Read the abstract of this article because it gives you a really good idea of idea of the different waves of feminism as well as the evolution of women’s marches and how important it has been to more publicly acknowledge of important contributions from women of color (who were often disregarded and the first and second waves). Dr. Sujatha Moni relays an important and detailed history in this piece and it is worth your time to carefully read the whole thing.
People See Me, But They Don’t See Me: An Intersectional Study of College Students With Physical Disabilities
“Discussing intersectional invisibility, Purdie-Vaughns and Eibach (2008) observed: ‘The prototypical disabled person is a White, male heterosexual, and the experiences of non-white, female, or gay/lesbian disabled persons tend to be relatively marginalized in cultural representations of disability. . . . This status relegates them to a position of acute social invisibility'” (Abes & Wallace, 2023, p. 547).
Looking at college students through an “intersectional” lens encourages us to really see them, right? This article reports the “erasure” of many disabled students on campus because of dominant-culture stereotypes. I believe this is such a powerful essay – read the whole thing!
For Full Points:
- Read the intersectionality article and pick out three points that interested you.
- Write a short paragraph for each point (three sentence minimum) and use the article to support your points.
- Now read People See Me and pick out three points that interested you; again, use the article to support your points and write at least three sentences for each point.
- Respond to two of your classmates (three sentences minimum for each response)!
Oh – and you should really watch this 2minute 11second video that says it all: