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Queer Like Me: Black Girlhood Sexuality on the Playground, Under the Covers, and in the Halls of Academia

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.