Topics include what it means for queer black feminists to labor in a field under constant erasure; queer and trans black women's erotic agency while seeking medical care in hostile institutions, including academic and medical industrial complexes; and the relevance of empirical black holes for theorizing polymorphous black female sexualities and erotic freedoms. The issue commemorates the publication of Evelynn Hammonds's field-defining essay, "Black (W)holes and the Geometry of Black Female Sexuality," thirty years ago. Contributors: Moya Bailey, Kimberly Bain, V. Varun Chaudhry, Megan Finch, Julian Kevon Glover, Sharon Holland, Amber Jamilla Musser, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Shoniqua Roach, Petal Samuel, Tiffany Willoughby-Herard.
Inside the Black (W)hole : A Queer Black Feminist Retrospective