In Scenes of Subjection—Hartman’s first book, now revised and expanded—her singular talents and analytical framework turn away from the “terrible spectacle” and toward the forms of routine terror and quotidian violence characteristic of slavery, illuminating the intertwining of injury, subjugation, and selfhood even in abolitionist ....

Today’s conversations about sex often focus on consent—who has given it, when one has it, and how to get it. However, good, fulfilling sex requires much more than securing a “yes” from a partner. It requires a wide variety of kinds of communication, as well as social circumstances that support rather than undermine sexual agency and ....

Self-described "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet" Audre Lorde is an unforgettable voice in twentieth-century literature, and one of the first to center the experiences of black, queer women. This essential reader showcases her indelible contributions to intersectional feminism, queer theory, and critical race studies in twelve ....