{"id":478,"date":"2020-10-26T06:33:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T06:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/nmict202group4\/?p=478"},"modified":"2024-04-19T09:06:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T09:06:59","slug":"intersectionality-is-the-antidote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/nmict202group4\/2020\/10\/26\/intersectionality-is-the-antidote\/","title":{"rendered":"Intersectionality is the antidote"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alongside Clicktivists<\/a> and White Saviours<\/a>, there are a few other belief systems and behaviours that might just be a little less known and a little more insidious.<\/p>\n

Here are a couple of them – with comics to lighten the load – and their antidotes (spoiler alert, one of them is in the title).<\/p>\n

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White Feminist Saviorism A.K.A. White Feminism A.K.A. White Faux Feminism<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the kind of feminism held by middle-class White Women whereby the beliefs and issues \u2018fought for\u2019 easily exclude issues affecting women of colour.<\/p>\n

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Illustration by Rosalarian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Imperial Feminism <\/strong>or Gendered Orientalism<\/strong> is based on the idea that Muslim women are inherently oppressed. Rooted in islamophobia, and on the rise since 9\/11, it\u2019s closely tied to white saviourism in that it seeks to \u201cmake them<\/em> like us<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Illustration by Ethan Gilberti<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Intersectionality<\/strong> is the antidote because it allows for multiple issues to be important, for example, a trans woman of colour, or a disabled woman, cannot choose which part of their identity is most in need of liberation<\/a> and these elements cannot be separated<\/p>\n

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The importance of intersectionality is well summed up in one line by the great Audre Lorde<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives\u201d<\/p>\n

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Transnational feminism<\/a> <\/strong>focuses on the intersections between nationality, race, ethnicity, sex, gender, and class. Like intersectional feminism, it is the acknowledgment that gender is not<\/em> the only oppress-able feature of a woman.<\/p>\n

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Illustration by Tyler Feder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Like us all, I’m still learning. Here are a few easy-read resources to get you going:<\/p>\n