A Pocket Guide to Intersectional Feminism

1. Intersectional
Feminism
A Pocket Guide
Mackenzie McAnally
ENGL 484
Dr. Davis-McElligatt

2. Where are we?
O Feminism in 2016 is still:
O Largely “second-wave”
O Exclusionary
O A lifestyle not activism
O Ignoring other forms of oppression

3. This is nice, but what about Latinas, Chicanas,
Native Women, and others?
What about Transgender women? Disabled
women? Men? Those who identify as
LGBQA?

4. Let’s start with some facts:
O Male supremacy is not the only system
oppressing women
O What about:
O Racism
O Classism
O Capitalism
O Colorism
O Language Bias
O Politics of Appearance
O Heteronormativity

5. Goal of Intersectional
Feminism
To solve such a complex problem as the
systematic oppression of women:
O One must take into account other systems of
oppression
O One must separate the microcosm from the
macrocosm and look at the different
intersections of another’s situation to combat
oppression.
O Be able to identify how your own instersections
of privilege and oppression align with the
broader systems of racism, classism, etc.

6. Goal of Intersectional
Feminism
O One must not consider feminism a lifestyle
or a character trait—it must be activism
O One must understand the nuances of
oppression and be compassionate while
also advocating for the deconstruction of
that oppression.