so-treu:
Black Internationalist Feminism
Women Writers of the Black Left, 1945-1995
Radicalism and Black feminism in postwar women’s writing
Black Internationalist Feminism examines how African American women writers affiliated themselves with the post-World War II Black Communist Left and developed a distinct strand of feminism. This vital yet largely overlooked feminist tradition built upon and critically retheorized the postwar Left’s “nationalist internationalism,” which connected the liberation of Blacks in the United States to the liberation of Third World nations and the worldwide proletariat. Black internationalist feminism critiques racist, heteronormative, and masculinist articulations of nationalism while maintaining the importance of national liberation movements for achieving Black women’s social, political, and economic rights.
Cheryl Higashida shows how Claudia Jones, Lorraine Hansberry, Alice Childress, Rosa Guy, Audre Lorde, and Maya Angelou worked within and against established literary forms to demonstrate that nationalist internationalism was linked to struggles against heterosexism and patriarchy. Exploring a diverse range of plays, novels, essays, poetry, and reportage, Higashida illustrates how literature is a crucial lens for studying Black internationalist feminism because these authors were at the forefront of bringing the perspectives and problems of black women to light against their marginalization and silencing.
In examining writing by Black Left women from 1945 to 1995, Black Internationalist Feminism contributes to recent efforts to rehistoricize the Old Left, Civil Rights, Black Power, and second-wave Black women’s movements.
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oh wait who was that the other day saying that black feminism lacks transnational voices? b/c there’s no critical engagement with the power structures used to oppressed you?
(answer: cosmo-fascist. forever rong.)
sapphrikah:
I love him.
(Source: all4ubb)
aleki-says:
resinlips:
fionafix-it:
communistsextips:
Never fuck a capitalist. They refuse condoms because they don’t like protection for the workers.
never go down on a capitalist, they’ll let you do all the work and then insist they came solely through their own hard work & self-determination.
omg
perf
(via ethiopienne)
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blck-grrl:
If any PoC/WoC would like to participate/give their 2 cents please do so! Submissions are open
(Although it’s the Black feminist manifesto, I want it to be inclusive to all non black PoC/WoC! I will probably end up changing the title a bit to reflect that, but right now this gets the point…
sorry tumblr but i have to confess this to someone (i really need to be closer to people irl):
fuuuuuuuuuuuuckkkk— i just had the best masturbation session ever. omg. i wish i could go to sleep but i get to go to my lovely reading group instead and have theory-gasms.
insideoutundies:
woman: not submissive, not devout
i want you free, beautiful, and crazy
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misanderysoncooper:
lmao @ people who think feminism is about equal rights when it’s about killing all men
(via grrlyman)
look at these babes look at my amazing/awful hatttt
guys i totally screamed at a dude for trying to hit on me at 5 am while i was trying to buy cigs after drinking whiskey and snorting oxy and watching a hawt lesbian show with my witchfriend, and got some solidarity-love from the man of color working there! he’s a really decent human being who also helps the trans womyn in the hood hide from police/harassers, according to my partner. i’ll be sure to spare him when the womyn rise up and cull the world of sexist pieces of shit.
since these bitches wanna play with me and my survival i will be blowing up their phones every 5 minutes. fuck you, dss
did you know…
did you know straight cis white dudes comprise only 30% of the population but represent 89.9% of people who fuck shit up for everyone 5ever?
rihanna represents everything i love about black femininity. i just love bad bitches who look good as fuck and also give no fucking shits about what you think and will fucking cut you down if you in any way come incorrect. stay fly, riri.
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