Feminist Forum: Indigenous Feminisms with charlie amáyá scott
Monday, November 20, 5–7PM
On Zoom (link sent 24 hours prior)
Free
This month’s Feminist Forum will focus on Indigenous Feminisms, exploring the global considerations of Indigenous feminists with a specific focus on Native-American Indigenous feminist frameworks. Please join us for a discussion facilitated by charlie amáyá scott.
About the facilitator
A Diné scholar born and raised within the Navajo Nation, charlie amáyá scott (they / her) is dedicated to inspiring joy and justice. Their scholarship and writings are imbued with a desire for a more just and liberating education that supports and cultivates the next generation of Queer, Trans, and Indigenous brilliance. In addition, Charlie reflects, analyzes, and celebrates what it means to be Diné, Queer, and Trans in the 21st century on her personal blog, dineaesthetics.com, and celebrates her entirety on Instagram and TikTok at @dineaesthetics.
Charlie’s Recommended Readings + Resources
- Indigenous Feminism: An Entry to Understanding an Indigenized Feminism
- Decolonizing the Queer Native Body by Chris Finley
- “Fear of a Changeling Moon” by Daniel Heath Justice in Me Sexy: An Exploration of Native Sex and Sexuality, edited by Drew Hayden Taylor
- “Affirmations of an Indigenous Feminist” by Kim Anderson in Indigenous Women and Feminism edited by Cheryl Suzack from UBC Press
Additional Resources (Compiled by FCCW Team)
- Decolonizing Feminism: Challenging Connections between Settler Colonialism and Heteropatriarchy by Maile Arvin, Eve Tuck, Angie Morrill
- Critical Relationality: Queer, Indigenous, and Multispecies Belonging Beyond Settler Sex + Nature by Kim Tallbear and Angela Willey
- Felt Theory: An Indigenous Feminist Approach to Affect and History by Dian Million
- Feminism and Indigenous Hawaiian Nationalism (Feminist Theory and Practice) by Haunani-Kay Trask
- Solidarity with Palestine — A Radical Black Feminist Mandate: A Reading List
- Palestine Solidarity: Resources, Donations and Actions
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