Intersectional Feminism in Dunedin: From Suffrage to Today - Exhibition and Publication

I did a radio show with the Dunedin Multi-Ethnic Council and talked to Val about our exhibition. If you're keen to have a listen click on the following link! http://www.accessradio.org/ProgrammePage.aspx?pid=74418c76-4bf4-4f25-b598-52c382ad7e4e

Intersectional Feminism in Dunedin ‘Intersectional Feminism in Dunedin’ is a two-week long travelling exhibition and publication to commemorate the 125 th anniversary of suffrage in New Zealand.   The publication examines the story of suffrage in this city and tracks the subsequent history of feminism in Dunedin from 1893 to today and the exhibition relates to artists’ lived experiences in this city. The project adopts intersectional feminism as its framework, taking into account how issues of class, race, disability and sexuality intersect with feminism and how this has been recognised in Dunedin, or not. We identify intersectional feminism as the avant-garde of feminism today and the most progressive descendent of suffrage, as it includes and recognises a diverse array of perspectives and experiences which feminism has previously failed to take into account. _ Artist Julia Young (with Megan Brady, both of Studio2 and the Margaret Freeman Gallery) comme

If your interested in hearing about the origins of the term intersectionality and hearing about our exhibition listen to this radio show I did with Your Friendly Neighbourhood Feminists at Radio 1. https://www.mixcloud.com/Radio_One_91fm_Dunedin/your-friendly-neighbourhood-feminists-29818-with-nixi-blythe/