This article seeks to challenge the location of Caribbean feminist scholars “outside” a Caribbean intellectual tradition. It does so by way of exploring both the contributions of Caribbean feminisms and engagements with Caribbean feminist theorising. The focus is largely on feminist thought produced in the social sciences (as well as history, law and Cultural Studies to some extent) and in women’s/feminist movements since the 1970s. It explores with the assessments of scholars who are explicitly engaging in a project of understanding and documenting a Caribbean intellection tradition, particularly a radical one, or who have indicated that they are assessing Caribbean social and political theory. I heighten focus on the extent to which work in this area has positioned its engagement with Caribbean feminist thought against a background of popular discourse on black male marginality.