Black and Asian Feminist Solidarities: An Anthology

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A groundbreaking anthology that illuminates historical and contemporary solidarity between Black and Asian feminists, helping us make sense of the world were in and the world we must imagine and build.

contextualizes a cross-racial feminist politics that explicitly addresses solidarity between Black and Asian feminists. Taken together, the pieces remind us that wherever there is struggle against oppressive systems, there is great possibility for empathy, respect, and solidarity.

A collaborative project between Black Women Radicals and the Asian American Feminist Collective, this unprecedented work brings together organizers, artists, journalists, poets, novelists, and more, introducing readers to new ways of understanding and reflecting on race and feminism. The anthology wrestles with contemporary feminism through a multitude of anglesfrom the Combahee River Collective to nail salons and massage parlors, from misogynoir to the model minority myth.

Edited by co-founders of BWR and AAFCRachel Kuo, Jaimee Swift, and Tiffany Diane Tsothe anthology features poetry, critical essays, interviews, creative nonfiction, and other contributions by/with Barbara Smith, Tamara Nopper, Franny Choi, Sonya Renee Taylor, and several other vital, radical, feminist voices.

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Rachel Kuo is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is a founding member and current affiliate of the Center for Critical Race and Digital Studies and co-founder of the Asian American Feminist Collective. Her writing on racial politics, social movements, and technology have been published in New Media & Society, Social Media and Society, Journal of Communication, Political Communication, Teen Vogue, and Truth Out.

Jaimee Swift is the creator, founder, and executive director of Black Women Radicals, a Black feminist advocacy organization dedicated to uplifting and centering Black women and gender expansive people's radical activism in Africa and in the African Diaspora. She is also the creator and founder of The School for Black Feminist Politics (SBFP), the Black feminist political education arm of Black Women Radicals. The mission of the SBFP is to empower Black feminisms in Black Politics by expanding the field from transnational, intersectional, and multidisciplinary perspectives.

Tiffany Diane Tso is a feminist writer, editor, and cultural producer based in Lenapehoking (Brooklyn, NY). She has written extensively on Asian American issues, sex work, Black-Asian conflict and solidarities, and labor, and has been published in HuffPost, Refinery29, Slate, Allure, and more. Along with Kate Zen, Tiffany co-edited But I Am Here, an anthology of New York City sex worker organizers, activists, writers, and artists. She is also a cofounder of the Asian American Feminist Collective, a community gardener, and a love evangelist.