Let’s start by looking at this amazing pin that was in circulation at one point and is clearly where we got the title of this episode. The sentiment of it is something we should all strive for. We should be lifting others up as we ourselves climb.
So to help you learn to lift others as you climb after listening to this episode, the resource page is going to largely give you some additional reading that can help you do that. We’ll start with this book by author Beverly Guy-Sheftall called Words of Fire: An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought. It is a “comprehensive collection of writings by more than sixty Black women. From the pioneering work of abolitionist Maria Miller Stewart and anti-lynching crusader Ida Wells-Barnett to the writings of feminist critics Michele Wallace and bell hooks…”
Let’s go over to the Sojourner Truth Project and look at her two speeches. The teaser above is leading into the part of the episode where we talk about how white feminists completely changed Truth’s original speech to fit their own needs, and I want you all to see the original words.
This article specifically focuses on the elder Black woman and the function of the role of the elder Black women to the community. And further, it talks about Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman.
This article talks about the history of intersectionality like how the word was coined and what exactly it means. It doesn’t just have to do with being Black and feminist, but rather, it can apply to any person assigned female at birth (and anyone really but this one focuses on that particular population) and how your various identities overlap. For example, me, Remy, am autistic and trans and disabled and those identities overlap each other and inform how I experience the world. This article tells you all about intersectionality and the Black women who were at the start of codifying it.
Finally, here are some tips for how to start being a better intersectional feminist ally to the people in your life.
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