Crenshaw’s Intersectionality
with the Grabbing Back team
‘Intersectionality’ is a word you hear around a lot in some feminist spaces — at Grabbing Back we call ourselves ‘intersectional feminists.’ So it’s about time we looked at what exactly that means. The concept has deep roots, but the term ‘intersectionality’ itself was coined by Kimberle Crenshaw in 1989. This month we dive into Crenshaw’s writing.