The author examines the question of how women of color experience feminism, and how race and socioeconomics can alter this experience. She discusses the intersectional nature of being a woman of color and a feminist, based on profiles of historical women of color (including Hottentot Venus, Josefa Loaiza, and Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash) and also by reflecting on her own experiences in academia. The topics include sexuality, social movements and activism, violence, reproductive rights, popular culture, identities and love.