I’m a former English professor, so I’m familiar with the jargon literary theorists often use—aporia, hermeneutics, deconstruction, and the French différance, a favorite word of the impenetrable ...

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, ...

Chelsea Johnson (left), Carolyn Choi (right) and LaToya Council were inspired to write a children’s book about intersectional feminism after attending an intersectionality-themed conference two years ...

Canton native Kimberle Crenshaw talks about her new book, her experiences as a law professor and advocating for gender ...

Intersectionality is heralded as a solution for societal ills and condemned for undermining rational thought. To the degree that she can, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw prefers to steer clear of the ...

Editors discuss new volume of essays on the ways higher education is changing because of issues of race, gender and sexuality -- and how they think higher ed needs to change even more. Diversity and ...

Michael Bennett of the Seattle Seahawks is working on a book about "the NFL, racism, sexism, intersectionality and athletes being no longer silenced," co-author Dave Zirin of The Nation said Monday.

In modern conversations on race and politics, a popular buzzword has emerged to describe the impact of belonging to multiple social categories. Known as intersectionality, the social theory has a ...