Dr. Meagan Solomon is a feminist scholar, educator, and writer whose work is guided by her lived experiences as a Chicana Jewish lesbian. Based in Austin, Texas, she is currently an Assistant Professor of Feminist Studies at Southwestern University, where her courses contribute to English, Latin American and Border Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies.
Her research centers on queer intimacy, feminist resistance, and decolonial worldmaking in Latina/e feminist and lesbian literature. As an educator, her pedagogy draws from women of color feminisms, decolonial and abolitionist feminist theories, and queer of color critique as a compass for building a socially just world.
Her work has been published in Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social, The Journal of Lesbian Studies, Chicana Portraits: Critical Biographies of Twelve Chicana Writers edited by Norma E. Cantú, and more. She is also the founder and director of Malflora Collective, a digital platform dedicated to uplifting and preserving Latina/e lesbian history, creativity, and culture.
Beyond her professional roles, she is a cat mom of two, a lover of art and astrology, and a zinemaker who believes in the power of co-creation and community.
Recent Publications
Solomon, Meagan. “Beyond sexual deviance: Elevating the expansive intimacies of Chicana lesbian life in Chicana Lesbians: The Girls Our Mothers Warned Us About.” Journal of Lesbian Studies, vol. 27, no. 4, 2023, pp. 1-14.
Solomon, Meagan. “Ana Castillo: A Multigenre Author.” Chicana Portraits: Critical Biographies of Twelve Chicana Writers, edited by Norma E. Cantú, University of Arizona Press, 2023, pp. 245-264.
Recent Courses
This course critically examines literary expressions of Latina lesbian identity, sexuality, politics, and culture from the late twentieth century into our contemporary moment. Through close readings of poetry, essays, plays, and fiction, students analyze how Latina lesbians navigate and resist intersectional oppressions. Students also situate Latina lesbian writing within a larger women of color feminist tradition.
Latina Lesbian Literature
Inspired by the 1981 anthology This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, this course focuses on the literature, politics, and activism of women of color who forward radical visions of justice. Through an exploration of feminist writing and creative expression, students examine how women of color critically reimagine the intertwined systems of settler colonialism, white supremacy, cisheteropatriarchy, classism, ableism, and imperialism.
Radical Women of Color
This introductory course is designed to think critically about the intellectual, emotional, spiritual, and political capacities of feminist thought. Students explore the diversity of feminisms that have emerged from historical movements alongside contemporary discourses. Students also learn how feminist theory is activated to deconstruct oppressive systems and articulate liberatory alternatives.