Choose a person (real or fictional, from pop culture, TV, movies, or literature–but not you or someone you know) and write up an intersectional analysis of them. What are their intersecting identities? How do they relate to power and privilege? How does the person navigate the world through their multiple identities? When are they an asset, and when might they hinder (against what kind of oppression or suppression)?
JK Rowling.
This piece of writing focuses on a well-known author in the world of literature, JK Rowling. This writer is also known for fighting against gender-based approaches, especially the approaches that define a woman along any other lane except simply being a woman. Recently, the author was at war with transgender activists for using “people who menstruate” to refer to women. In her tweet, the author says, “people who menstruate? I am sure there used to be a word for those people” Her identity as an author and that which stands for women intersect so well in that they would use the writing chance to speak volumes about the opinions they stand for.
Rowling uses the power she has in her hands and the privilege that she can write to express opinions against sexism and defining a person in the lines of their gender. It is easier for her to stand on what she believes in, expressing herself against transgender. She has the support of quite many women who pats her back on that. The author is quite an asset, especially to the female gender. This is because she empowers women to take up their position and stand not to be defined in other terms other than that which they are women. The standing against transgender at times goes against the professional conduct of an author. An author is an image of a whole society composed of male and female and should not focus on any side or use gender-based approaches.