13-year-old child actress, Rowan Blanchard confronts racism and feminism head on in a recent Instagram essay.
Several years ago when Project Casting first started posting casting calls and entertainment news, there was a rumor that Disney was a holding an open casting call for the lead role of the Boy Meets World spinoff, Girl Meets World. Evidently, Disney was looking for the next child star and casting directors decided to cast Rowan Blanchard. Since then, Girl Meets World is a perfect mix between 90s nostalgia and modern day comedy.
Recently, the 13-year-old child actor wrote a three-part essay on the importance of “intersectional feminism” on Instagram.
Blanchard responded to a Tumblr user asking for her thoughts on the the term “white feminism”. Blanchard posted an essay discussing the importance of including different viewpoints, including African American women as well as transgender women.
“The way a black woman experiences sexism and inequality is different from the way a white woman experiences sexism and inequality,” the actress wrote. “Likewise with trans-women and Hispanic women.”
In the essay, Blanchard references the work of Columbia Law professor Kimberlé Crenshaw, who first argued for “intersectionality” in 1989. She also praised The Hunger Games’ Amanda Stenberg, who called out white singers for appropriating black culture.
“To only acknowledge feminism from a one sided view when the literal DEFINITION is the equality of the sexes is not feminism at all,” she continued. “We need to be talking about this more. Discussion leads to change.”
You can read her full essay on Instagram.
Source: TheWrap
