In Fighting Feelings: Lessons in Gendered Racism and Queer Life, Gulzar R. Charania explores the gendered racialization of women of color through a plethora of interviews with her participants, paying specific attention to the intersection of identities that these women hold such as gender, race, sexuality, age, and socio-economic status. Charania centers the thoughts and experiences of racialized Black and women of color feminists to provide her readers with critical tools to navigate the lived experiences of racialized women while also acknowledging the violence of dominant narratives entrenched in white supremacy. By attending to the practices of scholars and theorists as well as the lives of her participants, Charania urges readers to reconsider the convergence of gender and sexuality in racialized hierarchies.
Articles by Hannah Renda
Hannah Renda is a master’s student in the Gender and Race Studies department at the University of Alabama. She intends to pursue a PhD in English Language and Literature following her graduation in May 2025. Their research interests are grounded primarily in queer history and theory, race and ethnicity, and how these identities are interpreted through creative nonfiction and memoir as both literary and activist activity.