This is my 37th Read This Week feature! Each week I recommend essays, articles and/or papers/journals that I’ve recently read; I recommend them based on your interest in the subjects on my blog Gradient Lair. Below are some great reads:
Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself; My Name Is FEMINISM by @FeministGriote is an amazingly powerful and important read. Why? Because someone who knows nothing about feminism other than lies perpetrated by the media in this patriarchal society OR someone who is deeply involved in the theory or praxis of womanism/feminism can read this and equally be moved. It is truly important and a MUST READ.
Interrogating The Protofeminism Espoused By Queer Men of Color by immediatecause on Tumblr is a great read. It speaks about the appropriation of work of women of colour by queer men of colour and about how their critiques of sexism needs to include introspective critiques. Queer men CAN be patriarchal, sexist and misogynist even as they fight racism and homophobia, so checking for this is important.
A Short Course In Indigenous Feminism by Enaemaehkiw Túpac Keshena is a great read and a collection of resources for studying feminism beyond Western shaping. The author writes: “The growth of indigenous feminism is, for me, a huge interest, both personal and academic, not just because of the obvious importance struggling against both white supremacist (neo)colonial capitalism and hetero-patriarchy if we want to achieve meaningful freedom, justice and equality, but also because for a long time the status quo within our movement was that you could not be both a feminist and a native warrior.”
“Google and Libraries” Are Not Enough for Poor People by Robert Reese of Still Furious and Still Brave is a great read. People with class and/or educational privilege MUST check their privilege. He points out how access to libraries, the materials at the library and knowing HOW to search/review information are issues/skills that are not going to automatically surface solely because someone has Internet access or a public library nearby. Very nuanced piece and an important read.
And finally…this FIRE right here…
A conversation between James Baldwin and Audre Lorde in 1984 on race, gender and sexuality. Whew! Just…read this. READ.
Stay tuned for next week’s suggestions!
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