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All of this. @RBraceySherman's work to highlight the experiences of young people, queer people and people of color is the exact push the movement needs to be an intersectional one. I felt like I was reading my story when I read this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/us/politics/abortion-supreme-court-gen-z.html (thread) https://twitter.com/RBraceySherman/status/1277986673993723904
My generation was the first to be raised with racial and gender equality as core values. By the time I got to college, most of the legal battles around race and gender were “settled.”
But if this moment shows us anything, it’s that nothing is settled.
But if this moment shows us anything, it’s that nothing is settled.
I can’t look at the challenges we face in the fight for racial justice and reproductive rights without seeing them as inextricably linked. We have to have the imagination to see a future where our liberation is bound up together.
Planned Parenthood was founded on the belief that your body is your own. If we can control our bodies, then we hold the key to self-determination. But without that simple premise, we can never be truly free.
The questions at the heart of all our movements — the fight for racial justice, for reproductive rights, for dignity and respect for immigrants, for LGBTQ+ rights are the same:
Are our bodies our own?
Are they seen, loved, celebrated?
Are our bodies our own?
Are they seen, loved, celebrated?
If anyone understands intersectionality, it’s Gen Z. They know there's no organizing for reproductive freedom that also doesn’t talk about racial justice. They know there's no meaningful access to reproductive health care that doesn’t also include freedom from police violence.
One young woman from the article said: “...in a lot of social justice movements we’re seeing language about the future. I hear 'protect Roe v. Wade'...there needs to be another clause about the future we’re going to build.”
^ Reproductive Justice orgs write that clause in the work they do to center access to sexual and reproductive health. And we’re writing that clause, as we take a hard look at the intersections of injustice Planned Parenthood patients face in their everyday lives.
“Intersectionality is not additive. It’s fundamentally reconstitutive. Pass it on.” — @sandylocks
Let's reshape the way we think about the future, center bodily autonomy, ditch the rulebook, follow young leaders & ensure the movement is oriented toward freedom for all people.
Let's reshape the way we think about the future, center bodily autonomy, ditch the rulebook, follow young leaders & ensure the movement is oriented toward freedom for all people.
