Women of color zines challenged the whiteness of mainstream feminist zine culture

Evidence

Zines like Bamboo Girl and Slant, written by young women of color, provided an anti-imperialist analysis of whiteness in punk rock and Riot Grrrl, complicating the idea of a unified “zine culture.” This work was directly influenced by critical race theory, postcolonial theory, and feminist theory, and contributed sophisticated self-reflexivity and critique to young women’s understanding of feminism. — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 93

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes how foundational accounts of ‘the creator economy’ similarly erase the anti-imperialist critiques of early web communities — a pattern the reader will find repeated in influencer culture. — connects to: Analogizing racism and sexism erases the specific experience of women of color — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1472; Feminist critique of cultural practices requires attending to intra-group power dynamics and intersecting identities — Sherene Razack, Casting Out: The Eviction of Muslims…, 352; Identity is multiplicative rather than additive for women of color (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Analogizing racism and sexism erases the specific experience of women of color #corroborates (0.85) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1472
• Feminist critique of cultural practices requires attending to intra-group power dynamics and intersecting identities #corroborates (0.80) — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 352
• Identity is multiplicative rather than additive for women of color #corroborates (0.80)
• White women’s linguistic erasure of black women served their own political interests #corroborates (0.78) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 416
• Women of color hold some identities that relatively privilege them #complicates (0.70)