The term ‘intersectionality’, originally conceived by Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989, discussed the multiple systems of oppression marginalized people faced. In its inception Crenshaw centred race and gender because Crenshaw was a black woman writing about black women. I believe we should all exclusively identify as intersectional feminists; in doing this we are allowing ourselves to recognize how power structures overlap and reinforce each other and how feminism today is dominated by white, cis-gendered, middle-class, able-bodied women who refuse to acknowledge the multiple layers of oppression
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