I think I should have said something explicitly about Black feminist thought in this tweet because that’s where I learned this ... to look to elders, to understand what came before me, to try and understand who created and advanced the tools that I am using. Black feminism. https://twitter.com/ibjiyongi/status/1290739114409697280

I kind of suspect that when people see the phrase “Black feminist thought” they think “feminism that acknowledges Intersectionality as a factor affecting Black people.” But importantly, Black feminist thought is a distinct intellectual tradition! Not just feminism colored in.

Like all traditions, we can debate what constitutes Black feminist thought, and I don’t think it’s static. Is a politics of disposability Black feminist thought? I think the answer is no, but I am sure there are folks who would disagree (in good faith).

Anyway, maybe ^ is a bit tangential. My main point is that Black feminist thought gave me a framework for understanding citation as care, citation as politics. Whatever we theorists do tomorrow is synthesizing and building on what theorists did yesterday.