title: Queer like me: black girlhood sexuality on the playground, under the covers, and in the halls of academia.
abstract: Using Laura Alexandra Harris' conception of a queer Black feminism, I evaluate stories from my girlhood to learn what lessons can be learned about young female sexuality when the researcher works from a position of pleasure. I contend that my secret quests to satisfy my same-sex sexual desires led me to begin the process of cultivating self-awareness, or subjectivity, and personal agency at an early age.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, University of Chicago, 1126 E. 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. adilia@uchicago.edu
authors.forename: Adilia E E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: James
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D005260:Female; D019513:Feminism; D018452:Homosexuality, Female / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D011287:Prejudice; D014495:Universities; D000078329:Workforce