As womanist thought flourishes under the hands of its caretakers it expands in its meanings and its application for persons reading, writing and utilizing it. In ‘Ain’t I a Womanist, Too?’ Coleman ponders what it meant to be a womanist through the question ‘ain’t I a Womanist, Too?’ and how the meaning is changing. She then brings in various thinkers and writers who expand on what womanism means to them, their communities and the wider world.

The books holds within it an eclectic variety of essays that discuss, deconstruct and reconstruct topics from modern Muslim plural marriage to being a bitch (what it means and reclamation within black Christian spaces) to rap and house music.

This book took a little longer to read than I thought it would as some essays were easier to understand or read than others but I enjoyed the variety of contemplation that I saw within the book and the contemplations it has fostered within me. It was interesting to note the similarities between ‘queering’ theory and thought, and womanist thought as well as their differences in handling subjects and advancing discourse.

Highly recommend so long as you have prior understanding of or knowledge within womanism in particular. ( )