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We present a monographic study of a network of practitioners of self-gynecology in the Paris area, counting women aged 20 to 40 who belong to a new generation which could be described as intersectional feminist. What is at stake here is showing how intersectional feminists can make ecofeminist paradigms their own through speeches as well as practice. For this new generation, the practice of self-gynecology is actually difficult to claim: centered on female genital organs, it can induce that “the woman” defines herself in reference to anatomy and is therefore accused of essentialism by intersectional feminists who have wished to go beyond gender deconstruction of the 1970s. The case of this self-gynecology network, which manages to articulate this practice with an intersectional positioning, shows how ecofeminism can integrate theoretical and practical syncretisms. It mixes a revamping of feminist action to defend contraception and abortion, the contributions of the queer theory and of Black feminism, a certain vision of ecology, and sometimes an anti-capitalist engagement.