Identity, politics, and the pandemic: Why is COVID-19 a disaster for feminism(s)?

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History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 42 (4):1-6 (2020)
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COVID-19 has been called “a disaster for feminism” for numerous reasons. In this short piece, we make sense of this claim, drawing on intersectional feminism to understand why an analysis that considers gender alone is inadequate to address both the risks and consequences of COVID-19.

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Bringing Intersectionality to the Fore in COVID-19.Suze G. Berkhout & Lisa Richardson - 2022 - International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics 15 (1):159-161.

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White Ignorance.Charles W. Mills - 2007 - In Shannon Sullivan & Nancy Tuana (eds.), Race and Epistemologies of Ignorance. Albany, NY: State Univ of New York Pr. pp. 11-38.
Disability, Disablism, and COVID-19 Pandemic Triage.Jackie Leach Scully - 2020 - Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 17 (4):601-605.

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