SBS. When The Spectator published Julie Burchill’s ‘Don’t you dare tell me to check my ...
Jewish Journal

How Intersectionality Became a Sinister Threat to American Jewry

Intersectionality didn’t originate as an anti-Jewish idea. Coined in 1989 by Columbia University law professor Kimberlé Crenshaw in the context of critical race theory, and with the intention of ...
cjr.org

The origin of the term ‘intersectionality’

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. An “intersection,” we all know, is where two streets cross, or “intersect.” We usually think of an “intersection” as ...
The New Yorker

The Idea That Reshaped Identity Politics Has a Complicated Backstory

Kimberlé Crenshaw gave us the terms “intersectionality” and “critical race theory.” Her new memoir shows that she isn’t done fighting over what they mean.