This book is several things. It’s positioned against the 2016 presidential election, especially the role that Black women played in this election. Taylor begins her introduction acknowledging the important role while also lamenting the percentage drop in participation. She begins to think through how this shift and this particular language speaks to the broader struggles of her politics. She then gives us a history in the Combahee River Collective, a group of Black feminists who met and created an ethos in the mid-1970s, positioning themselves […]