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
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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.
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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.Show this thread -
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...Show this thread -
...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.Show this thread -
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...Show this thread -
...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 workShow this thread -
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.Show this thread -
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.Show this thread - End of conversation
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Thanks both to you and to
@aminatou. Very much appreciated
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It is beyond shameful you weren't invited. Festival would be enriched by your contribution. It was a sold out event in equal parts due to the wonderful panellists and to the power of your words & ideas. I look forward to
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I would have loved to be there! It is ironic that this situation reproduced the same issues of epistemic justice that have informed so much of my work
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Absolutely. And goes to your writing of how your work has been commodified in many ways, including as a slogan to sell stuff. So
@SydWritersFest. 1/ Why not invite@redlightvoices? Is it because she has no current book to sell? Flavia Dzodan writes every day here & elsewhere... -
What is a writer, then
@SydWritersFest, in 2018?@redlightvoices' work that was discussed today was self published on#Tumblr & diffused through social media. Good enough to sell tickets to a panel using her work. But not a papercopy book, therefore not invited to the festival? -
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@SydWritersFest the Diaz incident was not public until last night, & good the Festival cancelled his sessions. But the Festival paid to host a Latino author, but did not think to invite & pay a Latina@redlightvoices whilst using her work. Why? Make this right in 2019.
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