Feminist Writers of Color
Original list compiled and published by mylifeasafeminista. The rest of the list has been compiled by various other members of the tumblr community - click on the names next to the listings to pay them a visit as well! The only work I actually did on this list was saw it on tumblr & posted it on my page so I can have it FOREVERRRRRR
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
- Pilgrimages/Peregrinajes: Theorizing Coalition Against Multiple Oppressions (Feminist Constructions) by Maria Lugones (submitted by oceanicheart)
- Feminism FOR REAL: Deconstructing the Academic Industrial Complex of Feminism by Jessica Yee (submitted by oceanicheart)
- Communion: The Female Search for Love by bell hooks (via easternjenitentiary)
- Nervous Conditions by Tsisti Dangarembga (via easternjenitentiary)
- A Taste of Power by Elaine Browne (via tinajenny)
- Talkin’ Up to the White Woman: Indigenous Women and Feminism by Aileen Moreton-Robinson (via jalwhite)
- I Am Woman: A Native Perspective on Sociology and Feminism by Lee Maracle (via jalwhite)
- Shadowboxing: Representations of Black Feminist Politics by Joy James (via jalwhite)
- Re-Creating Ourselves by Molara Ogundipe-Leslie (via reallifedocumentarian)
- Chicana Feminist Thought by Alma M. Garcia (via eggplantavenger)
- Queer Latinidad by Juana Maria Rodriguez (via eggplantavenger)
- The Truth That Never Hurts by Barbara Smith (via sisteroutsider)
- Pilgrimages/Peregrinajes: Theorizing Coalition Against Multiple Oppressions by Maria Lugones (via guckfender)
- Consequence: Beyond Resisting Rape by Loolwa Khazzoom (viagalesofnovember)
- The Autobiography of My Mother by Jamaica Kincaid (viawherethewildthingsmoved)
- Speak Out, Black Sisters: Feminism and Oppression in Black Africa (La Parole Aux Negresses) by Awa Thiam (via lovingblackness)
- So Long a Letter (Une Si Longue Lettre) by Mariama Ba (via lovingblackness)
- Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism by Patricia Hill Collins (via jvictoriasanders)
- Sisters of the Yam by bell hooks (via jvictoriasanders)
- Fierce Angels: The Strong Black Woman in American Life and Culture (via eshusplayground)
- Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America by Melissa Harris-Perry (via eshusplayground)
- Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in Queer Times by Jasbir Puar (via susansurface)
- Pedagogies of Crossing by M. Jacqui Alexander (via susansurface)
- Demonic Grounds/Black Geographies by Katherine McKittrick (via susansurface)
- Lose Your Mother/Scenes of Subjection by Sadiya Hartman (via susansurface)
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
- Chicana Feminist Thought: The Basic Historical Writings edited by Alma M. Garcia (submitted by oceanicheart)
- Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice (submitted by oceanicheart)
- The Color of Violence: The Incite! Anthology
- I Am Your SIster by Audre Lorde (via marlahangup)
- Indigenous Women and Feminism: Politics, Activism, Culture edited by Cheryl Suzack, Shari M. Huhndorf, Jeanne Perreault, Jean Barman (via jalwhite)
- Dragon Ladies: Asian American Feminists Breathe Fire edited by Sonia Shah (via jalwhite)
- Pinay Power: Feminist Critical Theory: Theorizing the Filipina/American Experience edited by Melinda L. de Jesus (via titotibok)
- Dragon Ladies: Asian American Feminists Breathe Fire edited by Sonia Shah (via titotibok)
- MOONROOT: An Exploration of Asian Womyn’s Bodies (more Asian Pacific Islander American ones here) (via titotibok)
- Making Space for Indigenous Feminism edited by Joyce Green via jalwhite)
- All the Women are White, All the Blacks are Men, But Some of Us are Brave: Black Women’s Studies, more commonly known as But Some of Us Are Brave: Black Women’s Studies edited by Gloria T. Hull, Patricia Bell Scot, and Barbara Smith (via jalwhite)
- Homegirls: A Black Feminist Anthology edited by Barbara Smith (viasisteroutsider)
- Theorizing Black Feminisms: The Visionary Pragmatism of Black Women edited by Stanlie James and Abena Busia (via sisteroutsider)
- Black Woman edited by Toni Cade Bambara (via ancestryinprogress)
- Words of Fire: An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought edited by Beverly Guy-Sheftall (via conceding2kismet)
- Black-Eyed Susans and Midnight Birds: Stories by and About Black Women edited by Mary Helen Washington (via conceding2kismet)
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
- “Tomboy, Dyke, Lezzie, and Bi: Filipina Lesbian and Bisexual Women Speak Out” by Christine T. Lipat and others (via titotibok)
- “Rizal Day Queen Contests, Filipino Nationalism, and Feminity” by Arleen De Vera (via titotibok)
- “Pinayism” by Allyson G. Tintiangco-Cubales (via titotibok)
- “Practicing Pinayist Pedagogy” by Allyson G. Tintiangco-Cubales and Jocyl Sacramento (via titotibok)
- “Asian Lesbians in San Francisco: Struggle to Create a Safe Space, 1970s – 1980s” by Trinity Ordona (via titotibok)
- “A Black Separatist” by Anna Lee (via girlsandgifs)
- “For the Love of Separatism” by Anna Lee (via girlsandgifs)
- “Separation in Black: A Personal Journey” by Jacqueline Anderson (via girlsandgifs)
- “Separatism is not a Luxury: Some Thoughts on Separatism and Class” by C. Maria (via girlsandgifs)
- “Coming Out Queer and Brown” by Naomi Littlebear Morena (via girlsandgifs)
- “Internalising the Lesbian Body of Color” by Jamie Lee Evans (via girlsandgifs)
- “In Search of Our Mother’s Garden” by Alice Walker (via wherethewildthingsmoved)
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)
- Gwendolyn Brooks (submitted by soemily)
- Octavia Butler (submitted by soemily)
- Nalo Hopkison (submitted by soemily)
- Trinh T. Minh-Ha (via eggplantavenger)
- Ananya Roy (via eggplantavenger)
- Paola Bacchetta (via eggplantavenger)
- Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (via pitcherplant)
- Andrea Smith (via crankyindian)
- Ashley Love (via guckfender)
- Linda Martin Alcoff (via guckfender)
- Oyèrónké Oyěwùmí (via guckfender)
- Staceyann Chin (via guckfender)
- Maxine Hong Kingston (via conceding2kismet)
- Sylvia Tarnale (via lovingblackness)
- Pumla Dineo Gqola (via lovingblackness)
- Patricia McFadden (via lovingblackness)
- Amina Mama (via lovingblackness)
- Charmaine Pereira (via lovingblackness)
- Joan Moran (via babyboygreen)
- Gwendolyn Pough (via babyboygreen)
- Whitney Peoples (via babyboygreen)
- Kristal Brent Zooks (via babyboygreen)
