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Feminist texts written by women of color

This list is still 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 Jessica Yee

Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide by Andrea Smith

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 Critical Perspectives by Feminists of Color edited by Gloria Anzaldúa

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

The Color of Violence: The Incite! Anthology

Essays

“Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence” by Adrienne Rich

“Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color.” by Kimberle Crenshaw

The Combahee River Collective Statement

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)

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6 months ago 4,324 notes

sadieblodgett:

Born out of clay on Paradise Island to the race of Amazons, Diana was given beauty and a kind heart from Aphrodite, wisdom from Athena, strength and endurance from Demeter, hunting instincts and animal-communication from Artemis, and speed and flight from Hermes to fight against evil in all of its forms. A founding member of the Justice League of America and a member of DC’s Trinity, she’s a princess, a warrior and an ambassador to the world of man send to spread their idealistic message of strength and love.

For everyone who wanted to read about Diana but didn’t know where to start, this is the post for you. Here are most of the fan-favorite WW arcs published since 1985.

All comics are in order and separated by arc in zip files. If you are not used to reading comics on your computer, you should get CDisplay for Windows or FFView for Mac to read the .cbz files or you can always unzip them and get the .jpgs

Wonder Woman volume 2
After the Crisis on Infinite Earths series, George Pérez, Len Wein, and Greg Potter relaunched the character, writing Diana as an emissary and ambassador from Themyscira to Patriarch’s World, charged with the mission of bringing peace to the outside world.

George Perez’s run: Wonder Woman: Gods and Mortals - (#1-7) || Wonder Woman: Challenge of the Gods - (#8-14) || Wonder Woman: Beauty and the Beasts - (#15-19) || Wonder Woman: Destiny Calling - (#20-24) ||
Bill Messner-Loebs’ run: Wonder Woman: The Contest - (#90-93) || Wonder Woman: The Challenge of Artemis - (#94-100) ||
Phil Jimenez’s run: Wonder Woman: Paradise Lost - (#164-170) || Wonder Woman: Paradise Found - (#171-177) ||
Greg Rucka’s run: Wonder Woman: Down to Earth - (#195-200) || Wonder Woman: Bitter Rivals - (#201-205) || Wonder Woman: Eyes of the Gorgon - (#206-213) || Wonder Woman: Land of the Dead - (#214-217) || Wonder Woman: Mission’s End - (#218-226) || In my humble opinion, this run is a MUST read.

Wonder Woman volume 3
Following after Infinite Crisis, Wonder Woman was canceled and relaunched in 2006. It starts with Donna Troy as Wonder Woman and with Diana missing. When Diana returns she takes on the name of Diana Prince and becomes a secret agent for the Department of Metahuman Affairs. Her first assignment is to retrieve her kidnapped sister Donna Troy. After this was accomplished Diana took back the mantle of Wonder Woman.

Allan Heinberg’s Run: Wonder Woman: Who Is Wonder Woman? - (#1-4, Annual #1)||
Gail Simone’s run: Wonder Woman: The Circle - (#14-19) || Wonder Woman: Ends Of The Earth - (#20-25) || Wonder Woman: Rise Of The Olympian - (#26-33) || Wonder Woman: Birds of Paradise (#34-35) || Wonder Woman: Warkiller - (#36-39)|| Wonder Woman: Contagion - (#40-44)

Wonder Woman #600

Other

Wonder Woman - The Hiketeia || JLA - A League of One || Blackest Night: Wonder Woman

Animated Movies: DC New Frontier (2008) || Wonder Woman (2009) || Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010)

Huge thanks to idratherbeLoisLane and isaidquirky for reminding me of some comics that were missing in my original list. :D

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7 months ago 1,130 notes

I was inspired by Womance-anon

A bajillion months ago I made a list of Shows With Awesome Lady Protagonists That I Recommend so here’s the sequel: Bechdel-approved Shows! Recs will be limited to a) anime/manga because that is what I’m digging right now and b) stuff that I have seen/read enough of to be able to knowledgeably recommend it. Also, since the original Bechdel Test was designed for movies, in this case I’m redefining it as “the show in question has ladies who talk to each other on a regular basis about non-dude-related things and have actual developed relationships with each other, and this comprises a substantial portion of the airtime/pagetime.”

Shows That Handily Pass the Bechdel Test:

Shonen/Seinen:

Claymore

Black Lagoon

Negima

Hellsing Crossfire

Soul Eater Not

Slice of Life:

Lucky Star

Azumanga Daioh

Shojo/Josei:

Skip Beat

Tramps Like Us

Girl Friends

Kuragehime

Swan

Magical Girl:

Sailor Moon

Heartcatch Precure

Getsumen to Heiki Mina

Black Rock Shooter

Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt

Uta Kata

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Shamanic Princess

Houkago no Pleiades

Other:

Simoun

Umineko

Higurashi

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

8 months ago 24 notes

Racebent Disney Weekly Challenge!

wecansexy:

roachpatrol:

racebentdisney:

Week 1 Theme:

SNOW WHITE (1938)

Why not start out our first challenge with the film that started Disney? :)

RULES:

Please submit all entries, no reblogs (only on challenge entries, other non-challenge submissions as reblogs are fine). This way I can keep track of everything and add the proper format and tags, and you don’t have to go through the ordeals of trying to type a URL in the ask box.

