Dancing in the Rain: Intersectionality in Motion

Abstract

The new introduction analyses the most important socio-political and cultural developments, since the original publication in 2001, that impact Dutch society at large and feminist and related social movements in particular. These notably include the rise of Islamophobia in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the U.S. and the rise of extreme right political parties. The BMR women's movement, under the influence of social media, morphed into a more fragmented, more loosely aligned configuration in these past decades, and intersectionality became a buzzword in the Netherlands with an increased focus on identity formation at the expense of its critique of systemic power structures.