Asian/American feminism is an ever-evolving practice that seeks to address the multi-dimensional ways Asian/American people confront systems of power at the intersections of race, gender, class, sexuality, religion, disability, migration history, citizenship and immigration status. We are indebted to ways Black feminist thought and Third World feminist movements enable us to think and act critically through our own positionalities to address systems of anti-Black racism, settler colonialism, and xenophobia.
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A collaborative project between Black Women Radicals and the Asian American Feminist Collective, We Are Each Other's Liberation envisions a cross-racial and internationalist politics that explicitly addresses solidarity between Black and Asian feminists. Bringing together organizers, artists, journalists, poets, novelists, and more, this collection introduces readers to new ways of understanding and reflecting on race and feminism.
This project began at the Asian American Writers’ Workshop. Read more here.
Public Statements
As we witness the continued connections between universities, police forces, and the military forged through global partnerships and investment currently being mobilized in their own defense, these partnerships are being used to crush movements for liberation and make universities another site of repression, surveillance, and authoritarian advancement.
We demand no more cops and no more cages in our communities. Read more here.
I dream of a reality in which we redefine what “mental health” really means.
Anonymous
My dreams as of late have been attempts to live up to the grandeur of my ancestors’ wildest dreams.
christina ong
In Asian cultures, foxes are powerful, cunning spirits, full of trickery and deception. They might bring you good fortune, but more likely they’ll destroy you.
J.A. Pak
