Intersectionality Song

More from Of Course I'm Not OK Podcast:
- on Apple Podcasts and Spotify
- @Not_OK_Pod on Twitter and Instagram

Intersectionality
(to the tune of Interjections from Schoolhouse Rock)

Dana got the COVID bug
It laid her out completely like a rug
She worked in healthcare
Cause she’s Latinx and real poor
Her sickness was related to intersections
Hey, why can’t we get PPE?
Yow, I can’t believe my insurance won’t cover this
Ouch, without solidarity we can’t fight health disparity

Intersections
They describe you
So complexly
They generally include identity names
Like Asian American
And acronyms like LGBTQ

A second date was hard to get
For Jason was injured as a war vet
He used a wheelchair
And his dates would all just stare
Their reactions are were ‘cause of his intersections
Well, I guess you were expecting an able bodied man
Oh, you can’t get past my disability
Hey, you don’t know what you’re missing

Intersections
They describe you
So complexly
They generally include identity names
Like Native American
And acronyms like LGBTQ
So if you’re BIPOC, hooray
Or white, aw
And rich, eeeek
Or poor, rats
And trans, wow
Or cis, hey
You have intersectionality!

The policy caused contention
When Franklin’s punishment was suspension
All of the white boys
Got away with so much noise
Franklin was suffering from intersections
Aw, that’s too harsh for a first offense
Darn, this looks like another step in the school-to-prison pipeline
Hooray, there’s a Black Lives Matter movement

Intersections
They describe you
So complexly
They generally include identity names
Like African American
And acronyms like LGBTQ
So if you’re BIPOC, hooray
Or white, aw
And rich, eeeek
Or poor, rats
And trans, wow
Or cis, hey
You have intersectionality!

Intersections
They describe you
So complexly
You have privilege and oppression
And we’re all a mix, yeah

Darn, society’s not fair