I found a lot of truth and resonance within the Combahee River Collective statement from 1977 in the reading/watchlist.  I had never known prior to reading this that there existed a single piece of writing that collected and laid out so many important points and ideas that are essential to understanding so many different movements ongoing in the united states; which also highlights just how much progress, labor, and intellectual thinking has been and still is due to black women, something I’m also glad has been devoted this entire section to in this class. I personally have trouble thinking of a current revolutionary line of thinking that has not in some way been contributed to largely by at least a single black woman prior to, during, and after the civil rights era. At the same time, these revolutionary movements often overlook them, which is why I think there is a lot of truth in the statement “We are not convinced, however, that a socialist revolution that is not also a feminist and anti-racist revolution will guarantee our liberation”, something that is evident in many progressive movements. This can currently be seen very evidently in the white socialist movement that has gained a lot of popularity in recent years, which leaves out causes for women outside of white women, as well as any other non-white person in the country and definietly leaves out black women in all but a way to further their own white-specific causes.
    Also prior to this class, I’d never seen the film Paris is Burning. It’s full of some really incredible footage and information, and after watching it I hope that it is preserved for a very long time and made available to watch for a much wider audience. It’s very great to see nyc’s ungentrified drag queen culture before it and its language became