A Series of Non Sequiturs

Feminist texts written by women of color

mylifeasafeminista:

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

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