How to Use intersectionality in a Sentence

intersectionality

noun

• Who talks about the intersectionality of women’s issues and then knocks Grandma out of the way?
  — Jenice Armstrong, Philly.com, 26 Mar. 2018
• Rather than the hindrance some saw for Rustin, intersectionality proved to be a strength for Wilson.
  — Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
• The idea of intersectionality might have emphasized the ways in which all of us have more than one identity.
  — Time, 27 June 2023
• Being a black Muslim woman who came to the U.S. as a refugee makes her intersectionality score quite high.
  — A. J. Caschetta, National Review, 26 July 2021
• But sometime in the 2010s, intersectionality left the ivory tower and got thoroughly wrapped up in the culture wars.
  — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Mar. 2023
• If the two sides fight to a draw on economic issues, the bourgeois intersectionality of the Democrats gives the Republicans an edge with the white working class.
  — Jay Cost, National Review, 25 July 2019
• In Black and white, Martin plays with puns in physical space and lines that alert viewers to their own identity and intersectionality.
  — Cassell Ferere, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
• This is a great toy to again highlight the importance of intersectionality.
  — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 3 Oct. 2023
• Most people will read it as an aspect of intersectionality that has moved into the mainstream.
  — Danielle Butler, Essence, 1 Aug. 2022
• Critics of intersectionality have jumped at the chance to cite these controversies as proof of the theory’s flaws.
  — Mark Joseph Stern, Slate Magazine, 25 July 2017
• New social mores on comfort and safety, race and intersectionality felt unsettling to him and in his view made teaching more fraught.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2021
• The intersectionality of race and justice cannot be overlooked.
  — Eugene Z. Bertrand, Hartford Courant, 1 July 2024
• The film also explores the work of the Haitian-Puerto Rican American artist in regard to the intersectionality of race, class, power, and politics.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 5 Jan. 2022
• It’s this movement—and the intersectionality built into it—that inspires me to practice hope for the future of reproductive rights.
  — Candace Bond-Theriault, SELF, 19 July 2022
• There is a converging interest between those of us who think, talk, and write about intersectionality and those who want to save this democracy.
  — Constance Grady, Vox, 1 Aug. 2024
• Gendered ageism is the intersectionality of age and gender bias.
  — Bonnie Marcus, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021
• Tell me about how this intersectionality of gender and race has impacted you.
  — ABC News, 7 Feb. 2024
• The diversity and intersectionality was really a top of mind for all of us.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 July 2023
• There is nuance, and there is intersectionality at play here.
  — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 10 May 2023
• In light of this recent special that Dave Chappelle has released, The Closer, a lot of people are acutely aware that there seems to be a lack of acknowledgement about intersectionality.
  — Alicia Lutes, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2021
• Within the corporate culture of the 21st century, the role of intersectionality can provide a new solution in the design of change around remote work.
  — Jonathan Kaufman, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021
• The author gives a great deal of attention to intersectionality and specific identities and interests, taking care to note that the fight doesn’t belong to any one group.
  — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2022
• White politicians like to be seen next to him, and this Kashif, a citizen-rapper who can talk a good game around race, gender and intersectionality, seems on his way to becoming a spokesman for a more equitable Chicago.
  — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 12 Jan. 2018
• The members of Family Music Forward want to approach change through the idea of intersectionality.
  — Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 11 Mar. 2021
• After the gifted teacher Mr. Smith (Dave Register) signs on as the club’s faculty sponsor, prospects look good for calm discussions of intersectionality and the like.
  — Washington Post, 4 May 2022
• Born Gloria Jean Watkins, the hooks was best known for her writing on Black identity, feminism and intersectionality.
  — Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2021
• In addition to themes of racial identity, the movie tackles class, gender and the intersectionality of everything.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 4 Oct. 2021
• Black women athletes have shaped the story line of these Games, spotlighting issues of intersectionality rather than race matters alone.
  — New York Times, 6 Aug. 2021
• In the age of intersectionality, there’s perhaps no more helpful metaphor than the intersection itself.
  — Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2022
• However, even though Crenshaw is credited with coining the term, the idea of intersectionality and recognition that equality is not created equal had been floating around for a while before this.
  — Elfy Scott, refinery29.com, 11 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024