It's 7 am, I'm up putting the finishing touches on my theory chapter, reading a section on resistance practices of enslaved people and suddenly, not for the first time since I've been reading and working on this, I'm crying. I love this work and I'm so grateful to do it but sometimes it's heavy.

From the Combahee River Collective and its critique of biological essentialism as a “dangerous and reactionary basis upon which to build a politic” to trans genealogies of Black feminism— Black feminism is always already trans. CHE GOSSETT, “Žižek’s Trans/gender Trouble”

'I should like to think that black feminism, as a repertoire of concepts, practices, and alignments, is progressive in outlook and dedicated to the view that sustainable life systems must be available to every one'.
HORTENSE SPILLERS, “The Scholarly Journey of Hortense Spillers”

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🏳️‍⚧️ In light of the supreme court's decision, here's what Susan Stryker said at a recent event at LSE: