Before We Were Trans

This collaborative work traces abolition feminism through women-of-color, queer, anti-capitalist, internationalist, and grassroots movement histories.

Sharmila Rege selects and frames Ambedkar’s writings on Brahmanical patriarchy, showing anti-caste thought as deeply feminist critique.

This groundbreaking work examines the experiences of Black women from slavery to the present, analyzing how the intersection of sexism and racism creates unique forms of oppression. hooks critiques both the racism of white feminism and the sexism of Black liberation movements, arguing that anti-racist and anti-sexist struggles are inseparable, laying the foundation for later intersectionality theory.