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A critical approach that examines literature and literary theory through the lens of black feminist perspectives.

The study of knowledge and truth as experienced and articulated by black women.

A process through which black women seek to challenge and overcome the constraints of race, class, and gender-based oppression.

A social theory based on the racial and gender oppression of black women, and the experience and struggle of women of color more broadly.

A Nobel Prize-winning author known for her rich storytelling that centers African American characters and engages with black identity and culture.

A pioneering figure in feminist theory who developed the concept of intersectionality.

An author and feminist who analyzes representations of black women in culture and has criticized sexism and racism within the civil rights movement.

A feminist philosophical perspective that uses a relational and context-bound approach toward caring and responsibility in relationships.

The concept of solidarity among women based on shared experiences of gender oppression, including race and class dimensions.

A sociologist known for her analysis of race, class, and gender, and her contribution to the concept of 'matrix of domination'.

A theoretical framework for understanding how aspects of a person's social and political identities combine to create different modes of discrimination and privilege.

The author who coined the term 'womanist' to describe a form of black feminism that pays special attention to the conditions and concerns of black women.

A feminist theoretical perspective that argues that knowledge stems from social position and that marginalized groups can offer privileged insights.

A feminist slogan encapsulating the idea that personal experiences are often rooted in political conditions and systemic structures.

The practice of promoting and imposing a culture, usually that of a politically powerful nation, over a less powerful society.

The belief or assumption that heterosexual attractions are the norm, which may exclude or marginalize queer perspectives and experiences.

A concept linking reproductive rights with social justice; emphasizes the right to have children, not have children, and parent the children we have, in safe and healthy environments.

A sociological paradigm that explains issues of oppression that deal with race, class, and gender, which, though recognized as different social classifications, do not exist independently of each other.

A black feminist lesbian organization active in the 1970s and early 1980s, known for its statement articulating an intersectional approach to social inequality.

An activist, scholar, and author known for her work on prison abolition, anti-racism, and women's rights.

An influential cultural critic and feminist theorist who emphasizes the interconnected nature of race, capitalism, and gender.

A writer, feminist, and civil rights activist who highlighted the importance of embracing differences among women in feminist discourse.

A perspective that centers the experiences, cultural traditions, and insights of women of African descent.

A key document in black feminism that articulates the intersections of racial, sexual, heterosexual, and class oppression.

A term coined by W.E.B. Du Bois to describe the internal conflict experienced by subordinated or colonized groups in an oppressive society.

A branch of feminism that sees environmentalism, and the relationship between women and the earth, as foundational to its analysis.

A term that describes the specific hate and discrimination directed at black women, combining misogyny and racism.

An intellectual movement and framework that examines society and culture as they relate to categorizations of race, law, and power.

A nineteenth-century black woman abolitionist and women's rights activist remembered for her speech 'Ain't I a Woman?'.