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Feminist texts written by women of color

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This list is stil a work in progress, but I really wanted to get it posted.  I have either read parts of/all of the texts below or they have been recommended to me.  Please reblog and add your own suggestions to the list.  Each time someone adds something new, I’ll go back to this original post and make sure to include them.  Thanks and enjoy!

Books

  • Women, Race, and Class by Angela Davis
  • Women Culture and Politics by Angela Davis
  • Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
  • Borderlands/La frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzaldua
  • Aint I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks
  • Feminism is for Everybody by bell hooks
  • Feminist Theory from Margin to Center by bell hooks
  • Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
  • Feminism without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity by Chandra Talpade Mohanty
  • Medicine Stories by Aurora Levins Morales
  • Reimagining Equality: Stories of Gender, Race, and Finding Home by Anita Hill
  • Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty by Dorothy Roberts
  • Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide by Andrea Smith
  • Pilgrimages/Peregrinajes: Theorizing Coalition Against Multiple Oppressions (Feminist Constructions) by Maria Lugones (submitted by oceanicheart)
  • Feminism FOR REAL: Deconstructing the Academic Industrial Complex of Feminism by Jessica Yee (submitted by oceanicheart)
  • Communion: The Female Search for Love by bell hooks (via easternjenitentiary)
  • Nervous Conditions by Tsisti Dangarembga (via easternjenitentiary)
  • A Taste of Power by Elaine Browne (via tinajenny)
  • Talkin’ Up to the White Woman: Indigenous Women and Feminism by Aileen Moreton-Robinson (via jalwhite)
  • I Am Woman: A Native Perspective on Sociology and Feminism by Lee Maracle  (via jalwhite)
  • Shadowboxing: Representations of Black Feminist Politics by Joy James (via jalwhite)
  • Re-Creating Ourselves by Molara Ogundipe-Leslie (via reallifedocumentarian)
  • Chicana Feminist Thought by Alma M. Garcia (via eggplantavenger)
  • Queer Latinidad by Juana Maria Rodriguez (via eggplantavenger)
  • The Truth That Never Hurts by Barbara Smith (via sisteroutsider)
  • Pilgrimages/Peregrinajes: Theorizing Coalition Against Multiple Oppressions by Maria Lugones (via guckfender)
  • Consequence: Beyond Resisting Rape by Loolwa Khazzoom (via galesofnovember)
  • The Autobiography of My Mother by Jamaica Kincaid (via wherethewildthingsmoved)

Anthologies

  • Companeras: Latina Lesbians by Juanita Ramos and the Lesbian History Project
  • Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism edited by Daisy Hernandez
  • This Bridge Called My Back edited by Cherríe Moraga and Gloria Anzaldúa
  • this bridge we call home: radical visions for transformation edited by Gloria Anzaldúa and AnaLouise Keating
  • Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo Caras: Creative and Critial Perspectives by Feminists of Color edited by Gloria Anzaldua
  • Women Writing Resistance: Essays from Latin America and the Caribbean edited by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez
  • Unequal Sisters edited by Ellen DuBois and Vicki Ruiz
  • Chicana Feminist Thought: The Basic Historical Writings edited by Alma M. Garcia (submitted by oceanicheart)
  •  Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice (submitted by oceanicheart)
  • The Color of Violence: The Incite! Anthology
  • I Am Your SIster by Audre Lorde (via marlahangup)
  • Indigenous Women and Feminism: Politics, Activism, Culture edited by Cheryl Suzack, Shari M. Huhndorf, Jeanne Perreault, Jean Barman (via jalwhite)
  • Dragon Ladies: Asian American Feminists Breathe Fire edited by Sonia Shah (via jalwhite)
  • Pinay Power: Feminist Critical Theory: Theorizing the Filipina/American Experience edited by Melinda L. de Jesus (via titotibok)
  • Dragon Ladies: Asian American Feminists Breathe Fire edited by Sonia Shah (via titotibok)
  • MOONROOT: An Exploration of Asian Womyn’s Bodies (more Asian Pacific Islander American ones here) (via titotibok)
  • Making Space for Indigenous Feminism edited by Joyce Green via jalwhite)
  • All the Women are White, All the Blacks are Men, But Some of Us are Brave: Black Women’s Studies, more commonly known as But Some of Us Are Brave: Black Women’s Studies edited by Gloria T. Hull, Patricia Bell Scot, and Barbara Smith (via jalwhite)
  • Homegirls: A Black Feminist Anthology edited by Barbara Smith (viasisteroutsider)
  • Theorizing Black Feminisms: The Visionary Pragmatism of Black Women edited by Stanlie James and Abena Busia (via sisteroutsider)
  • Black Woman edited by Toni Cade Bambara (via ancestryinprogress)

