WHITE FEMINISM AND INTERSECTIONALITY

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As some of you might already have noticed, we are holding elections again this week. Our president Kaitlin is stepping down, and the position of Treasurer will also be opened. Nominations for election will open at 12:30pm on Tuesday 22nd November. Voting will commence on 12;30pm on Friday 25th November and conclude at 5pm on Monday 28th November. If you have any questions regarding the Treasurer position do not hesitate to message on Facebook or email us at essexfemsoc@gmail.com. ELECTIONS

the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage: "through an awareness of intersectionality, we can better acknowledge and ground the differences among us" WHAT IS IT?

https://youtu.be/VNdZcegK1lQ ‘White feminism’ is a term used to refer to aspects of previous waves, such as 1st and 2nd, that focussed almost exclusively on the difficulties of the white, middle class woman https://youtu.be/VNdZcegK1lQ WHAT IS IT?

The point of intersectionality is to highlight the struggles that others face in the movement: BAME people, transgender/gender non-conforming people, queer people, working class people etc. WHAT IS IT?

THE WHITE FEMINISTS OF THE APOCOLYPSE WHITE FEMINISM

WHITE FEMINISM

WHITE FEMINISM

Is HeForShe a White Feminist movement? Can it grow out of this? How can White Feminists be intersectional? Does the feminist movement as a whole need to do more to recognise privilege? DISCUSSION

ANY QUESTIONS? TO FINISH