All forms of creative work are acceptable. Please don’t feel that you have to fit the boundaries of art submissions!

Do not submit offensive or insensitive content. The blog rules apply for every challenge I will host, and your content will not be published nor affiliated with this blog. If anyone takes issue with any content here, please contact me and I will hear you out, and if necessary remove the post.

Try not to whitewash established characters of color. The goal of this challenge and this blog is to represent how Disney could show more racial diversity in their films, not how we could erase the steps they have already taken. This rule is a little tricky, because it really depends on how your interpretation works and if I think it’s suitable for the blog. EXAMPLE: If you set Cinderella in Imperial Russia, that’s fine and will be published, but if you think The Princess and the Frog would work better set with all-Caucasian characters in southern France, then I’m afraid this is not the place for you. We want to celebrate characters of color here, not ignore them.

HAVE FUN WITH IT!!!!

DEADLINE:

Monday, September 5 at 12:00 EST (though I will be a little lax on timezone lateness, don’t fret!)

The winner will be announced sometime Tuesday, September 6!

Let’s get started!

This looks like so much fun!

I definitely don’t have time to do this, but spreading the word because MJ is awesome and runs awesome blogs.

9 months ago 71 notes

daughtersofdilla:

OCTOBER 14-16 BRONX, NY

The Black Farmers and Urban Gardeners Conference connects growers, eaters and organizations across the country to nurture the health and well being of Black America and the environment as a whole. Attendees explore issues of race, class, health and food through panel discussions, workshops, films and conversations. Resources are exchanged. Ideas are pollinated. Solutions are born.

More info: www.blackfarmersconf.org

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9 months ago 178 notes

Bitch Magazine's List of 100 YA Books for the Feminist Reader

lecioccie:

kafuka:

bibliofeminista:

This is super cool. What have you read that should be added to this list?

Ooh, manga even! Come to think of it, Magic Knight Rayearth did play a large role in my young adult life. I can’t wait for Dark Horse’s omnibus release!

Oh wow. I’ve read seven of these. Meanwhile, my love shines eternally for a couple authors on that list.

OH MY GOD SKIP BEAT IS ON THERE. I WANT TO MAKE OUT WITH WHOEVER MADE THAT LIST.

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1 year ago 133 notes

Shows With Awesome Lady Protagonists or Co-Protagonists

A lot of people on my internet radar are constantly in search of (among other things) fictional canons with awesome ladies in them. So I figured it was time to do some recs. Recs will be limited to a) anime/manga because that is what I’m digging right now and b) stuff that I have seen/read enough of to be able to knowledgeably recommend it.

First category: Awesome Lady Protagonists/Co-Protagonists.

Fighting Shonen/Seinen

Soul Eater - Maka Albarn

Claymore - Clare

Black Lagoon - Revy

Mahou Sensei Negima - Asuna Kagurazaka

Slice of Life Comedy

Yankee-kun to Megane-chan aka Flunk Punk Rumble - Adachi Hana

Lucky Star - Konata Izumi

Azumanga Daioh - Chiyo Mihama

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - Haruhi Suzumiya

Slice of Life Comedy w/Romance

Skip Beat - Kyoko Mogami

Tramps Like Us - Sumire Iwaya

Girl Friends - Mari Kumakura and Akko Oohashi

Ouran - Haruhi Fujioka

Kuragehime - Tsukimi Kurashita

Magical Girl

Sailor Moon - Usagi Tsukino

Heartcatch Precure - Tsubomi Hanasaki and Erika Kurumi

Getsumen to Heiki Mina - Mina Tsukuda

Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt - Panty and Stocking

Sports

Swan - Masumi Hijiri

SciFi/Action/Drama/Romance

Simoun - Aeru and Neviril

Horror/Mindfuck

Uzumaki - Kirie Goshima

Umineko - Beatrice

Clarification 1: What do I mean by “co-protagonist”: If a canon has two lead characters, one male and one female, and they share protagonist duties so evenly that I can’t really single out one as The Protagonist, then that’s a co-protagonist situation.

Clarification 2: What do I mean by “awesome”: I have a pretty loose definition of “awesome lady.” Basically if she exists, does some stuff, has some lovable qualities of some sort, is basically anybody other than Hatsumi from That One Manga, she qualifies.

