Erotic Revolutionaries is one of the juiciest Black feminist projects I have sunk my teeth into since I discovered Jill Nelson’s Sexual Healing. Shayne Lee’s Erotic Revolutionaries careens from pop cultural sub-genre to sub-genre exploring the contributions many black women in the public eye have made to sexuality through their platforms in sports, music, and even in the pulpit. Lee is convinced that the notion that Black women should be respectable has led to a stranglehold of sorts over many scholars, possibly preventing them from joining a pro-sex, black feminist contingent. Thus, his book is a review of resources that can inform everyday black women on their sexual options.

I was struck by the idea that feminist nuggets of ...