Grounded in Black feminist theory, “intersectionality” focuses on justice by illuminating, analyzing, and working to change multiple interacting systems of power and oppression connected to mutually constructed social positionalities (culturally defined status categories, for example, race; gender; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer plus+; economic class; dis/ability; nation; religion; age; ethnicity). Intersectionality is a knowledge project, with concepts and methods that have become powerful conceptual and analytical tools within academia and in public discourse and activism. Originally focused primarily on race, gender, and class, contemporary applications of intersectionality have expanded to include other positionalities and change goals (informed by cultural studies; racial formation theory; queer, crip, and other critical theories) (Collins, 2015).