White Feminism (which is still the mainstream) centres the agenda and needs of white, straight, middle-class, cis, able-bodied women while making claims that it speaks on behalf of all women. White Feminism doesn’t recognize that my identity as a Muslim and a person of colour (PoC) cannot be set aside in the pursuit of equality for ‘all women’. So when I say White Feminism or White Feminist in this essay, I’m not simply pointing out the colour of someone’s skin (if I’m doing that, I won’t be capitalizing the ‘w’ of white) – a White Feminist is someone who furthers that ideology no matter who
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