Intersectionality: A challenge for cultural studies in the 2020s

In this article I argue that the intersectional paradigm is a necessary tool to approach culture in the new decade, drawing mainly on the scholarship of Black feminism. I also argue that cultural studies can benefit from drawing attention to production – be it in popular culture or in academia – that comes from the margins, that is, from individuals who face interlocked oppressions and who experience life from the standpoint of an outsider-within, a familiar stranger with an oppositional gaze. Different perspectives tend to bring decentralized, broader knowledge and inventive possibilities for academic research and societal change.