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\"Intersectionality intervenes in the field of intersectionality studies: the integrative examination of the effects of racial, gendered, and class power on people's lives. While \"intersectionality\" circulates as a buzzword, Anna Carastathis joins other critical voices to urge a more careful reading. Challenging the narratives of arrival that surround it, Carastathis argues that intersectionality is a horizon, illuminating ways of thinking that have yet to be realized; consequently, calls to \"go beyond\" intersectionality are premature. A provisional interpretation of intersectionality can disorient habits of essentialism, categorial purity, and prototypicality and overcome dynamics of segregation and subordination in political movements. Through a close reading of critical race theorist Kimberle Williams Crenshaw's germinal texts, published more than twenty-five years ago, Carastathis urges analytic clarity, contextual rigor, and a politicized, historicized understanding of this widely traveling concept. Intersectionality's roots in social justice movements and critical intellectual projects--specifically Black feminism--must be retraced and synthesized with a decolonial analysis so its radical potential to actualize coalitions can be enacted\"-- Provided by publisher.

Abstract This paper seeks to highlight the contributions of Black feminist thought in challenging gendered and racialized discrimination, with a focus on the criminalization of abortion. It examines the significance of the 2023 Brazilian Federal Supreme Court’s ruling in the Claim of Non-Compliance with a Fundamental Precept No. 442 (ADPF 442), which contested the criminalization of abortion. Specifically, it analyzes how the ruling not only presents an intersectional approach to reproductive needs but also challenges the individualist paradigm of rights, proposing a framework that guarantees both reproductive freedom and access to health. By drawing on Black feminist theory and praxis, and conducting a case study analysis, this paper underscores the historical and ongoing contributions of activists and academics in advancing legal frameworks, such as reproductive justice, and critically transforming rights discourses and policies. Resumen Este artículo busca hacer hincapié en las contribuciones del pensamiento feminista negro en el desafío a la discriminación de género y racial, con un enfoque en la criminalización del aborto. Examina la importancia de la sentencia del Supremo Tribunal Federal brasileño en 2023, en la Acción de Incumplimiento de Precepto Fundamental n. 442 (ADPF 442) que cuestionó la criminalización del aborto. Específicamente, analiza cómo la sentencia no solo presenta un enfoque interseccional de las necesidades reproductivas, sino que también desafía el paradigma individualista de los derechos, proponiendo un marco que garantice tanto la libertad reproductiva como el acceso a la salud. Basándome en la teoría y la praxis del feminismo negro, y mediante el análisis de estudio de caso de la ADPF 442, el artículo destaca las contribuciones históricas y actuales de activistas y académicas en el desarrollo de marcos jurídicos como la justicia social reproductiva, así como en la transformación crítica de los discursos y políticas públicas. Resumo Este artigo enfatiza as contribuições do pensamento feminista negro para o enfrentamento das discriminações de gênero e raça, com foco na criminalização do aborto. É examinada a importância da decisão do Supremo Tribunal Federal brasileiro em 2023, na Arguição de Descumprimento de Preceito Fundamental (ADPF) n. 442, que contestou a criminalização do aborto. Especificamente, analisou-se como a decisão não apenas apresenta uma abordagem interseccional das necessidades reprodutivas como também desafia o paradigma individualista de direitos, propondo um marco que garanta tanto a liberdade reprodutiva quanto o acesso à saúde. Ao se basear na teoria e na práxis do feminismo negro e realizar uma análise de estudo de caso da ADPF 442, o artigo destaca as contribuições históricas e contínuas de ativistas e acadêmicas na construção de marcos jurídicos, como a “justiça social reprodutiva”, e na transformação crítica de discursos e políticas públicas.

\"For the Crunk Feminist Collective, their academic day jobs were lacking in conversations they actually wanted-relevant, real conversations about how race and gender politics intersect with pop culture and current events. To address this void, they started a blog. Now with an annual readership of nearly one million, their posts foster dialogue about activist methods, intersectionality, and sisterhood. And the writers' personal identities-as black women; as sisters, daughters, and lovers; and as television watchers, sports fans, and music lovers-are never far from the discussion at hand. These essays explore \"Sex and Power in the Black Church,\" discuss how \"Clair Huxtable is Dead,\" list \"Five Ways Talib Kweli Can Become a Better Ally to Women in Hip Hop,\" and dwell on \"Dating with a Doctorate (She Got a Big Ego?).\" Self-described as \"critical homegirls,\" the authors tackle life stuck between loving hip hop and ratchet culture while hating patriarchy, misogyny, and sexism. Brittney Cooper is an assistant professor at Rutgers University. In addition to a weekly column in Salon.com, her words have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Cosmo.com, and many others. In 2013 and 2014, she was named to the Root.com's Root 100, an annual list of Top Black Influencers. Susana M. Morris received her Ph.D. from Emory University and is currently an associate professor of English at Auburn University. Robin M. Boylorn is assistant professor at the University of Alabama. She is the author of the award-winning monograph Sweetwater: Black Women and Narratives of Resilience (Peter Lang, 2013)\"-- Provided by publisher.

Intersectionality has become the primary analytic tool that feminist and anti-racist scholars deploy for theorizing identity and oppression. This paper exposes and critically interrogates the assumptions underpinning intersectionality by focusing on four tensions within intersectionality scholarship: the lack of a defined intersectional methodology; the use of black women as quintessential intersectional subjects; the vague definition of intersectionality; and the empirical validity of intersectionality. Ultimately, my project does not seek to undermine intersectionality; instead, I encourage both feminist and anti-racist scholars to grapple with intersectionality's theoretical, political, and methodological murkiness to construct a more complex way of theorizing identity and oppression.

