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
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
Maya Angelou
Toni Morrison
Alice Walker
Nawaal El Sadaawi
Mary Crow Dog
Zora Neale Hurston
Arundhati Roy
Zadie Smith
Dorothy Roberts
Nikki Giovanni(submitted by my bff maskofmaterials)
Lucille Clifton (submitted by my bff maskofmaterials)
Gwendolyn Brooks (submitted by soemily)
Octavia Butler (submitted by soemily)
Nalo Hopkison (submitted by soemily)
Trinh T. Minh-Ha (via eggplantavenger)
Ananya Roy (via eggplantavenger)
Paola Bacchetta (via eggplantavenger)
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (via pitcherplant)
Andrea Smith (via crankyindian)
Ashley Love (via guckfender)
Linda Martin Alcoff (via guckfender)
Oyèrónké Oyěwùmí (via guckfender)
Staceyann Chin (via guckfender)