Essays

  • “Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color.” by Kimberle Crenshaw
  • The Combahee River Collective Statement
  • “Tomboy, Dyke, Lezzie, and Bi: Filipina Lesbian and Bisexual Women Speak Out” by Christine T. Lipat and others (via titotibok)
  • “Rizal Day Queen Contests, Filipino Nationalism, and Feminity” by  Arleen  De Vera (via titotibok)
  • “Pinayism” by Allyson G. Tintiangco-Cubales (via titotibok)
  • “Practicing Pinayist Pedagogy” by Allyson G. Tintiangco-Cubales and Jocyl Sacramento (via titotibok)
  • “Asian Lesbians in San Francisco: Struggle to Create a Safe Space, 1970s – 1980s” by Trinity Ordona (via titotibok)
  • “A Black Separatist” by Anna Lee (via girlsandgifs)
  • “For the Love of Separatism” by Anna Lee (via girlsandgifs)
  • “Separation in Black: A Personal Journey” by Jacqueline Anderson (via girlsandgifs)
  • “Separatism is not a Luxury: Some Thoughts on Separatism and Class” by C. Maria (via girlsandgifs)
  • “Coming Out Queer and Brown” by Naomi Littlebear Morena (via girlsandgifs)
  • “Internalising the Lesbian Body of Color” by Jamie Lee Evans (via girlsandgifs)
  • “In Search of Our Mother’s Garden” by Alice Walker (via wherethewildthingsmoved)

Other authors and poets you should know

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Study shows Millennial Men do not think of women as their equals

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A majority of millennial men failed to see women as equals, according to the study, which looked at how college biology students viewed their classmates’ intelligence and achievements, the Harvard Business Review reported.

Among the findings:

  • In every biology class surveyed, a man was seen as the most celebrated student, even in instances where women earned significantly better grades.
  • Men were also found to overestimate the intelligence of their male classmates over that of female ones.
  • Men continued exaggerating their assessments of the male peers, despite unequivocal evidence that their female peers were performing better.
  • Women, conversely, weren’t found to display a bias: Their assessments of fellow classmates tended to be spot-on.

The National Institutes of Health researchers pointed out that female STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) majors drop out at significantly higher rates than their male counterparts.

“The reasons for this difference are complex, and one possible contributing factor is the social environment women experience in the classroom,” they wrote.

Still, scores of men are under the impression that they’ve become the target of reverse sexism. Conservative columnist John Hawkins ranted in Town Hall last year:

“Men have it rougher in America than most people realize. In part, that’s because they’re one of the few groups (along with white people, conservatives, and Christians) it’s cool to crap on at every opportunity. In case you haven’t noticed, there’s a nonstop assault on masculinity in America.”

But research has confirmed the reality of gender bias against women. A staggering 90 percent of women reported experiencing gender harassment in the workplace, a 2010 University of Michigan study found. The results suggest that such harassment had the purpose of driving women out of jobs and not the generally assumed motivation of trying to draw women into relationships.

“One could argue that, in these instances, ‘sexual harassment is used both to police and discipline the gender outlaw: the woman who dares to do a man’s job is made to pay,’” the researchers wrote, quoting an article by Katherine M. Franke, an associate professor of law at the University of Arizona College of Law.

As for millennial men specifically, they have been less accepting of female leaders than their older male counterparts, according to a 2014 survey of more than 2,000 adults residing in the United States, the Harvard Business Review reports.

Half of Millenial men said their careers would take priority over their partners’. 

Three-fourths of women, on the other hand, said their careers would be at least as important as their husbands’.

oh look its the shit women have been saying all the damn time and antifeminists stamp their feet and cry about

In case you thought that feminism was “no longer necessary,” as an alarming number of young voters have been saying this election season. 

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We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must—at that moment—become the center of the universe.


― Elie Wiesel, Night