My sister, who is a Ph.D. sociologist, first introduced me to the sociological concept of intersectionality. Like many academic sociological terms, it is often misunderstood and misrepresented in popular discourse. But I found a simple way to approach it by thinking about it with my math brain1. I think I can explain it in way that is easy to understand, however you might feel about math.
Continue reading “Intersectionality is nonlinearity”Fighting the prejudice within myself is a lifelong battle. One of the -isms I struggle most with is ableism. It comes through in my language, and as I’ll explain, I believe it underlies a stubborn prejudice in my heart. It is completely normalized to demean things and people as “stupid” or “crazy”. If you want to know why this is a bad thing, this article does a good job of explaining. Please read it, and do try to suspend the voice in your head that thinks it’s maybe being a bit excessive. Just for a minute.
All done? Great, because instead of stating the point they’ve made so well, I want to talk about why I accept it.
Continue reading “Ableism: the sneakiest “ism””
Never Down, Always Up 