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The brilliant Kimberle Crenshaw discusses her new memoir, recent obliteration of voting rights and how Clarence Thomas defeated Anita Hill’s testimony with Amy Goodman. Explains intersectionality and critical race theory.
#KimberleCrenshaw #intersectionality #criticalracetheory
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/6/kimberle_crenshaw_backtalker_memoir_intersectionality

“Backtalker”: Kimberlé Crenshaw on New Memoir, Voting Rights, Critical Race Theory & Clarence Thomas

Leading scholar in the field of critical race theory Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term “intersectionality,” which she has described as a “lens through which you can see where power comes and collides, where it interlocks and intersects.” Crenshaw, a professor of law at UCLA and Columbia University and executive director of the African American Policy Forum, has just published a new book, Backtalker: An American Memoir. “Backtalker is a frame that I use to encourage people to talk back against claims that the world as we have experienced it is the way it can only be, that there is no reason to continue to advocate for change,” says Crenshaw. She also discusses the Supreme Court’s recent gutting of the Voting Rights Act and the sociopolitical environment that allowed for Clarence Thomas to be appointed to the Supreme Court despite Anita Hill’s claims of sexual harassment against him.

Democracy Now!

🦉Nýktiméni ❌👑19h ago

“Backtalker: An American Memoir” by Kimberlé Crenshaw

Amy Goodman and Kimberlé Crenshaw discuss a new memoir, #VotingRights, #CriticalRaceTheory & #ClarenceThomas

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"Backtalker": Kimberlé Crenshaw on New Memoir, Voting Rights, Critical Race Theory & Clarence Thomas

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"Backtalker": Kimberlé Crenshaw on New Memoir, Voting Rights, Critical Race Theory & Clarence Thomas

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https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/6/kimberle_crenshaw_backtalker_memoir_intersectionality

“Backtalker”: Kimberlé Crenshaw on New Memoir, Voting Rights, Critical Race Theory & Clarence Thomas

Leading scholar in the field of critical race theory Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term “intersectionality,” which she has described as a “lens through which you can see where power comes and collides, where it interlocks and intersects.” Crenshaw, a professor of law at UCLA and Columbia University and executive director of the African American Policy Forum, has just published a new book, Backtalker: An American Memoir. “Backtalker is a frame that I use to encourage people to talk back against claims that the world as we have experienced it is the way it can only be, that there is no reason to continue to advocate for change,” says Crenshaw. She also discusses the Supreme Court’s recent gutting of the Voting Rights Act and the sociopolitical environment that allowed for Clarence Thomas to be appointed to the Supreme Court despite Anita Hill’s claims of sexual harassment against him.

Democracy Now!

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Stephen Elliott~Buckley 5d ago

@r.gilmore

Xactly, and as white men #darvo everyone with being under attack, when it's only the extent of our connection to #patriarchy--particularly the #whitepatriarchy--reminding is all that we can spot entitlement whenever people feel like they're losing something, when others just demand equality.

#intersectionality
#cdnpoli #canada #mexico #fascism #antifa #antifascist #elbowsup #bcpoli #vancouver #burnaby #canlab #bcgreens #bcndp #ecosocialism #abpoli

Brasil de Fato [Unofficial]5d ago

Somos a maioria nas cidades, mas a política urbana ainda não nos prioriza

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.brasildefato.com.br/colunista/observatorio-da-metropoles-pr/2026/04/30/somos-a-maioria-nas-cidades-mas-a-politica-urbana-ainda-nao-nos-prioriza/

Dattamatrika Apr 28

Bye, Bye Bigots: A story in four parts. #Islamophobia #Transphobia #Intersectionality #LiberalsAreNotLeftists #Liberals #Neoliberals #FuckNeoliberals #DontFuckNeoliberals #SamHarris #WakingUp #MakingSense #Podcasting #Podcasts

tools for commensality 🧿Apr 25

“Why is it that so many white Americans are willing to continue to vote for a president that is demolishing democracy, so long as he’s willing to affirm them effectively as true Americans?”

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/25/i-saw-the-backlash-coming-civil-rights-activist-kimberle-crenshaw-on-america-and-race

#usPol #CivilRights #CriticalRaceTheory #intersectionality

‘I saw the backlash coming’: civil rights activist Kimberlé Crenshaw on America and race

She coined the term ‘intersectionality’ and helped to develop critical race theory, now her life’s work is under attack by Washington’s war on ‘woke’. As her memoir is published, the legal scholar explains why she’ll never stop speaking truth to power

The Guardian

Kaja

Apr 17

As an autistic woman, who experienced SA herself and as an intersectional feminist, I reject the trope that most men are monsters, that men are inherently bad and women inherently good. This approach is the opposite of helpful, it’s highly problematic for all genders and leads to the terf, fascist, religious extremism pipeline.

It’s not the gender, that corrupts people, it’s power.

For that reason, Feminism and Anarchism are strongly intertwined. Because we are not talking about physical power here. If you can train a huge dog, that could kill you with a bite, not to touch his food until you allow him to do so, we as a society can teach men not to rape a woman during her sleep.

The problem is, that we don’t do that. Living in patriarchy means, that a poor black girl has to take more responsibility and is held more accountable than a rich white man.

Patriarchy limits men’s possibilities for personal growth, it makes most of them become weak cowards, who exploit women and are easy to control. That is why oppressors created this system in the first place. This is what intersectional feminists mean, when they say, that men suffer under patriarchy too.

It also means, that not all women are safe for other women. As a marginalized, autistic woman, I might feel safer with an autistic man, than with an allistic woman. Not only because internalized misogyny is a thing, but because patriarchy is a hierarchical system, that gives some women power over others, it makes them compliant.

For me personally it means that despite all the bullshit men did to me, women were the ones, who deeply traumatized me over and over again. It means, that I will choose the people I trust not based on their gender, but based on their ability for critical thinking, personal growth and the power structures inside and outside of my relationship with them.

#feminism #intersectionality #ActuallyAutistic