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I guess there's always a trade off. If we're more unified we're a bigger, more powerful group and can get things done, but people with multiple disadvantages may not be as well served by our movement. If we pay attention to other aspects like race, we may be more divided but more capable of helping women in the ways that work for them specifically. I think racism is one of the big issues, as is class/poverty, so I'm happy to consider those in my feminism. But I'm wary about being too fine grained or splitting into too many groups. ETA It seems like people are using intersectionality to mean different things. If it means include everyone and get distracted from the core idea - women's rights - then it's a problem. If it just means consider other social justice issues... shouldn't that be fine?