Intersectionality

Gender and social construction, gender roles, and race relations all played a role in the outcome of this debate. More importantly, the intersectionality of these identities were awoken by this debate. Society’s passive ideals of women were challenged by Hill, which did not sit well with many people at that time. Anita shared stories of many hateful letters she received for coming forth with the…

A heterosexual relationship usually starts when a man is attracted to a woman’s body. A man could be attracted to many other things about a woman, of course, but a relationship rarely starts there. Therefore, the intersectionality of disadvantaged body and gender identity puts women in weaker end in their relationship. Yet, in the two relationships that I am going to analyze—the one between Joanne and Ricky from the novel of Good Kings Bad Kings by Susan Nussbaum, and the one between Janie and…

In the book, Just One of the Guys?, Kristen Schilt examines transgender men’s experiences in the workplace. Schilt recognizes that men and women are treated differently in work environments, but the reasons for this are highly debated. By bringing transmen’s experiences into the light, Schilt hopes to provide solid evidence that gender is a social construct and that notions of gender as fixed and based on biology are inaccurate. Schilt also wants to show just how much gender inequality is…

American politics have played a major role in what laws get passed as seen in Treva B. Lindsey "Post-Ferguson: A "Herstorical" Approach To Black Violability", where she discusses the need for women’s voice to be heard, even within politics. She writes “The demand for recognition of the humanity of all Black people requires activists, allies, and the broader US public to critically consider the impact of state violence on individual Black people, Black families, and Black communities”. All of the…

Since the third wave of feminism began in the mid 1990’s, similar to a rebirth in feminism, it became the norm for people to be more concerned with and speak out about women’s right issues that women have the burden of facing. With more people also learning more about the fact that feminism is based on the principles of fairness, instead of misandry, a lot of people became more comfortable identifying themselves with a feminist label. And for that reason, it doesn’t surprise most of us to hear…

The Communications and Culture course from the Fall 2016 semester provided students a deeper understanding of the history, theories, and methods of communications. The course lectures gave an introduction to basic theoretical foundations which could later apply to understanding the interdisciplinary traditions of communication. Additionally, it provided an exploration of the way in which theory and methodology inextricably intertwine and how their relationship shapes both inquiry and analysis.…

peoplehood (Garcia, 11-12), 3) An emphasis on celebrating the indigenous past, and an embrace of racial pride (Garcia, 12) 4) Finally, development of parties, platforms, and manifestos (Garcia 12-13). The last phase is important for examining the intersectionality between Chicano activists and Anzaldúa’s third world women writers. The last phase of the Chicano movement led to the development of the Plan Espiritual de Aztlan, a pro-indigenous manifesto that criticized “the brutal “gringo”…

establishing and sustaining the NAACP, yet were completely stripped of any credit, the BLM is doing the same wrong to the African American queer women who created it. Cullors, Garza, and Tometi insisted on creating a movement that was based on intersectionality and included all African American lives, not just fighting for police violence against cisgender African American males. Garza insists BLM “is a unique contribution that goes beyond extrajudicial killings of Black people by police and…

“shadow or symbol” of white women who have privilege based on race and therefore black women are not included in the women’s liberation movement as stated in Who Said It Was Simple. Lorde’s works have extending connection that present the lack of intersectionality and inclusivity within the women’s liberation and the gay and lesbian liberation through symbolism and…

People are inquisitive by nature, and that inquisitiveness is arguably best reflected in the immediate desire to discern the various facets of someone’s identity. As surmised by Lisa Jones’ inclusion of the following quote: “Who are you, what are you, where are you from, no, where are you really from, where are your parents from, are your grandparents Americans?” This discernment is dangerous when it becomes linked up to structures of power and hierarchies that promote race, femininity,…