This week we cross the bridge from Black History Month to Women’s History Month. We close out February, a month of tribute to African Americans and a recognition of ongoing adversity resulting from systemic racism in the United States. In March, the focus turns to the achievements of women with a call-to-action to drive greater progress for gender equality across the world.

For Black women, the calendar turn does not come with a flip of the switch, toggling from Black to woman with independent celebration of two aspects of one’s identity. So with this week, we want to focus on the experiences of those with many intersectional dimensions—because although these months occur in cleanly defined ‘vacuums,’ a person’s identity does not.