Citation as feminist practice

Today, Issue 2 of MAI: Feminism of Visual Culture included my article 'Fuck the Canon (or, How Do You Solve a Problem Like von Trier): Teaching, Screening and Writing About Cinema in the Age of #MeToo.' 

My article does not contain any citations and asks readers to believe my research findings and arguments without a methodology or evidence. I present my ideas without references both to draw attention to patriarchal academic practice and to remind readers about the incredibly difficult work that we ask survivors to do when we ask that they prove experiences of violence. 

However, citation is also a form of feminist practice, and so I have included a list here (which will likely expand over time) of people whose activism, publications, conversations, ideas or feedback have inspired my thinking and without whose work I would not have written the article. Also, for any interested readers, a comment on my methodology: I did a rough count of directing, writing, producing, acting and editing credits on IMDb for all the men named in the article to produce the figure of 4000+. It does not account for one man having multiple credits on the same film. 

My ideas, publications, and discussions bibliography:

Sara Ahmed
Eylem Atakav
Justine Atkinson
Anna Backman Rogers
Diljeet Bhachu
Lizelle Bisschoff
Giuliana Bruno
Karen Boyle
Tarana Burke
Shelley Cobb
Lauren Clarke
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Nancy Fraser
Jane Gaines
Hannah Hamad
Donna Haraway
bell hooks
Amy Holdsworth
Jodi Kantor
Kathi Kamleitner
Lisa Kelly
Judy Long
Laura Mulvey
Lupita Nyong'o 
Melissa Silverstein
Inge Sorensen
Shelley Stamp
Liz Stanley
Melissa Thompson
Megan Twohey
Linda Ruth Williams
Natalie Wreyford
Helen Wright
Samar Ziadat