March is Women's History Month: Let's talk about intersectionality.

Intersectionality refers to the intersections between forms and systems of oppression.  Thus the experience of being a woman is not universal but rather experienced differently depending on our socioeconomic status, race or ethnicity, sexual orientation, ability, etc.

Explore some seminal works related to women's and gender studies and intersectionality available @ Armacost Library.

Kimberle Crenshaw, Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics.
                                , Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings that Formed the Movement

Patricia Hill Collins, Fighting Words: Black Women and the Search for Justice

                               , Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment

Cherrie Moraga and Gloria Anzaldua, This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color

Floya Anthias and Nira Yuval-Davis, Racialized Boundaries: Race, Nation, Gender, Colour, and Class and the Anti-Racist Struggle

hooks, bell, Black Looks: Race and Representation

Intersectionality: Theorizing Power, Empowering Theory, Signs 38.4, 2013

Kafer, Alison, Feminist, Queer, Crip

That's just a few to get you started.

And be sure to attend the 7th Annual Women's & Gender Studies Student Conference, Friday, March 20, 9am-4pm.  The program will be available later this month.