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The <b>framework of intersectionality</b> was developed by leading legal scholar and UCLA professor of law,
Kimberlé Crenshaw, to examine how people with marginalized identities face compounding inequities and
disadvantages. Intersectionality allows us to understand on a deeper level both overt and subtitles
disadvantages [1,2]. Intersectionality allows us to understand on a deeper level both overt and subtitles
forms of discrimination faced by people in our community and serves to reflect on the social systems of
privilege and oppression. Seeing systems of oppression through an intersectional lens is the only way to
<b>provide the level of support necessary for our marginalized and intersectional communities to thrive.</b>

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<li><b>We recognize that separately identifying women+ and minorities unintentionally renders certain marginalized populations
invisible</b>, in particular those whose identities are doubly bound by stereotypes (such as women+ of color) and those who lie
outside the default definitions of the two terms (e.g. LGBTQIA+, neurodiverse, and disabled people). <b>Our change in name
outside the default definitions of the two terms (e.g. LGBTQIA+, neurodiverse, and disabled people) [3-5]. <b>Our change in name
from WiPA to MIPA (as of July 2020) represents a shift in perspective and framework to prioritize an intersectional approach to
addressing compounding inequities in a way we have not considered in the past.</b> We aspire to work against all forms of
marginalization, including but not limited to misogyny, racism, anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination and ableism. We believe in the
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<li><b>The climate of STEM fields is increasingly unwelcoming to those who occupy more than one marginalized identity.</b> Research has
shown that those who face more than one form of marginalization report greater feelings of isolation, lack of peer and
institutional support, and more instances of discrimination and harassment within physics and astronomy. An initial
institutional support, and more instances of discrimination and harassment within physics and astronomy [5,6]. An initial
step in providing a more equitable and hospitable environment is the acknowledgment that <b>we all have multiple intersecting
identities that can help or hinder a career in physics and astronomy.</b> It is therefore critical that we recognize how our
social systems interact across intersecting identities and impede the opportunity for marginalized communities to participate
within the field. We must contend with the fact that individually addressing marginalized identities continues to perpetuate
another kind of marginalization.</li>
another kind of marginalization [2,5-7].</li>
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Moving forward, our best practices must remain mindful and inclusive, continuing to challenge sociocultural power structures
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