Universal Properties of Women

4. Universal properties rich white cis women rich non-white cis women poor white cis women rich white trans women rich non-white trans women poor non-white cis women poor non-white trans women

A screenshot from a Lambda World presentation shows Eugenia Cheng beside a diagram classifying women by wealth, race, and whether they are cis or trans. The joke is the absurdly reductive “universal properties” diagram, presenting social categories like a mathematical classification and ending with a deliberately blunt intersection. EN: A screenshot from a Lambda World presentation shows Eugenia Cheng beside a diagram classifying women by wealth, race, and whether they are cis or trans. The joke is the absurdly reductive “universal properties” diagram, presenting social categories like a mathematical classification and ending with a deliberately blunt intersection.

• @profunctor_io / 984 2018-06-24