The 2024 presidential election was marked by soaring highs and crushing lows. Black women, 91% of whom turned out for VP Harris, once again proved to be the most engaged, progressive, and resilient voting bloc.

In an election campaign where rampant sexism and racism was directed not only at Harris,

but at black women more broadly, the misogy noir we just witnessed is already being written

out of the analysis of what actually happened.

There seems to be a widening gap between what black women experienced and what the

pundit and political classes choose to talk about.

So join host Kimberly Crenshaw for a virtual under the blacklight conversation on December 3rd at 7 p.m. Eastern.

Black women advocates, activists, and analysts will offer their side of the story about the election

and highlight the risks to our democracy if we continue to erase black women

and their experiences. Register for free at Bitley slash Election 24 Road Ahead. That's Bitley

slash Election 24 Road Ahead. I'm Kimberly Crenshaw, and this is Intersectionality Matters. The podcast that

brings intersectionality to life by exploring the hidden dimensions of today's most pressing issues,

from say her name in COVID to the war on CRT and the global rise of fascism. This idea travelogue lifts up the

work of leading activists, artists, and scholars and helps listeners understand politics, the law,

social movements, and even their own lives in deeper, more nuanced ways.

The first time I was in the same room as author George Johnson, we were in L.A.

At a summit on diversity in the entertainment industry.

They took the stage to give their speech, and within the first minute, they were already speaking my language. Most of us in this room grew up with people we could look up to, people that we felt

reflected in. But for me, and kids like me, we learned about James Baldwin, we learned about

Angela Davis, and so many other black pioneers, but they always kept the one part out about them.

The queerness that made them different too.

I learned about Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, but somehow the other M. Marsha P. Johnson never got her story told,

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