Tuesday Ten: Favorite Feminist books

There is no doubt that I am a gender studies geek. I live and breath it like several of my Feministing co-editors. So here you go, my ten favorite feminist books.
1. Dawn by Octavia Butler
2. Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics by bell hooks
3. to be real edited by Rebecca Walker
4. Palestinian Women of Gaza and the West Bank edited by Suha Sabbagh
5. Making Face, Making Soul edited by Gloria Anzaldua

6. The Decolonial Imaginary by Emma Perez
7. Dangerous Liasons edited by Anne McClintock, Aamir Mufti and Ella Shohat
8. The Eloquence of Silence by Marnia Lazreg
9. Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
10. Between Woman and Nation edited by Caren Kaplan, Norma Alarcon and Minoo Moallem
These are books I go back to over and over. They have had tremendous impact on what I write, how I write and who I am writing for. And I can’t claim these books without also giving thanks to the amazing professors I have had at San Francisco State and SUNY Albany that helped me understand what was captured by each of these authors.
What are your favorite feminist books?

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