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Earlier today: My Feminism Will Be Intersectional Or It Will Be Bullshit. @SydWritersFest panel with @nakkiahlui, @zinziclemmons, @aminatou and Jenny Zhang in conversation with @JamilaRizvi.pic.twitter.com/oqyvN9VSXW
Important that @aminatou acknowledged @redlightvoices, whose work inspired the title and discussion of the panel, was not at the @SydWritersFest. She notes the work of #WOC often goes viral, but those same WOC creators and thinkers are always left behind.
Background on #intersectionality theory and practice, conceptualised by Prof @sandylocks, discussed by @zinziclemmons. It recognises race + gender, originally theorised in context of Black American women industrial relations law dispute.
Most salient point was by @nakkiahlui. When asked what has made her most angry about White feminists, she talked of being at an event with WW feminists when the #UluruStatement was rejected by Prime Minister Trurnbull. No one else mentioned this significant & damaging event...
...Other feminists see #UluruStatement as a "Black issue." But @nakkiahlui shows it's more; it is also a women's issue. Aboriginal women experience greatest inequity & health gap in Australia. The Uluru Statement can save Aboriginal women's lives. And so this IS a feminist issue.
Jenny Zhang said White feminists who want to claim #intersectionality as an identity ("I'm an intersectional feminist") should step back & reflect before wanting to dominate this term (& incorrectly). If done right, self reflection might mean WW never get to adopt this term...
...all panellists discussed why "intersectional feminist" is a nonsense term removed from its original meaning. #Intersectionality is about inclusive feminist practice.
"Intersectional feminist" is virtue signalling. WW wanting to be seen as "not racist" but not doing the work
Jenny Zhang also discussed #intersectionality is about labour. Asian women, and other Brown & Black women, are employed in exploitative conditions so White women "can have it all." They do all emotional labour & childcare yet seldom get to see their own children.
Panellists were asked about practical steps White women can take to action #intersectionality. Ask yourself these questions & more:
-Who do you pay for their expertise?
-Who do you listen to?
-Who do you have lunch with daily?
-Who don't you notice?
Hire Black women.
Pay #WOC.
Great title!!!!
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