While feminism has been around in one way or another for decades, it has recently come to the forefront of social consciousness, especially since the rise of the #MeToo movement on social media in 2017. While it is great that feminism has gained traction in mainstream media and is forcing people to have a conversation about its importance, the popular brand of feminism that is white, middle class, cisgendered and able-bodied, aka white feminism, does more harm than good for the entire movement. According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, feminism is “the belief in social, economic, and political equality of the sexes.” While it seems easy to boil it down to equality between men and women on paper, the reality is that it just isn’t that black and white. Women of colour, gay women, trans women and differently abled women all face drastically different hurdles and challenges in their fight for equality. Intersectionality seeks to include all women into the conversation, not just those who...