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Black Feminism


Black Feminism Books

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment
Women, Race & Class
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
All About Love: New Visions
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
Words of Fire: An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought
Bad Feminist
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
Assata: An Autobiography
Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
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Lists

Freeman's Challenge by Robin BernsteinAbolition for the People by Colin KaepernickIn the Wake by Christina SharpeBlack, White, and in Color by Hortense SpillersAt the Dark End of the Street by Danielle L. McGuire
Black Studies
102 books — 10 voters
Feminism Is for Everybody by bell hooksWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAin't I a Woman by bell hooksFeminist Theory by bell hooksHood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
Black Feminism Starter Pack
8 books — 2 voters

How We Get Free by Keeanga-Yamahtta TaylorWomen and Socialism by Sharon SmithMy Mother Was a Freedom Fighter by Aja MonetUndivided Rights by Loretta J. RossThe Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit
Haymarket Books 2018 Women's Liberation Reading List
12 books — 2 voters
Corrections in Ink by Keri BlakingerOrange Is the New Black by Piper KermanLeaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren Hough30 Years Behind Bars by Karen GedneyPrejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'Agostino MD
Women's prison memoirs
70 books — 58 voters

Feminism Is for Everybody by bell hooksFeminist Theory by bell hooksAin't I a Woman by bell hooksAll About Love by bell hooksTeaching to Transgress by bell hooks
bell hooks bibliography
43 books — 2 voters
The Feminine Mystique by Betty FriedanThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirSet the Night on Fire by Mike DavisBreaking the Bias of English by Vivian R. ProbstSexual Politics by Kate Millett
Second Wave Feminism
147 books — 66 voters

Quotes Tagged “Black Feminism”

Mikki Kendall
“ Women of color declaring to white women, I'm not here to clean up your mess, carry your spear, hold your hand, or cheer you on while I suffer in silence. I'm not here to raise your children, assuage your guilt, build your platforms, or fight your battles. I'm here for my community because no one else will stand up for us but us ...more ”
― Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
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Reni Eddo-Lodge
“ Not displaying anger wasn’t going to stop me being labelled as angry, so I thought: fuck it. I decided to speak my mind. The more politically assertive I became, the more men shouted at me. ”
― Reni Eddo-Lodge, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
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Groups Tagged "Black Feminism"

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