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"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
There is a long history of gassing and caging children. Don’t forget!
do you have any wlw books that star women of colour?
i do!
girls of paper and fire by natasha ngan
girl serpent thorn by melissa bashardoust
take a hint, dani brown by talia hibbert
the bone shard daughter by andrea stewart
the space between worlds by micaiah johnson
the true queen by zen cho
empress of forever by max gladstone
falling into place by sheryn munir
waiting on a bright moon by jy yang
the avant-guards by carly usdin & noah hayes
that could be enough by alyssa cole
abbott by saladin ahmed
a dead djinn in cairo by p djeli clark
the stars and the blackness between them by junauda petrus
the henna wars by adiba jaigirdar
you should see me in a crown by leah johnson
burning roses by s l huang
yellow rose by yoshiya nobuko
don’t date rosa santos by nina moreno
clap when you land by elizabeth acevedo
shatter the sky by rebecca kim wells
the good luck girls by charlotte nicole davis
in the vanishers’ palace by aliette de bodard
once ghosted, twice shy by alyssa cole
afterlove by tanya byrne
buuza!! by shazleen khan
motor crush by brenden fletcher
not for use in navigation by iona datt sharma
ninefox gambit by yoon ha lee
a blade so black by l l mckinney
mangos and mistletoe by adrianna herrera
patsy by nicole dennis benn
escaping exodus by nicky drayden
we set the dark on fire by tehlor kay mejia
the weight of the stars by k ancrum
Bi women of color are lovely and deserve support, love, and happiness.
Bi women of color are lovely and deserve support, love, and happiness.
Hi, Some good news from Zimbabwe's International Images Film Festival for Women. My film will be part of a festival for an audience of women, which I think is really awesome! Women of color have to deal not only with racism, but they also have the added burden of sexism as well. So for a positive event like this to take place in Africa (where a few countries still practice female circumcision among other sexist nonsense) it's a step in the right direction to help spark the hopes and dreams of a more informed generation of women in Africa.
FILM FESTIVAL
In honor of International Womens Day, here is a thread of women of color, queer women of color and trans women of color who deserve to be celebrated today for their accomplishments:
Up first: Sylvia Rivera who is a Latina trans activist, was one of the first women to throw a bottle at the Stonewall Inn raid in 1969. She was a founding member of the Gay Liberation Front and the Gay Activists Alliance. She is a pioneer of trans rights!! ❤️
Bisexual Mexican artist Frida Kahlo spoke out about being disabled after a bus accident. Her self-portraits comment on the female form and utilize traditional Mexican themes and colors!
Kara Walker is a Black artist who creates these very powerful silhouettes highlighting race and scenerios of our past in slavery. She creates many other works as well, but those are my personal favorite. I’ve seen them in person!
Katherine Johnson who is represented in the movie “Hidden Figures”, calculated the precise trajectories that would let Apollo 11 land on the moon in 1969. She was a very talented mathematician. In 2015, President Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Malala Yousafzai is a prominent figure in our world. Every day she fights to ensure all girls receive 12 years of free, safe, quality education. She is also the youngest Nobel Prize recipient. Even after the gunman incident, her voice never stayed quiet.
Rosa Parks of course. She was a leader in the local NAACP and the civil rights movement, iconically refused to give up her seat. Her willingness to disobey the rule helped to spark the Montgomery boycott and other efforts to end segregation in America.
Marsha P. (“Pay it No Mind”) Johnson was another pioneer in the trans movement. She helped created STAR with Sylvia Rivera. She was a drag queen, sex worker, and while her gender identity remains questioned in discourse, a lot of trans people claim her as one of their own.
Cecilia Chung, an Asian trans woman living with HIV, has spent her life fighting to end discrimination, stigma and violence across marginalized communities first as the former chair of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission and on the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS.
Of course Michelle Obama!! She has focused on social issues like education and healthy living. She was deeply committed to the well-being of our nation and to the future of its people, especially its children.
One more: Patsy Takemoto Mink devoted her life to advocating for gender equality and educational reform. She is the first woman of color and the first Asian-American woman elected to the House of Representatives. Title IX owes its existence largely to her efforts. So thank you to all of these amazing, intelligent, passionate, beautiful, inspiring women throughout history who are fucking badass. I just had to shed some appreciation to them for changing the world and resonating with me to continue follow in my great aunt’s activism for people of color.