#GAReads | This Is an Article About Women

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This Is an Article About Women“:

Visibility has always played a critical role in feminist movements. Pride marches grew out of a need for a public presence for L.G.B.T.Q. identities. Kimberlé Crenshaw’s intersectionality framework made visible the unique discrimination black women experience to account for their lack of representation in workplace policies, laws and social movements. The success of #MeToo was in large part thanks to the newly public nature of what was once private sexual harassment. “That visibility which makes us most vulnerable,” Audre Lorde wrote, “is that which also is the source of our greatest strength.”

Read Nicola Pardy’s full article at The New York Times here…