5-7 favorite authors (so few!? That’s going to be a challenge. I’ll do cartoonist’s separately)
#OctaviaButler
#AndreaHairston
#SamuelDelany
#BeckyChambers
#RebeccaSolnit
#ArielGore
#LidiaYuknavitch

Blargh. I’m adding more:
#NaloHopkinson
#NKJeminsin
#JoanRoughgarden
#CordeliaFine
#UrsulaLeGuin
#EllenKlages
#MichelleTea

I could keep going…