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For Artists: Feminist Art Coalition Resources [Website]
A list of resources for artists including Quotes, Videos, and Books.
Connect: Women & Children First's list of Local Organizations in Chicago [Resource List]
Women's & Children First's list of Chicago-based organizations aligned with feminist practices.

Take Care: AFROPUNK Series on Self-Care [Youtube Series]
A series of interviews about Self-Care asking how artists and activists take care of themselves.
Discover: Feminist Art [Webpage]
MoMA definition and example works.

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Connect: Women-led institutions and organizations
Learn: Intersectional Feminist History + Discourse
Honor: Women’s Stories in Comics
Take Care: Radical Self Care
Discover: Contemporary Feminist Artists

Connect: Women-led institutions and organizations

Learn about SAIC's current Student Affinity Groups to find ways to connect at school!

Chicago

Beyond

Learn: Intersectional Feminist History History + Discourse

Open Web Resources

The Women's L Project
CWLU Herstory Website Project
"Feminism," History.com, 2021
"Feminist Movements," Encyclopedia of Chicago, Maureen A. Flanagan
History of Women in STEM Fields, College Cliffs
African American Women in the Arts, National Museum of African American History and Culture
Women in the Visual Arts, Oxford Art Online

Podcasts

Please note: none of the podcasts include transcripts except Womanica.

Books

Streaming Videos

Think Like a Feminist: The Philosophy Behind the Revolution

Carol Hay
Main Stacks HQ1190 .H396 2020

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women White Feminists Forgot

Mikki Kendall
Main Stacks HQ1163 .K46 2020

Burn It Down!: Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution

Breanne Fahs
Main Stacks HQ1150 .B87 2020

Black Trans Feminism

Marquis Bey
eBook (SAIC login required)

The Art of Feminism: Images that Shaped the Fight for Equality, 1857-2017

Ain't I A Woman: Black Women and Feminism

Bell Hooks
Main Stacks E185.86 .H73 1981

The Future of Difference: Beyond the Toxic Entanglement of Racism, Sexism and Feminism

Sabine Hark, Paula-Irene Villa
Main Stacks HQ1155 .H37413 2020

White Tears / Brown Scars: How White feminism Betrays Women of Colour

Ruby Hamad
Main Stacks HQ1233 .H363 2020

Feminism Art Theory: An Anthology 1968 - 2014

Hilary Robinson
Main Stacks N72.F45 F442 2001

Handbook of International Feminisms: Perspectives on Psychology, Women, Culture, and Rights

Alexandra Rutherford
eBook (SAIC login required)

Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption

Rafia Zakaria
Main Stacks HQ1155 .Z35 2021

Take Back the Fight: Organizing Feminism for the Digital Age

Nora Loreto
Main Stacks HQ1155 .L67 2020

Feminism and Migration: Cross-Cultural Engagements

Glenda Tibe Bonifacio
eBook (SAIC login required)

Them Goon Rules: Fugitive Essays on Radical Black Feminism

Marquis Bey
eBook (SAIC login required)

White Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind

Koa Beck
Main Stacks HQ1233 .B423 2021

Toxic Loves, Impossible Futures: Feminist Living as Resistance

Irmgard Emmelhainz
Main Stacks HQ1111 .E46 2022

Revolutionary Feminisms: Conversations on Collective Action and Radical Thought

Brenna Bhandar, Rafeef Ziadah
Main Stacks HQ1236 .R48 2020

Honor: Women's Stories in Comics

Books

Spellbound

Bishakh Som
Main Stacks HQ77.8.S66 A3 2020

Hot Comb

Ebony Flowers
Main Stacks PN6727.F5869 H68 2019

Feelings: A Story in Seasons

Manjit Thapp
Main Stacks NC978.5.T53 A64 2021

Indestructible: Growing Up Queer, Cuban, and Punk in Miami

Cristy Road
Main Stacks PS3568.O1555 I53 2017

The Secret to Superhuman Strength

Alison Bechdel
Main Stacks GV481 .B38 2021

The Big Book of Bisexual: Trials and Errors

Elizabeth Beier
Main Stacks NC1429.B3545 A2 2017

My Life in Transition: A Super Late Bloomer Collection

Julia Kaye
Main Stacks HQ77.8.K35

A Game For Swallows: To Die, To Leave, To Return

Zeina Abirached
Main Stacks PN6790.L43 A2513 2012

An Age Of License

Lucy Knisley
Main Stacks PN6727.K657 A33 2014

Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama

Alison Bechdel
Main Stacks PN6727.B3757 Z46 2012

First Year Out: A Transition Story

Sabrina Symington
Main Stacks PN6733.S96 F57 2018

Aya

Marguerite Abouet
Main Stacks PN6790.C853 A2613 2008

The Complete Wimmen's Comix

Gary Groth (Editor)
Main Stacks PN6720 .C665 2016

El Deafo

Cece Bell
Main Stacks HV2534.B44 A3 2014

Everything: Collected And Uncollected Comics From Around 1978-1982

Lynda Barry
Main Stacks PN6727.B36 E94 2011

Lighter Than My Shadow

Katie Green
Storage - Ask At Front Desk RC552.E18 G737 2013

Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer's, My Mother, And Me

Sarah Leavitt
Main Stacks PN6727 P66 C87 2017

Make Me A Woman

Vanessa Davis
Main Stacks PN6727.D385 M354 2010

Making Comics

Lynda Barry
Main Stacks PN6727.B36 M35 2019

Honor Girl

Maggie Thrash
Main Stacks HQ75.4.T57 A3 2016

Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?

Roz Chast
Main Stacks NC1429.C525 A3 2014

Relish: My Life In The Kitchen

Lucy Knisley
Main Stacks TX649.K597 A3 2013

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Alison Bechdel
Main Stacks PN6727.B3757 Z46 2006

Graphic Women: Life Narrative And Contemporary Comics

Hillary Chute
Main Stacks PN6714 .C49 2010

How To Understand Israel In 60 Days Or Less

Sarah Glidden
Main Stacks DS128.2 G65 2016

I Never Promised You A Rose Garden

Mannie Murphy
Main Stacks PS3613.U747 I64 2021

Something New: Tales From A Makeshift Bride

Lucy Knisely
Main Stacks PN6727.K657 S66 2016

Wage Slaves

Daria Bogdanska
Main Stacks HD8580.M35 B6413 2019

Parenthesis

Élodie Durand
Main Stacks PN6747.D87 P37 2021

Ink In Water: An Illustrated Memoir: Or, How I Kicked Anorexia's Ass And Embraced Body Positivity!

Lacy J. Davis and Jim Kettner
Main Stacks PN6727.D375 I55 2017

Palimpsest: Documents From A Korean Adoption

Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom
Main Stacks HV874.82.S56 A3 2019

Taking Turns: Stories From Hiv/Aids Care Unit 371

MK Czerwiec
Main Stacks RC606.6 .C947 2017

My Begging Chart

Keiler Roberts
Main Stacks PN6727.R63 Z46 2021

How I Tried To Be A Good Person

UIli Lust
Main Stacks PN6757.L87 W54 2019

Solutions and Other Problems

Allie Brosh
Main Stacks PN6727.B7568 S65 2020

The Secret To Superhuman Strength

Alison Bechdel
Main Stacks Gv481 .B38 2021

Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice From My Bipolar Life

Ellen Forney
Main Stacks RC516 .F67 2018

Chlorine Gardens

Keiler Roberts
Main Stacks PN6727.R567 C56 2018

Everything Is Teeth

Evie Wyld, Joe Sumner (Illustrator)
Main Stacks PN6727.W953 E947 2016

Let's Not Talk Anymore

Weng Pixin
Main Stacks PN6790.S553 P595 2021

Fetch: How A Bad Dog Brought Me Home: A Graphic Memoir

Nicole Georges
Main Stacks PN6790.C73 P694 2016

The Big Book of Bisexual Trials and Errors

Elizabeth Beier
Main Stacks NC1429.B3545 A2 2017

Take Care: Radical Self Care

SAIC Resources

Wellness Center
Wellness Resources compiled by the Wellness Center
Lesson 5: Radical Self Care, Learn & Unlearn: Anti-racism Resource Guide, 2022
All Wellness Lessons, Learn & Unlearn: Anti-racism Resource Guide

