We had this amazing realization on our tour launch about the book The Bluest Eye by the always deep, complicated, and imaginative novelist Toni Morrison. It turns out that it had a huge impact on three out of the four of us (we’ve charged Gloria with reading it immediately) and our paths towards feminism(s). Here’s a reflection I did on Morrison, her work, and its interaction with feminism over at feministing.
Our realization is complicated, as even Morrison herself doesn’t identify with the feminist label and, in fact, loathes it.