The term "intersectionality" was coined by Kimberlé W. Crenshaw in her landmark law review article, "Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color," Stanford Law Review 43 (1993): 1241, 1244. Crenshaw defines intersectionality as the various ways in which multiple social categories shape the complexity, and determine the vulnerability, of lived experiences.

DEFINE: Intersectionality is defined as the ways multiple social categories shape complexity and determine vulnerability in lived experience. XREF: Connects to broader identity politics scholarship and critical race theory frameworks.

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