About This List

• This list is but a small portion of the available ebooks and online resources that explore intersectionality, diversity, and representation that are available through OSU libraries.
• While this list of materials is growing, feel free to suggest online resources for inclusion. You can suggest books by filling out This Survey

eBooks, Online Journals, and Articles

• Putting Coyolxauhqui Back Together: Queer Nepantleras Rewriting Latinx Memory - the Master Thesis of Alex Aleman Villalba, from OSU, according to their abstract, "this thesis examines the ways that queer Latinx artists are retelling the stories that have been mistold to erase, repress and ignore queer indigenous and Latinx individuals."
• Contemporary U.S. Latinx Literature in Spanish: Straddling Identities - Amrita Das - explores Latinx literary production in Spanish post 1960 alongside text examination from authors from various backgrounds writing from within the U.S.
• Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color (2017) - Andrea J. Ritchie - details the stories of Sandra Bland, Rekia Boyd, Dajerria Becton, Monica Jones, and Aya Hall within a much broader context of mass incarceration and police brutality
• Votes for Women means Votes for Black Women an article from National Women's History Museum by Ama Ansah, M.A. Researcher, Morgan Angel & Associates
• Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches - a compilation of essential writings of Audre Lorde that examines themes of sexism, ageism, homophobia, racism, and class
• The Jewish Unions in America: Pages of History and Memories - Bernard Weinstein - a historical memoir chronicling the strikes and union activities inspired and organized by Weinstein
• Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity - C. Riley Snorton - according to the book's description, an examination of the exclusion of "mid-century trans narratives," that were, "lived by African Americans such as Lucy Hicks Anderson and James McHarris."
• To Live Freely in This World: Sex Worker Activism in Africa - Chi Adanna Mgbako - investigations of the activities of sex worker activists in their demand for the recognition of their civil rights and freedom from unsafe conditions
• Queer Jews - David Shneer and Caryn Aviv - an inspection of the shifts in Jewish American culture by the creation of inclusive communities within the Jewish community
• Inuit Women: Their Powerful Spirit in a Century of Change - Janet Macini Billson and Kyra Mancini
• Generous Spirit: Selected Work by Beth Brant - Janice Gould
• Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity - Justin Healey
• A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
• East Asian Men: Masculinity, Sexuality, and Desire - Xiaodong Lin, Chris Haywood, and Mairtin Mac an Ghaill
• Israeli Cinema: Identities in Motion - Miri Talmon and Yaron Peleg
• Saqiyuq Stories from the Lives of Three Inuit Women - N. Wachowich, Sandra Pikujak Katsak, and Rhoda Katsak - an ebook that harnesses the storytelling that has been an important part of Inuit social life through anecdotes, historical accounts, and legends retold through the rich artestry of the authors
• Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday - Angela Y. Davis - focuses on the deeper, social issues that are threaded into the songs of blues legends
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou - as noted by the title's summary, it "captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right."
• Impossible Desires: Queer Diasporas and South Asian Public Cultures - Gayatri Gopinath, Judith Halberstam, Lisa Lowe - is focused on the "theory of diaspora apart from the logic of blood, authenticity, and patrilineal descent that she argues invariably forms the core of conventional formulations," according to the book's abstract.
• Living for Change: An Autobiography - Grace Lee Boggs - cataloging the unique life of Boggs, the Black Panthers, and efforts to mend broken communities.
• Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme - Ivan Coyote, Zena Sharman - an anthology of writing pertinent to butch and femme identities.
• How To Be An Antiracist - Ibram X. Kendi - investigations of the current perception of racist vs. not racist by focusing on the systemic ways to actively create an antiracist society.

Libguides, Websites, and Archives

• The Oregon Multicultural Archives help preserve the history of Oregon's African American, Asian American, Latino/a, and Native American Communities. This link will direct to an OSU 1Search libguide with in depth resources
• OSU Queer Archives
• The Multicultural Voices of Oregon is a compilation of oral histories from communities who have been systemically marginalized.
• Oregon's Women of the Century a national project commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment by USA Today. Prominently featured is Margaret Carter an alum of Oregon State University's Portland-based master's in counseling program.
• OSU Center for Diversity & Cultural Engagement a website that provides resources for programs and initiatives that can help empower students to develop deeper self-awareness and provide multiple perspectives.

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