Emejulu, A. and Sobande, F. (2023) Intersectional vulnerabilities and the banality of harm: the dangerous desires of women of color activists. Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism, 22 (1). pp. 76-93. ISSN 1536-6936
Abstract
In this article we examine how intersectional vulnerabilities are experienced and made sense of by women of color activists in Europe. We name intersectional vulnerabilities as a broad, sometimes contradictory, set of emotions, all tied to activists’ complex experiences of insecurity and community. Intersectional vulnerabilities are those risks and rewards, derived from women of color activists’ positioning in relation to race, class, gender, sexuality, disability, and legal status, which shape the possibilities of women of color’s activist labor. These vulnerabilities are Janus-faced, in that they are experienced as social harms that oftentimes lead to community. Our article grapples with the bittersweetness of vulnerability and how the banality of harms meted out to women of color nevertheless contains the seeds of resistance, solidarity, and self-love.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 Smith College. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | women of color; activism; solidarity; emotions; care |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Sociological Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 15 Mar 2024 10:15 |
Last Modified: | 15 Mar 2024 13:45 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Duke University Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1215/15366936-10220491 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:210286 |