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Hello! May I please direct you to this massive reading list I put together the other day: https://hexbear.net/post/4435465
In particular, the introduction to feminism and the Queer Marxism sections will likely have some things that catch your eye.
I can give you some more specific and narrow recommendations if you want, depending on what specifically interests you (eg., historical accounts of communist feminists, feminist philosophy, writings by socialists, etc.)
Thank you comrade!
Hey comrade, if you're into this then I really really really think you should look into feminist urban planning. It is part of my work, but it is also so fascinating and opened up my eyes to completely different avenues for political change as well as unseen ways oppression is perpetrated.
Invisible women is a great starting point.
Thank you for the recommendation, I'll give it a read! I've never really studied urban planning, that's more my wife's field, but I'm sure they'd love if I read this and we had a good discussion. Appreciate it <3
You're very welcome and that book is a great place to start! It also opens your eyes to how urban planning isn't just some odd thing happening in an office far away, but (at least should be) locally motivated and a source - or at least hub - of many issues pertaining to issues of systemic oppression and how that hurts everyone. I know that makes sense in the abstract (we're all leftists) but it makes it very tangible. It gives a great example of how clearing of snow in Stockholm was done in a way that mainly had men in mind, which led to more people falling and hurting themselves, which meant hospitals were busier.