I had some additional thoughts from my presentation on sex negative feminism and Islamic feminism. First, I would like to say a little more about the intersectionality concept I introduced. Intersectionality offers an important lens to reveal the fact that women suffer from societal oppression via complex layers, each of which can bare varying degrees of intensity. Intersectional feminism takes into account the power dynamics that fosters the creation of oppression along these different layers. An example is the portrayal of an HIV positive transgender woman desperately looking to be a sex worker in the movie ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ by Jared Leto. The problem here is not the idea that no one other than a transwoman can meaningfully understand the systematic discrimination faced by transgender individuals, but the greater implication Leto’s role has on mainstream transphobia for offering a disrespectful way of essentializing the lives of transwomen. Leto, being a cis-gendered man, is in a position of privilege to be able carry out this role and the perpetuation of this form of entitlement to display a narrowed version of another individual’s complex life is morally reprehensible because of its reductive, two-dimensional approach. It is therefore very clear that this portrayal of a disadvantaged group carries no empathy but exhibits yet another prism of oppression.Another concept I believe is really important in understand a social movement as interesting and complex like feminism is the idea of cultural appropriation. I wasn't able to get into it during my presentation owing to the time constraints involved, but I would have loved to do so if time had allowed me. Australian pop-singer Iggy Azalea’s recently released music video of her song “Bounce” is a crucial example of how cultural appropriation can also be a feminist issue. The portrayal of Indian culture was not only inconsequential to the overall meaning conveyed by her song, but the fact that it involved the sexualization of the sari and meaningless provocative dancing on an elephant dressed up in a skin-tight outfit of a Hindu goddess is demeaning to Indian people, particularly women. This demonstration of playing “dress up” with that which is vital to the identity of Indian women distorts the mainstream media’s imagery of the Indian woman as someone whose culture is routinely made fun of, turning these women into targets of objectification, otherization and hypersexualization in western communities. It is important to understand how in this way, women of color can be subject to oppression from other women as the exotification of their cultures takes place.Racism has significantly added to the intensity of oppression suffered by women worldwide. A well-known fairness cream sold in South-Asian countries like India, Pakistan and Bangladesh called “Fair and Lovely” has been extensively criticized for being a highlyracist campaign. The advertisement for this product depicts a woman who initially gets rejected after a job interview but later gets accepted after she makes her skin a few shades whiter with the help of the fairness cream. This makes two problematic claims -firstly, women should be judged for the appearance and not for their accomplishments, and secondly that fairness is equivalent to beauty which, in turn, is the path to success. The former claim is demeaning to women because it conforms to patriarchal norms thatdictate the perception of women in society as individuals whose hard work should not be taken seriously. The latter claim is inherently racist because it passes the message that one has to go to the extent to change the color of their skin to be appreciated and considered “better-looking”. The type of racism being discussed here is known as shadeism, which is the discrimination that exists between the lighter-skinned and darker-skinned members of the same community, where the lighter-skinned members are considered “beautiful” because whiteness or fairness is equated with being associated with the West. Therefore, these are different ways in which women are oppressed in these societies with the help of media and the advertisement industry.