Tag: Feminism

Black Feminist Thought

Via Google Books.  Black Feminist Thought Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment By Patricia Hill Collins In Black Feminist Thought, Patricia Hill Collins explores the words and ideas of Black feminist intellectuals as well as those African-American women outside academe. She not only provides an interpretive framework for the work of such prominent Black … Read More

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Haymarket Books “Racial Capitalism: A Reading List”

Via Haymarket Books.  Haymarket Books “Racial Capitalism: A Reading List” Haymarket Books “Racial Capitalism: A Reading List” In the midst of an international pandemic and an economic crisis, a powerful anti-racist movement has spread across the world, demanding the defunding, disarming, and abolition of police and, in many cases, situating those aims in a critique … Read More

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An Antiracist Reading List

Via The New York Times.  An Antiracist Reading List Ibram X. Kendi on books to help America transcend its racist heritage. By Ibram X. Kendi No one becomes “not racist,” despite a tendency by Americans to identify themselves that way. We can only strive to be “antiracist” on a daily basis, to continually rededicate ourselves to … Read More

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Rage Becomes Her

Via GoodReads. Rage Becomes Her by Soraya Chemaly (Goodreads Author) A transformative book urging twenty-first century-women to embrace their anger and harness it as a tool for lasting personal and societal change. Women are angry, and it isn’t hard to figure out why. We are underpaid and overworked. Too sensitive, or not sensitive enough. Too dowdy or … Read More

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The End of Men: And the Rise of Women

Via GoodReads. The End of Men: And the Rise of Women by Hanna Rosin Essential reading for our times, as women are pulling together to demand their rights— A landmark portrait of women, men, and power in a transformed world. “Anchored by data and aromatized by anecdotes, [Rosin] concludes that women are gaining the upper hand.” … Read More

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Turn This World Inside Out

Via GoodReads.  Turn This World Inside Out by Nora Samaran “Violence is nurturance turned backwards,” writes Nora Samaran. In Turn This World Inside Out, she presents Nurturance Culture as the opposite of rape culture and suggests how alternative models of care and accountability―different from “call-outs,” which are often rooted in the politics of shame and guilt―can … Read More

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