“Womanist’ encompasses ‘feminist’ as it is
defined by Webster’s, but also means
instinctively pro-woman. It is not in the
dictionary at all. Nonetheless, it has a strong
root in Black women’s culture… Womanist
1. From womanish. (Opp. of 'girlish,' i.e.
frivolous, irresponsible, not serious.) a black
feminist or feminist of color. "A woman who
loves other women, sexually and/or
nonsexually... Sometimes loves individual
men, sexually and/or nonsexually... Not a
separatist, except periodically, for health.”
The Womanist Idea, Layli Maparyan