#black female authors
who doesn’t love octavia e. butler? grabbed this text off of my bookcase as i was walking out the door one morning because it was small & could easily fit in my pocketbook. a relatively interesting tale of a young black woman’s unexpected rise to power.
- 3.0/5.0
- don’t get me wrong this book had me on the edge of my seat at some moments, but those were few. having previously read kindred i guess i was expecting something very similar or as entertaining, but was left disappointed. because it was a quick read i gave it a bit of a higher rating, it should also be mentioned that i did not read the prequel to this text, but didn’t not find this to be an issue in any manner. if you’re into science fiction, life extension, reincarnation, mental magic, afrikan history, aliens, astral projection, kemetics, sociology & things of the like or just have some idle time on your hands this book is for you.
- not exactly sure how this text found it’s way into my library, but it did. im going to hold on to it simply because it is one of two octavia books in my possession, however i do not know if i would purchase it. that being said i would suggest borrowing this text from your local library & decide for yourself it should have a home in your collection.
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective
“If Black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free.” —Combahee River Collective Statement Winner of the 2018 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Nonfiction
The Combahee River Collective, a path-breaking group of radical black feminists, was one of the most important organizations to develop out of the antiracist and women’s liberation movements of the 1960s and 70s. In this collection of essays and interviews edited by activist-scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, founding members of the organization and contemporary activists reflect on the legacy of its contributions to Black feminism and its impact on today’s struggles.
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor writes on Black politics, social movements, and racial inequality in the United States. Her book From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation won the 2016 Lannan Cultural Freedom Award for an Especially Notable Book. Her articles have been published in Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture and Society, Jacobin, New Politics, The Guardian, In These Times, Black Agenda Report, Ms., International Socialist Review, and other publications. Taylor is Assistant Professor in the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University.
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