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Well.

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A classic | he was fuckin it up 😂

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Hey! So I asked a couple of friends if they could give me some book recommendations about like, intersectional feminism, institutional racism or other social issues in general, and they both agreed you'd be the best person to ask? (PS i personally think it's pretty groovy that we share a first name tbh)

Non-Fiction:

Women, Race, and Class by Angela Y. Davis (really, all her books are a must-read)

Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzaldua (this one is about mexican/mexican-american women and talks a lot about colonization, may have more inaccessible language)

I’m trying to find a text from Kimberlé Crenshaw, but i think this ted talk  is essential (tw: police brutality, misogynoir, death). If you want to read more, On Intersectionality: The Essential Writings of Kimberlé Crenshaw should be good for that.

Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment by Patricia Hill Collins (also someone you should try and read a lot of)

I know @bengaliprincess recommends Arundhati Roy’s writings, but in terms of non-fiction, Capitalism: A Ghost Story (about democracy in India and “how the demands of globalized capitalism has subjugated billions of people to the highest and most intense forms of racism and exploitation”) is a good pick.

Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock (about trans black women identity)

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center by bell hooks

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color edited by Cherríe L. Moraga 

Feminism without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity by Chandra Mohanty

We Took the Streets: Fighting for Latino Rights with the Young Lords by Mickey Melendez

Through the Eyes of Rebel Women: The Young Lords, 1969-1976 by Iris Morales

Oh, HuMANity!: Race Relations In The Trump Era by Beverlyn Elliott

Gaga Feminism: Sex, Gender, and the End of Normal by J. Jack Halberstam

Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask by Anton Treuer

Fiction:

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

Reinventing the Enemy’s Language: Contemporary Native Women’s Writings of North Americaan anthology edited by Joy Harjo and Gloria Bird

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (YA) (tw: police brutality, death, violence)

America by Gabby Rivera (Marvel comics)

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (tw: suicide, death)

In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez (historical fiction)

Julia de Burgos’ poetry, especially To Julia de Burgos

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore (YA; cw: transphobia)

Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero (YA)

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz (YA)

Medea by Euripides (greek play)

The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson (YA fantasy)

The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver by E. Lockhart [YA; tw: panic attacks (fr this book was the one that taught me at an early age that mental health is very important and as a teen you shouldn’t neglect that either)]

Other media:

Watch Queen Sugar !! (Season 1 is on Hulu, Season 2 airing now on OWN)

Watch Jane the Virgin !! (available on Netflix and CW)

Watch 13th on Netflix (tw: lynchings, police brutality, racism, death, suicide)

Watch Mala, Mala on Netflix (documentary about trans folks esp. sex workers in Puerto Rico)

Watch Lemonade by Beyonce (available on Tidal and I think on HBO Go?) (also, obviously, listen to the album)

Watch Luke Cage on Netflix

Listen to A Seat at the Table by Solange

Watch Get Out

Watch Dear White People on Netflix

Watch Moonlight on Amazon Prime

Watch Mosquita y Mari (it was on Netflix but idk if it’s still streaming there)

Other lists:

on gender and colonialism

9 great YA novels for politically engaged readers

7 Upcoming Queer YA SFF Releases

11 Books by Latinas Every Feminist Should Add to Their Collection

idk, if anyone wants to add more, they’re free to do so :)

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Never. Forget.

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Hm.

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Yyyyyeeeaaaahhhhh

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Tattoo done by Miryam Lumpini.

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Grown and Sexy.

At no point in 2016 do we recall a more anticipated album than “NoWhere Cool”. M.anifest’s new album represents a stylistic progression for the Accra artist. “NoWhere Cool” is an album with all the dials turned up: creativity, composition, and artistic presence. This is certainly M.anifest’s magnum opus, a portrait of the artist changing gears with all five fingers spread out in the air like they do in James Town.

“Cupid’s Crooked Bow” is the first taste of this 14 track chocolate dream mountain made in Ghana.

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Like a Foreigner

Home. A 9 year-old asked me if I wasn’t going to brush my hair, so that it “doesn’t stick out like that,” and expressed surprise that I was born here, given that I “speak like a foreigner.”

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Let Them Call it Jazz

“Do you like Jazz? I like Jazz...but the modern Jazz, not the traditional stuff.”

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YASS!

Nigerian artist uses the symbol of the Afro Comb to celebrate activists jailed fighting for freedom and fairness.

Afro combs were very popular in the 70’s in America among Black youth who protested against repression. They represented both cultural and religious beliefs despite the fact that it was quite fashionable. The artist Fred Martins chose an orange color for showing association with prison. Five African leaders were chosen for their struggle for freedom, social justice, and fairness.

Fred Martins previous collection of art was dedicated to the serious issue of climate change. He is an artist who tries to draw attention to crucial problems of the humanity.

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On Brexit

This referendum confirms what I've been saying for years, and what it appears that many of you didn't know. Fascism is alive and well, and we have all too long been complicit. Fascism is insipid, and has what you would call many "humble" beginnings.

A lot of you, my enlightened, anointed, privileged British (formerly European) friends, have done and said nothing - when my university increased its surveillance of "international students," apparently to "improve the student experience," where were your protests? When doctor's surgeries started to require that I declare whether/not I'm entitled to medical attention, where were your protests? When I couldn't (still can't) simply "go on holiday" at the drop of a hat, where were your protests?

When you told me that I wasn't "really foreign," what did you mean? How many of you have questioned my citizenship? When has any of you ever had to fill out a 50+ page visa application, and pay a month's rent for the privilege, without guarantee that you'll even be granted something that, until now, has basically been your right, your whole life? How many of you have been threatened with deportation (and a criminal record) because your bank balance fell below £300 for one day? How many of you found (find) it hilarious that I have to join the extra long queues at airports - again, where were your protests? How many of you remarked "how cool" it would be to have stamps in your passport, like I do - but wouldn't trade places with me, even for a second?

How many of you felt so good about "helping out" the "poor migrants" (not people) at the "Calais Jungle?" Sending them your unwanted clothes, but not requiring that your governments be held accountable?

Not that I, myself, have done all that much, but I was never able to. Britain was never my country, never my place, never my home. But it was yours. You didn't care for it and now, neither does/will Europe. Nor, perhaps, will anyone else. I abandoned ship before I was pushed overboard, but even that wreck is worth salvaging, if any of you would care to turn your hands and find a bucket.

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“#AllLivesMatter”

“Reverse Racism”

“What about Black on Black Crime?”

“I’m tired of being shamed for being white!”

“If I tried to start a ‘white pride’ movement I’d be called a racist’

“Why isn’t there a white history month?”

“I’m not trying to be racist but…”