Open Web Resources

History of Radical Self-Care

"A History of Self-Care: From its radical roots to its yuppie-driven middle age to its election-inspired resurgence," Slate, Aisha Harris 2017
"How Self-Care Sold Out: From a radical feminist idea to a consumerist buzzword," Medium, Stark Raving, 2021
"Remembering the Origins of the Self-Care Movement," BUST, Sarah Boyle
"Why acknowledging and celebrating the Black feminist origins of ‘self-care’ is essential," Mental Health Today, Bryony Porteous-Sebouhian 2021

Radical Self-Care Guidance

"3 Things You Should Know About Intersectionality and Self-Care," Shine, Rex Leonowicz, 2016
"Reclaiming Our Self-Care As a Feminist Act," Coalition of Feminists for Social Change Blog, Priya Dhanani, Sophie Namy, and Sharanya Sekaram
"Caring for Yourself is a Radical Act: Self-Care Guide for Youth Working in Community," The Youth Research and Evaluation eXchange, 2015

Podcasts

Please note: none of these shows have transcripts except The Radical History of Self-Care & the New World of Wellness Branding and Radical Self-Love & Self-Care.

History of Radical Self Care

Radical Self-Care, BBC Radio Analysis Podcast, 2020
Radical Self-Care is Empowering People and Helping Fight Burnout, Disrupted, 2022
The Radical History of Self-Care & the New World of Wellness Branding, Unseen Unknown Podcast, 2020
History of Self-Care: A Revolutionary Act with Les Alfred founder of Balance Black Girl, That Wasn't In My Textbook, 2021

Radical Self-Care Guidance

Radical Self-Care Series [11 episode playlist]
Radical Self Care, Indigenous Vision, 2021
Radical Self-Love & Self-Care, Unf*ck Your Brain
Inhabit: The Art of Radical Self-Care, Inhabit [Show]

Books

Streaming Videos

How to Not Always Be Working: A Toolkit for Creativity and Radical Self-Care

Marlee Grace
Main Stacks BF481 .G73 2018

The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love

Sonya Renee Taylor
Main Stacks BF575.S37 T39 2018

Sustaining Spirit: Self-Care for Social Justice

Naomi Ortiz
Main Stacks RA776.95 .O78 2018

The Headspace Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness

Andy Puddicombe
Main Stacks BF637.M4 P83 2016

Discover: Contemporary Feminist Artists

Library Database Resources

*These resources require SAIC login

"Feminism and Art," Grove Art Online, Lisa Tickner, 2003 [Encyclopedic entry]
"Feminism and Art in the United States," Grove Art Online, Lisa Tickner, 2015 [Encyclopedic entry]

Open Web Resources

"Feminist Art," MoMA definition and example works
"BAMPFA Presents Major Survey of Feminist Practices in Contemporary Art," 2021 [Overview of recent exhibition at the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive]
"Creating Resistance by Engaging Destruction: Three Contemporary Feminist Artists from Ukraine," Kalyna Somchynsky [Master's Thesis PDF download]
"Performing Feminism ‘Badly’: Hotham Street Ladies and Brown Council," OnCurating, Laura Castagnini, 2015

Discover - Feminist Art - Gallery

Witch Hunt

Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center
Main Stacks N72.F45 B88 2021

Picturing Motherhood Now

Emily Liebert
Main Stacks N7630 .P53 2021

Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto

Legacy Russell
Main Stacks HQ1178 .R877 2020

Feminism and Contemporary Art: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Laughter

Jo Anna Isaak
Main Stacks N72.F45 I821996