Introduction Aims and Objectives Understand the history of the concept of intersectionality and how its developed with in feminism and the wider liberation movement Discuss personal experiences of exclusion in the feminist movement and the representation of feminism in the ID: 493637
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Intersectionality 101 Slide2
Introduction Slide3
Aims and Objectives
Understand the history of the concept of intersectionality and how it's developed
with
in feminism and the wider liberation movement.Discuss personal experiences of exclusion in the feminist movement and the representation of feminism in the media.
Learn how to integrate intersectionality into your activism.Slide4
Agenda
Introduction
Intersectionality 101
Sharing experiences Inclusive Campaigning Intersectionality Challenge Wrap up Slide5
Safer Space
Don't talk over other people
Don't use offensive language
Use trigger-warnings when appropriate Don't speak about other peoples experiences outside this space without their consent
No question is a silly question
Don't
apologise
for speaking, this is your space too! Slide6
I
n
tersectionality
101Slide7
Intersectionality 101
Intersectionality:
The theory of how different types of oppressions interact and impact people’s lives.
It's important to recognise that when one type of oppression is discussed without acknowledging
that
there
are
also other oppressions that are connected, the dialogue often revolves around the experiences of the more privileged people in liberation
group
.
W
hilst
the issues and experiences of the more socially
marginalised
people are overshadowed, dismissed or erased.Slide8
Kimberlé W. Cremshaw
The term ‘intersectionality’, coined by the Black feminist lawyer,
Professor Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw in 1989 was created to illustrate the experiences of racism and sexism of Black women in the US.
Intersectionality has since become an analytical tool for looking at how different power structures interlink, function and impact on peoples’ experiences in feminism and other liberation movements. Slide9
Combinations of oppressions
Crenshaw defines intersectionality as the combination – as opposed to the addition – of race and gender that creates a specific form of oppression.
In the pieces of legislation that she analyses, racism is equated to the experience of
Black men and sexism to the experience of white women. Therefore it fails to capture and account for the specific experience of discrimination faced by Black women which is simultaneously based on race and gender. Slide10
Intersections of Oppressions
“Consider an analogy to traffic in an intersection, coming and going in all four directions. Discrimination, like traffic through an intersection, may flow in one direction, and it may flow in another. If an accident happens in an intersection, it can be caused by cars traveling from any number of directions and, sometimes, from all of them. Similarly, if a Black woman is harmed because she is in an intersection, her injury could result from sex discrimination or race discrimination. (…) But it is not always easy to reconstruct an accident: sometimes the skid marks and the injuries indicate that they occurred simultaneously, frustrating efforts to determine which driver caused the harm.” (Crenshaw 1989: 144) Slide11
This is not the "Oppression Olympics"
It's not about who is more oppressed than who or how many liberation
groups you
define into.Due the complexity of our identities, it's perfectly plausible and common for people to be privileged in some areas and oppressed in others. For example, a white woman may benefit from white privilege and may experience
sexism
because she's a woman.
Intersectionality is not about winning the "oppression games", it’s about acknowledging that people experience things differently and avoiding the replication of exclusive and oppressive power structures within movements for liberation. Slide12
Discussion Time
How would you define Mainstream feminism?
How is intersectionality represented in the media?Slide13
Sharing Experiences Slide14
Definition and Empowerment
“The failure of the academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure to reach beyond the first patriarchal lesson. Divide and conquer, in our world, must become define and empower.” (Lorde 2001: 108) Slide15
Sharing Intersectional Experiences
Racism
Homophobia
Bi-phobiaTransphobia
Ableism
ClassismSlide16
Inclusive Campaigning Slide17
Discussion Time
Think of a feminist campaign that was intersectional
Think of a feminist campaign
that wasn’t intersectional Slide18
Inclusive Campaigning
Discussion - Create a space where women from different backgrounds are able to have input on the initial idea.
Involvement - Try to make sure that a diverse range of women are involved in the production of the campaign.
Advertising - It is crucial that your campaign is advertised in a way that everyone feels that they can take part. Evaluation - Talk to various people about how they feel things
went
and how things can be improved. Slide19
Intersectionality Challenge Slide20
In
tersectional Campaigning
This is
a group exercise to challenge how activists plan campaigns and to help you develop your understanding of intersectionality.When designing your event think about:The aim of the campaignThe content of
the
event/campaign
Accessibility
Advertising Slide21