1 year ago 9 notes

Feminist texts written by women of color

mylifeasafeminista:

This list is still 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 Jessica Yee

Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide by Andrea Smith

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 Critical Perspectives by Feminists of Color edited by Gloria Anzaldúa

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

The Color of Violence: The Incite! Anthology

Essays

“Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence” by Adrienne Rich

“Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color.” by Kimberle Crenshaw

The Combahee River Collective Statement

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)

(via glamaphonic)

I was inspired by Womance-anon

Shows That Handily Pass the Bechdel Test:

Shonen/Seinen:

Claymore

Black Lagoon

Negima

Hellsing Crossfire

Soul Eater Not

Slice of Life:

Lucky Star

Azumanga Daioh

Shojo/Josei:

Skip Beat

Tramps Like Us

Girl Friends

Kuragehime

Swan

Magical Girl:

Sailor Moon

Heartcatch Precure

Getsumen to Heiki Mina

Black Rock Shooter

Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt

Uta Kata

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Shamanic Princess

Houkago no Pleiades

Other:

Simoun

Umineko

Higurashi

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Racebent Disney Weekly Challenge!

wecansexy:

roachpatrol:

racebentdisney:

Week 1 Theme:

SNOW WHITE (1938)

Why not start out our first challenge with the film that started Disney? :)

RULES:

Please submit all entries, no reblogs (only on challenge entries, other non-challenge submissions as reblogs are fine). This way I can keep track of everything and add the proper format and tags, and you don’t have to go through the ordeals of trying to type a URL in the ask box.

All forms of creative work are acceptable. Please don’t feel that you have to fit the boundaries of art submissions!

Do not submit offensive or insensitive content. The blog rules apply for every challenge I will host, and your content will not be published nor affiliated with this blog. If anyone takes issue with any content here, please contact me and I will hear you out, and if necessary remove the post.

Try not to whitewash established characters of color. The goal of this challenge and this blog is to represent how Disney could show more racial diversity in their films, not how we could erase the steps they have already taken. This rule is a little tricky, because it really depends on how your interpretation works and if I think it’s suitable for the blog. EXAMPLE: If you set Cinderella in Imperial Russia, that’s fine and will be published, but if you think The Princess and the Frog would work better set with all-Caucasian characters in southern France, then I’m afraid this is not the place for you. We want to celebrate characters of color here, not ignore them.

HAVE FUN WITH IT!!!!

DEADLINE:

Monday, September 5 at 12:00 EST (though I will be a little lax on timezone lateness, don’t fret!)

The winner will be announced sometime Tuesday, September 6!

Let’s get started!

This looks like so much fun!

I definitely don’t have time to do this, but spreading the word because MJ is awesome and runs awesome blogs.

Bitch Magazine's List of 100 YA Books for the Feminist Reader

lecioccie:

kafuka:

bibliofeminista:

This is super cool. What have you read that should be added to this list?

Ooh, manga even! Come to think of it, Magic Knight Rayearth did play a large role in my young adult life. I can’t wait for Dark Horse’s omnibus release!

Oh wow. I’ve read seven of these. Meanwhile, my love shines eternally for a couple authors on that list.

OH MY GOD SKIP BEAT IS ON THERE. I WANT TO MAKE OUT WITH WHOEVER MADE THAT LIST.

(via nightkinks)

Shows With Awesome Lady Protagonists or Co-Protagonists

First category: Awesome Lady Protagonists/Co-Protagonists.

Fighting Shonen/Seinen

Soul Eater - Maka Albarn

Claymore - Clare

Black Lagoon - Revy

Mahou Sensei Negima - Asuna Kagurazaka

Slice of Life Comedy

Yankee-kun to Megane-chan aka Flunk Punk Rumble - Adachi Hana

Lucky Star - Konata Izumi

Azumanga Daioh - Chiyo Mihama

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - Haruhi Suzumiya

Slice of Life Comedy w/Romance

Skip Beat - Kyoko Mogami

Tramps Like Us - Sumire Iwaya

Girl Friends - Mari Kumakura and Akko Oohashi

Ouran - Haruhi Fujioka

Kuragehime - Tsukimi Kurashita

Magical Girl

Sailor Moon - Usagi Tsukino

Heartcatch Precure - Tsubomi Hanasaki and Erika Kurumi

Getsumen to Heiki Mina - Mina Tsukuda

Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt - Panty and Stocking

Sports

Swan - Masumi Hijiri

SciFi/Action/Drama/Romance

Simoun - Aeru and Neviril

Horror/Mindfuck

Uzumaki - Kirie Goshima

Umineko - Beatrice

Feminist texts written by women of color

I was inspired by Womance-anon

Racebent Disney Weekly Challenge!

Bitch Magazine's List of 100 YA Books for the Feminist Reader

Shows With Awesome Lady Protagonists or Co-Protagonists

Feminist texts written by women of color

I was inspired by Womance-anon

Racebent Disney Weekly Challenge!

Bitch Magazine's List of 100 YA Books for the Feminist Reader

Shows With Awesome Lady Protagonists or Co-Protagonists

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