This bridge called my back Book

Don't try to read queer theory or anything on your gender studies syllabus without reading this book first. because that shit all came from this shit, no matter what all the white queer theorists try to tell you.

but seriously. theoretically, the trajectory is there. these women came up with what we all now understand as the reality that multiplicity is how each of us navigate the world (ok some other folks did it too, for sure) and those multiplicities occur simultaneously, both internally and externally, at all times. i've been in academic situations where students think that foucault or paolo friere or judith butler came up with this. yikes.

these are the words that are most at risk of being lost in gender/queer/sexuality academia today, so make sure you are reading it before getting deep into these fields! make sure your favorite theorists today are quoting moraga and lorde and p. smith and barbara ramsey! (ps. for all you haters judith butler does this. :P )

thankfully, the coolest voices out there in queer theory today are folks writing from a post-colonial queer perspective who are down with this shit. who are not forgetting these crucial voices when necessarily calling for the renegotiation of identity politics.

next, read "Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo Caras: Creative and Critical Perspectives by Women of Color" also edited by Moraga