This article ponders the question: “How might EdD research methods courses be reimagined to position Black Feminist Theory as a comparable theoretical framework to guide epistemological stance development and scholar-practitioner inquiry?” By introducing Black Feminist Theory as a viable theoretical framework, this article posits its potential incorporation into reimagined EdD research methods courses.  After providing a more detailed description of Black Feminist Theory and its associated constructs, the ways that Black Feminist Theory can shape scholar-practitioners’ inquiry is explored, including: 1) framing a problem of practice, 2) building conceptual and/or theoretical frameworks, and 3) connecting to research design and approaches. Implications for Black Feminist Theory’s alignment to the CPED framework are discussed.

Abstract Within this qualitative phenomenological case study, I explored the perspectives of informal mentoring as a coping strategy to navigate workplace and career stagnation for Black women college administrators in the United States. Findings from their experiences indicate that while formal mentoring and sponsorship existed for their counterparts, it was not accessible for them. The participants described informal mentoring was needed and helpful for their workplace challenges and for the cultivation of their leadership growth strategies, particularly as employees at predominately white institutions. Seven themes emerged: (a) Defining Supportive Relationships; (b) Relevancy of Race and Gender in Mentoring; (c) Cultivating Kinships and Networks; (d) Identifying Salient Challenges; (e) Navigating Campus Culture; (f) Penetrating Boundaries to Leadership; and (7) Leveraging for Leadership. Keywords: mentoring; Black women college administrators, counterspaces; Black feminist theory

Black women have historically used unconventional, everyday spaces as sites of Black feminist intellectual production. Today, one of the most common spaces in which Black women produce intellectual thought is social media. However, very little research has broadly examined the dynamics of these online communities for Black feminist theorizing beyond individual hashtag conversation. In this study, I conducted 21 semi-structured, in-depth interviews with individuals who engaged in eight different Black feminist hashtag conversations across Twitter and Instagram to expand our current understanding of how Black feminist intellectual production has developed and broadened through the affordances of social media. Findings suggest that while Black feminist hashtag discussions have allowed Black women to “talk back” to hegemonic mainstream and popular discourses about Black women, these conversations are constantly at stake of appropriation and co-optation replicating historical erasure of Black women’s intellectual production.

This article analyzes intellectual and political work based in Howard University’s Cobb Research Laboratory relative to “new” and “emerging” ideas in bioarchaeology. Research conducted on remains from the Cobb Skeletal Collection and New York African Burial Ground is highlighted for this purpose. The analysis includes the period during which both collections were housed in the laboratory at the same time (1992–2003). I argue that the extent to which this work is considered relevant to scholarly developments in bioarchaeology is informed by the ways scholarship produced by people of color is regarded in general. It is often deemed “too specific” in focus to be generally relevant to disciplinary discussions. However, examination of the ways the discipline and researchers are socially embedded reveals this to be a product of racialized thinking that deems White scholarship universally applicable to intellectual inquiry—whereas the scholarship of non-Whites is not. Black-feminist theory and critiques of science are used to demonstrate that analyses of inequality centering on race are necessary for identifying and deconstructing the structural inequalities inherent in the discipline. Gina Athena Ulysse’s concept of an alter(ed)native perspective is used to illustrate how this literature provides language to name the complex subjectivities of researchers who both study and experience structural inequality.

Purpose: This article explores the strategies technical and professional communicators use in addressing issues of social injustice in their daily lives, including academic workplaces and communities. In embracing a storytelling approach and Black Feminist epistemology, we explore the limits of traditional heuristics, illustrating the need to couple storytelling and lived experience with heuristic frameworks. Method: This study employs a qualitative, narrative inquiry methodology and semi- structured interview data collection approaches. Results: Two elements of Walton, Moore, and Jones' (2019) 4Rs heuristic were expanded upon and further articulated through participant stories. To help people develop the ability to recognize injustice, data identified three sources for building expertise: lived experience, reading and proximity to lived experience, and accumulation within and across experiences. Revealing injustices occurred through both planned, often written, responses and in-the-moment responses. Conclusion: Stories and lived experience can augment our understanding of how heuristics work in context and provide a source of critical imagination for those attempting to use heuristics.

In this article, I use narrative portraiture as a methodology to inquire into the ways that two Asian American (AsAm) girls used their time in an afterschool writing collaborative for girls of Color to explore and express their identities and political commitments through multiple literacies. Building on theoretical foundations of AsianCrit, women of Color, and AsAm feminisms, and sociocultural understandings of literacies, I argue against the flattening of AsAm girlhood, rooted in the harmful intersection of sexism and stereotypes such as the model minority and forever foreigner tropes. Three learnings emerged from this study: (1) AsAm girls’ relational literacies are used to explore and express AsAm girlhood, (2) AsAm girls use multimodal literacies to inquire into and story their identities in ways that resist dominant definitions of AsAm girlhood, and (3) AsAm girls are holders of emerging political identities that can be supported through supportive literacy curriculum. The work of the girls featured in this article has important implications for the ways the field understands AsAm girlhood and AsAm girl literacies. I put forth a necessary call for more AsAm feminist scholars to work alongside AsAm girls to create richer understandings of their needs and desires and how we might support them through literacy pedagogies.