Is intersectionality just another form of identity politics?

http://libcom.org/library/intersectionality-just-another-form-identity-politics-feminist-fightback
Date Written:  2015-09-06
Publisher:  Libcom.org
Year Published:  2015
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX18569

Feminist Fightback has for many years described itself as seeking to practice an 'intersectional' form of feminism, whereby we argue that the struggle for gender liberation must take account of, and join with, struggles against all other forms of oppression and exploitation around the axis of class, racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism etc. We began to use 'intersectional' in place of 'socialist feminist' in about 2007-8 because we felt that the latter term implied an interest in gender and class but did not give due emphasis to race. We continued to be inspired by a variety of Marxist and class-struggle anarchist currents, and we did not feel these to be in contradiction to a commitment to intersectionality.

Subject Headings

• Feminism
• Identity Politics