A reading list for men who care about feminism

Kalen
2 min readDec 23, 2020

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Davis’ reading list:
The Origins of Others by Toni Morrison
Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching, by Mychal Denzel
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love by bell hooks
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center by bell hooks

Ngugi’s reading list:
Women, Race, and Class by Angela Davis
Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi
Kindred by Octavia Butler
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color edited by Gloria E. Anzaldúa and Cherríe L. Moraga
“The Women’s Liberation and Gay Liberation Movements” by Huey P. Newton
“Sexual Assault: When You’re on the Margins: Can We All Say #MeToo?” by Collier Meyerson
“The Emancipation of Women” by Thomas Sankara
https://www.msafropolitan.com — an African global feminism blog written by Minna Salami (and watch for her forthcoming book in 2019, Sensuous Knowledge: A Radical Black Feminist Approach For Everyone)

Leah Fessler two cents:
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde is my absolute favorite
Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger by Rebecca Traister (note: also anything written by Traister)
So you want to talk about race? by Ijeoma Oluo
Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
Amateur: A True Story of What Makes a Man by Thomas Page McBee
Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
Teaching to Transgress by bell hooks
Feminism is for Everybody by bell hooks

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Kalen
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