2013 was a big year for feminism, but the movement still alienates minorities

By Erika L Sánchez, The guardian

As several media outlets have already pointed out, this has undoubtedly been a huge year for women. Though we experienced an onslaught of attacks on our basic reproductive and human rights (Texas, you’re killing me), we should celebrate feminism’s various triumphs: women everywhere spoke out against rape culture, Wendy Davis kicked some serious ass on the Texas Senate floor, ultra-precocious 16-year-old Malala Yousafzai gave a speech at the United Nations, and the Solidarity is for White Women hashtag on Twitter got people all hot and bothered, and caused many of us to have important and difficult conversations. The list goes on and on. I’m committed to remaining hopeful, but as always, there is still much work to be done, particularly when it comes to the inclusion of women of colour in the larger feminist sphere, something that has bothered me since I began studying feminism, a problem I’ll likely continue to gripe about on my death bed.

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