Intersectional Feminism
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📚 Books 39
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View All →All We Imagine As Light
Payal Kapadia
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Rungano Nyoni
The Marvels
Nia DaCosta
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
📰 Articles 4
From Suffrage Movements to #MeToo: The Enduring Global Fight for Gender Equality
This article traces the evolution of feminist movements from the 19th-century suffrage campaigns to the digital activism of the #MeToo era. It explores the four waves of feminism, their historical contexts, and the persistent global challenges to gender equality, including political representation, reproductive rights, and social stigma.
Intersectional Feminism and the Climate Crisis: The Perfect Storm of 2024
Climate shocks, tech-driven discrimination, economic stress, and regressive politics are converging into a perfect storm hitting the most marginalized hardest. Intersectional analysis reveals how multiple oppressions interact.
Thinking Out Loud About Feminism
Through a fictional roundtable dialogue, this article explores the diverse perspectives, internal tensions, and the profound impact of race, class, and gender identity on contemporary feminism.
The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House
In this electrifying speech, Audre Lorde lays the groundwork for Black feminism and intersectionality. She challenges academia and white feminism for relying on patriarchal logic, arguing that merely seeking reform within existing systems while excluding marginalized women ensures oppression remains intact.
🎥 Videos 2
BK Talks. Pedagogies of Feminism
This video is a recording of a panel discussion titled 'Pedagogies of Feminism,' where a panel of speakers from the fields of architecture and urban design share their experiences with feminism. The discussion covers how feminist values can be applied in design, the importance of recognizing the contributions of women, and the need to challenge existing patriarchal and capitalist structures. It also highlights an online platform for feminist spatial practices and discusses the challenges of translating academic theory into professional practice.
Woman: Global Women's Voices and Resilience
'Woman' is a global documentary featuring interviews with 2,000 women from 50 countries, presenting their authentic experiences on topics including motherhood, education, marriage, economic independence, menstruation, and sexuality. The film not only reveals the injustices faced by women worldwide but also emphasizes their inner strength and ability to change the world.
🎧 Podcasts 13
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en(gender)ed
en(gender)ed is a podcast hosted by Teri Yuan, focusing on gender violence, oppression mechanisms, and institutional solutions. The show centers on the voices of survivors, advocates, and policymakers, exploring issues such as coercive control, domestic violence, campus sexual assault, gun violence, and media bias, emphasizing intersectional perspectives and cultural literacy. With a profound, systematic style, it serves as an important knowledge platform in the field of gender justice. Spotify rating of 5.0 (3 reviews), representative among gender violence research and advocacy podcasts.
The Feminist Bar Podcast
The Feminist Bar Podcast is a feminist podcast hosted by Zimbabwean writer and activist Tinatswe Mhaka, focusing on the intersectional experiences of gender, emotion, and identity. Centered around the 'Love Series,' the show invites women and queer individuals from different backgrounds to share stories of self-discovery, trauma, desire, and resistance within intimate relationships. With an intimate, frank style full of emotional tension, emphasizing authenticity and emotional politics. Spotify rating of 4.6 (41 reviews), with unique influence in African feminist podcast circles.
The Feminist Present
The Feminist Present is a podcast produced by Stanford University's Clayman Institute for Gender Research, hosted by Adrian Daub and Laura Goode. The show invites feminist scholars, writers, and activists to explore intersectional issues of gender, culture, and politics. Content covers queer oral history, women's body evolution, celibacy and desire politics, Audre Lorde's archival research, and 'Girlboss' culture criticism. With a style blending academic depth and cultural acuity, it holds an important position in feminist knowledge production and public dialogue. Spotify rating of 4.7 (86 reviews), widely acclaimed among academic and cultural feminist podcasts.
Feminist Utopia
Feminist Utopia is a podcast hosted by Benita and Debby, focusing on how feminism promotes dignity, solidarity, and social justice. Using American political events as entry points, the show explores abortion rights, Supreme Court politicization, protest actions, and moral discourse authority, emphasizing transgender, racial, class, and religious intersectionality. With a direct, highly critical style, it's suitable for audiences interested in contemporary American feminist politics.
Femtastic Podcast
Femtastic Podcast is hosted by Katie Breen, focusing on reproductive justice, intersectional feminism, and public policy. The show invites researchers, advocates, and survivors to explore abortion rights, crisis pregnancy centers, gun violence, and institutional oppression, emphasizing data-driven and action-oriented approaches. With a clear, information-dense style, it's suitable for audiences interested in American reproductive politics and gender justice. Spotify rating of 5.0 (6 reviews), representative among advocacy-oriented feminist podcasts.
Fifty Feminist States
Fifty Feminist States is a podcast hosted by Amelia Hruby, taking a road trip format across America's fifty states to interview local feminist artists and advocates. The show emphasizes intersectionality and cross-regional perspectives, covering reproductive justice, Black feminism, media representation, mental health, and community organizing. It serves as an archive combining oral history with cultural critique. The show concluded in 2021, but all episodes remain accessible.
📄 Papers 10
View All →Translating the Feminist Theory of Intersectionality into Gender Analytical Frameworks for Gender and Development
This paper explores how to translate intersectional feminist theory into practical gender analytical frameworks (GAF) for development interventions, warning against turning intersectionality into a simple instrument stripped of its theoretical and methodological nuances.
Intersectional Feminist Theory as a Non-Ideal Theory: Asian American Women Navigating Identity and Power
This philosophical examination argues that intersectional feminism functions as a strong version of non-ideal theory, focusing on the multiply oppressed to understand how intersecting structures of oppression work and generate strategies for dismantling them. Through analyzing Asian American women's experiences navigating identity and power, the paper reveals three characteristic types of identity-power relationships: manifestation of oppression through identity construction, reproduction of oppression, and creation of resistance and solidarity through identity reconstruction.
Gender Shades: Intersectional Accuracy Disparities in Commercial Gender Classification
A groundbreaking 2018 FAccT study revealing severe bias in commercial facial recognition systems against darker-skinned women, with error rates up to 34.7% compared to just 0.8% for lighter-skinned males.
Aspiring to a politics of alliance: Response to Sylvia Walby's 'Beyond the politics of location: The power of argument in a global era'
This response essay explores tensions between universalism and politics of location in feminist theory, responding to Walby's claims about making universal arguments across local differences. Phoenix, from an intersectional perspective, advocates for alliance politics built on acknowledging difference rather than abstract universalism.
Toward a Queer Ecofeminism
A groundbreaking 1997 Hypatia paper that first systematically explored intersections between ecofeminism and queer theory, arguing inclusive environmental ethics must account for diversity of species, gender, and sexuality.
Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color
This groundbreaking 1991 article systematically articulates intersectionality theory, analyzing how race, gender, and other identity dimensions interact to shape the unique experiences of violence faced by women of color. Crenshaw critiques how anti-discrimination law and feminist movements fail to adequately address multiply-marginalized groups, calling for more inclusive frameworks of social justice.