It's Monday, May 11th. I'm Jane Koston, and this is what a day. The show congratulating President Donald Trump on the 22-foot-tall golden statue of himself at Trump National Doral Golf Club in Florida. The statue was dedicated by televangelist and Trump ally Pastor Mark Burns, who posted an important clarification on Twitter,

quote, let me be clear, this is not a golden calf. You know, like pastors normally say about

golden statues of presidents they're dedicating at golf courses. On today's show, Virginia Democrats are mulling over a plan that would replace all of the judges on its state Supreme Court.

And President Trump finds Iran's response to a ceasefire proposal, quote, totally unacceptable.

But let's start with words. Over the last year and a half,

the Trump administration has made a big effort to limit which words are used in federal documents.

In government memos and official and unofficial agency guidance, hundreds of terms and ideas

have been explicitly or implicitly forbidden from use, or at best,

heavily discouraged. These terms include words like accessible, activism, anti-racist, inclusive,

and injustice. Another example, intersectionality. But unlike many of the words on the government's

list, the term intersectionality has an origin story and an originator, Columbia University professor Kimberly Crenshaw.

It's been nearly 40 years since Crenshaw coined the term intersectionality, and in that time she's seen it grow into popular culture, turn into a divisive idea, and become a target of the federal government.

Now she's put it all into a book, Backtalker, an American memoir. I spoke to Crenshaw about her new

book, her work, and how her past has given her the strength to keep talking back. Kimberly, welcome to

what a day. So happy to join you. Great to see you again.

It's wonderful to see you again.

And we'll talk about how it's been a couple of years since we've spoken.

But actually, it's been now more than 30 years since you first coined the term intersectionality.

What does that word mean?

The word simply means that patterns of discrimination sometimes are not singular.

You're not discriminated against just because you're a person of color or just because you're a woman or you may be queer.

But often discrimination is compounded.

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