A Black Reader

get ya mind right... on black love, misogynoir & more...

I wanted to give y’all something to read, compiled by yours truly.

For every listening session so far, I’ve paired literature with each album, I was inspired to curate this Black reader in by discovering Kelela’s Primer that she would send to others that were interviewing or working with her in any aspect, to make it perfectly clear where she stands as a Black woman in the industry. Of course, I do not have access to everything in said primer. I did, however, find a few essays and books that she either mentioned in interviews or were included in a reader compiled by Kandis Williams via Cassandra Press on misogynoir that is also included in the primer. The reader on misogynoir is no longer available for download or purchase and I wanted something available for those attending the listening session and to live on Substack to read prior to attending. So I combined a litle of this and that, I also included essays I read this past spring in my classics in feminist text class.

Below is the Reader on Black Love & Misogynoir PDF I compiled.

Reader on Black Love & Misogynoir

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compiled pdfs on the above topics. enjoy!

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Reccomended books by to check out:

• The Will To Change by bell hooks

• The Black woman : an anthology by Toni Cade Bambara

• Don’t let it get you down: essays on race, gender, and the body by Savala Nolan

• Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone by Minna Salami

• Algorithims of Opression by Safiya Umoja Noble

• Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

• Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by Adrienne Mareee Brown

• Salt. by Nayyirah Waheed

• Sensational Flesh: Race, Power, Masochism by Amber Jamilla Musser

• Assembling A Black Counter Culture by Deforrest Brown

• Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

  
  

Physical copies of the Reader and above list of books will be available to browse through July 23rd at Head Hi for our 7th installment of Special Instructions listening and learning sessions from 6-9pm. I hope you enjoy the read & let me know what resonated with you. (*my special instruction for you.)