This course prioritizes texts by women of color activists and scholars. These writers use their craft to recreate an image of a more just society, influence public opinion, tell untold stories, and challenge prevailing assumptions about gender, sexuality, race, privilege, class, and power. The writings we will examine this quarter are written by a heterogeneous mix of international scholars and writers, and speak to issues of social justice in various global locations. Literature, memoir, biography, cinema, theory and manifesto are some of the genres with which we will engage.