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‘Racism, Birth Control and Reproductive Rights.’ Insane. This is levels of villainy I have never imagined. Every time I thought it couldnt get worse, it did. I feel sick. Urck

Rape, Racism and the Myth of the Black Rapost. Some of the excerpts here are absolutely chilling. Racism in America is some potent insidious shit. Davis handles this extremely topic with meticulous sensitivity and rock solid logical progression.

‘Working Women, Black Women, and the History of the Suffrage Movement.’

Black Women and the Club Movement. This was is loaded af

Pigs In Village Life. I’ve made sure to keep an open mind when reading this book and its been great since its mostly quaint. After accepting the initial conceit, I just roll merrily along with the author. However, this entry threw a lot of curveballs, back to back, which challenged me from start to the very end of the story

The Meaning of Emancipation According to Black Women. What I learned: Black women after the abolition of slavery were forced to accept shit pay, 14 hr days, half Sunday off jobs as domestic workers. What Im reminded of: OFWs in domestic helper jobs in the US. What the connection makes me see: The American motive for oppression is getting the most out of labor in the cheapest way possible

Racism in the Womens Suffrage Movement. The way that progressive movements do the same thing over and over again kills me 😭 1) Nagamit sila ng mga actual political overlords, which also consequently 2) made them turn against each other and 3) dissolve their unities and 4) end up putting their labors towards getting the real political overlords to consolidate their power 😭

Class and Race in the Early Womens Righte Campaign. Its interesting to see which progressive idea are old and which ones are relatively new.

The Anti-Slavery Movememt and the Birth of Women's Rights. Writing quality is still top notch.
I also really appreciate how much I'm learning about women's history here. Like actual history, people places documents events, not just endless baseless subjective "theorizing"

The Anti-Slavery Movememt and the Birth of Women’s Rights. Writing quality is still top notch. I also really appreciate how much I’m learning about women’s history here. Like actual history, people places documents events, not just endless baseless subjective “theorizing”

The Legacy of Slavery: Standards for a New Womanhood. Well-researched. Welll-written. Well-structured. Well-argued. Super ganda. Heavy af topic but Davis’s writing makes the mind feel like its naturally flowing down a perfectly built passway

Groan he gets so corny sometimes