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A Legacy of Resistance
By Sumaya Awad In the past decade the struggle for Palestinian liberation has grown steadily. The launch of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign in 2005 birthed an international...
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Ode to June Jordan’s ‘A Poem about My Rights’
By Kai M. Green and tourmalines Inspired by the work of June Jordan we have both offered artistic, sonic, and poetic meditations on June Jordan’s, A Poem about My Rights. We give thanks for our...
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“Naming Our Destiny”: Afterword to The Feminist Wire’s Forum on June Jordan
Cover of Simmons’ personal copy of June Jordan’s “Naming Our Destiny: New & Selected Poems,” photo credit: Aishah Shahidah Simmons I was first introduced to June Jordan’s words through the books on...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, A Historical Note: Pan-African Feminist Adelaide Casely...
By Keisha Blain Adelaide Casely Hayford on speaking tour in the United States. Image from An African Victorian Feminist by Adelaide M. Cromwell. Frank Cass, London, 1986. Adelaide Casely Hayford was,...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, If College Heterosexual, Cis Men were Raped More than...
By Julie Winterich If you find this title ugly, you’re right. It’s jarring and upsetting. So is sexual violence. I’m a professor of sociology and women’s, gender and sexuality studies, and I’m...
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Why I’m Glad ICDC College May Be Closing
No one who knows me would be surprised that I watch Maury, The Steve Wilkos Show, and Judge Mathis when I get to work from home. Well, a little surprise might arise from those who know me as Dr....
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Personal Is Political: The Negation, Negotiation and Alteration of the Brown...
By Mirusha Yogarajah I am the Eelam Tamil co-founder of Unfair and Lovely and these are my experiences. Please do not attempt to refute them, just read. During my second year of college, I moved to...
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Ending the Colonial/Modern Occupation of Indigenous Women’s Bodies in...
By Pascha Bueno-Hansen Peruvian women demand justice for sexual violence during internal armed conflict (1980-2000). Photo: DEMUS Estudio para la defense de los derechos de la mujer/The Study for the...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Two Poems: “I Refuse” and “The Wage”
By Lytasha Marie Blackwell The following piece was written while I was a junior in high school. This piece reflects my concerns, views, passion, and desire to change the world and my community in a...
View Article#Feministcare: TFW on summer break from June 15-July 15
Dearest Readers, Thank you for your continued support. And thank you for loving us and valuing our work. ***We are breaking from June 15-July 15.*** We need to relax and regroup and return even better....
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A Preemptive Strike: Cannibalizing Queer People of Color in the Aftermath of...
**Editor’s Note: We interrupt our summer break to honor the loved ones lost in the Pulse Orlando shootings** By AM Foiles Sifuentes This isn’t an open letter. It’s cautionary. Warning tape surrounds...
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Stand for Tenure for Women Scholars of Color
By Vilna Bashi Treitler I’m a full Professor of Sociology. Some might say I’ve “made it,” especially in a country where (according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics) black women...
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On Loving Strangers (Patients and Otherwise)
By Bahar Orang When I was a little girl, I’d often go on long walks with my parents. They would talk to each other, and I’d quietly stroll along beside them, utterly distracted by all the passing...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Puberty Ruined Me
By Megan Bryde The future must no longer be determined by the past. I do not deny that the effects of the past are still with us. But, I refuse to strengthen them by repeating them, to confer upon...
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Why We Must Write: A Reflection on Tenure Denial and Coloring Between the Lines
By Michelle Téllez My terminal contract came to an end in May 2014, after tenure denial at the public university where I had worked as an Assistant Professor for eight years. I’ve been thinking about...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, On the Gender Racism of Black Men towards Black Women
By Ibram X. Kendi In the prologue of my new book, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, I shared a confession. Before working on this book, I held some...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Boys Will Be Boys
By Chelsey Engel Tell boys to start young Look up our skirts when we’re not paying attention And when they’re older and ask us to do it for them They can spit in our faces when we deny them affection...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Ideological Abolition: Divesting Ideas (Not Just Money)...
By Bella Week There are about as many higher education institutions in this country as there are prisons, and all but Columbia and the University of California are financially invested in the...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, SATurated with Pressure
By Jordan Prochnow This semester’s mental breakdown is upon me. The other patrons on my Regional Transportation District bus look at me briefly, my shaking hands and smeared makeup probably evident....
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, The Monstrous in Us: A review of Kaitlyn Hunter’s Over...
By Sally Deskins “Not Everyone Gets to Be Pretty,” performative sculpture by Kaitlyn Hunter. Photo by Lindsay Jordan, 2015, courtesy of the artist. “Not Everyone Gets to Be Pretty,” a photograph of...
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