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A one-size-fits-all approach to feminism is damaging because of alienates the very people it is supposed to serve without ever managing to support them. For women of color, the expectation that we prioritize, gender over race, that we treat the patriarchy as something that gives all men the same power, leaves many of us feeling isolated.

"an intersectional approach to feminism is key to improving relationships between communities of women so that some measure of true solidarity can happen. Erasure is not equality, least of all in a movement that draws so much of its strength from the claim that it represents over half of the world’s population.”

I currently really like the book, it re-echoes insights that I far too often neglect and has introduced a lot of places for validation to my experience and healing. Some may see it as a reiteration of 'common sense' but coming from such a background of abuse and invalidation, these common sense points feel almost entirely new to me