Topic
Intersectionality
53 published works
Human Rights at Home Blog
New Article: (G)local Intersectionality
Martha F. Davis, (G)local Intersectionality, 79 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1021 (2022). Abstract below.Intersectionality theory has been slow to take root as a legal norm at the national level, even as…
Labor & Employment Report
The EEOC Speaks: Pay Discrimination – Intersectionality and Sex-Plus
By Fiona W. Ong
In my first blog post in this little series based on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's article "In Pursuit of Pay Examining Barriers to Equal Pay, Intersectional Discrimination Theory, and…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Moving Beyond a Simplistic Application of Intersectionality Theory in Analyzing Employment Discrimination Against Black Women
By Tracy Thomas
Jamillah Bowman Williams, Beyond Sex-Plus: Acknowledging Black Women in Employment Law and Policy, Employee Rgts & Employment Policy J (forthcoming) It has been more than 30 years since Kimberlé Crenshaw published…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
“Against White Feminism” Book Symposium – Thursday at 5:00 EST
By Jamie Abrams
The ClassCrits community is hosting a book symposium event on Thursday, February 24th at 5:00 p.m. EST featuring Against White Feminism. Here is a link to register and a summary…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
AALS Women in Legal Education Section Programming at 2022 Annual Meeting
By Tracy Thomas
From the WILE Newsletter h/t Susan Bisom-Rapp and Victoria Haneman.WILE ANNUAL MEETING SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE (virtual conference)◆ Wednesday, January 5, 12:35 - 1:50 pm Eastern: AALS Awards Ceremony (the…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Black Queers in Everyday Life
By Jamie Abrams
Goldburn Maynard, Jr. has posted his recent work Black Queers in Everyday Life on SSRN. This publication is forthcoming in 30 Tulane J. Law & Sex 129 (2021). The abstract previews:I am…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Future of Intersectionality Theory and Critical Race Feminism
By Tracy Thomas
Mary Jo Wiggins, Foreword: The Future of Intersectionality and Critical Race Feminism,Journal of Contemporary Legal issues, Vol. 11, 2001The closing decades of the twentieth century witnessed an exciting surge in…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Grounding the Role of the Feminist Scholar-Activist in a Transnational Black Feminist Framework
By Tracy Thomas
Kia Hall, A Transnational Black Feminist Framework: Rooting in Feminist Scholarship, Framing Contemporary Black Activism, 15 Meridians 86 (2016) [pay wall]What is the role of feminist scholar-activists in contemporary Black…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Topics and Speakers Announced for AALS January 2021 Program on Intersectionality, Aging and the Law
Hard to believe we are scheduling for January 2021, isn't it! Here's the scheduled speakers and topics for the co-hosted program during the AALS Annual Meeting in San Francisco on…
ADA Update
“Underlying Conditions”
By Maia Goodell
We have been hearing about “underlying conditions” in recent times. “Underlying conditions” are said to complicate deaths like that of George Floyd, a Black man killed by police officers in…