feministwomenofcolor:

feministwomenofcolor:

laughingmagician:

feministwomenofcolor:

Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw is the woman who you should thank for intersectionality theory.

Do not give any Tumblr bloggers credit for this. I keep seeing that happening and it needs to stop. 

If you actually care to learn read this paper and stop ignoring the contributions black women have made in feminism. Y’all are using the terms black women created and you will show some damn respect because the history behind it is important.

- Mod K

I saw a Cambridge debate on feminism recently. The debate was mostly between women, and then it got to the turn before last, and it was this white guy who, in part of his segment, went on to basically talk about how women of colour owe white feminists for intersectionality. Like, what, what, how are you even part of this debate if you don’t know who Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw is?

Ha! We owe white women NOTHING. Not a god damn thing. It was white women who threw black women under the fucking bus when they wanted to vote. - Mod K

Honestly some of the most amazing theories and texts have been written by black women. Their intelligence and total smackdown on whiteness and white privilege and sexism is so fucking accurate. Feminism owes them a LOT

(via cthulhu-with-a-fez)