Feminists We Love

• Feminists We Love: Assata Shakur (Love Note)

  17 May 2013

  “One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” —Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will help [...]

College Feminisms

• My Journey to Feminism: How Feminism Inspired My Life

  22 May 2013

  By Elizabeth Dorssom I first started referring to myself as a feminist when I was 17. Even though I didn’t identify as a feminist until I was older I was definitely a feminist from a very young age. When I was in elementary school I enjoyed playing with Hot Wheels cars instead [...]

• Shattering Silence (Video)

  20 May 2013

  By Molly Baker On April 23, University of Arizona student Dean Saxton, better known as Brother Dean, stood on a bench brandishing a sign that bluntly stated in bold, black letters “You Deserve Rape.” Saxton proceeded to verbally harass many women that walked by on their way to class, calling them [...]

• Why The Concept Of ‘Modesty’ Disgusts Me

  15 May 2013

  By Mohadesa Najumi When I think about what modesty means in today’s political, cultural and religious environment, I am inclined to believe that the concept itself does not involve choice, or any dimension of freedom or independent thought.  Rather, modesty constitutes a dictatorial concept forced upon women whether they agree [...]

Wall of Shame

• NRA Vendor Sells Ex-Girlfriend Target That Bleeds When You Shoot It

  7 May 2013

  *Trigger warning* Sometimes I feel like the NRA is actively just trying to lose all the credibility it has left in this world. Just when you thought the NRA’s annual convention in Houston this weekend couldn’t draw any more negative attention, it goes out and casually promotes a company selling a product [...]

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Elementary Feminisms

• Majoring in English

  29 Mar 2013

  By Monica Torres When I sign my name, it’s Monica, not Mónica. When I order pupusas at my favorite restaurant, the waiter will give my accent an approving nod, as if to say, you’re one of us. But it will only take a harder question for me to reveal the [...]

• Ms. Yolanda

  18 Mar 2013

  By Alexa Lambertis At an early age, I was exposed to a woman who essentially changed my life. A sweet lady with a southern background, she was introduced to me as a family friend. I met her in her own home, where we would spend a majority of our time [...]

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Arts & Culture

• Featured Poet: Aditi Rao

  22 May 2013

  By Aditi Rao Dear Mr. Yadav, I too am an Indian Woman   “Referring to the recent ‘Slut Walk’ held in the Capital, Mr. Lalu Prasad Yadav said we had naked women walking down the streets with tattoos on their cheeks, whereas Indian women did not even look up while [...]

• A is for Asylum

  17 May 2013

  Assata do not dry like dissipated plums under castro’s bronzing sun you mural fortress you live memorial spirited artifice rouged sea salt that marinates america’s wound   Assata you like stripped bone road unaware of which exit is free birth  brown coagulated rhythm redefined reborn rumba queen Assata dusk breath [...]

• “Affirmation” by Assata Shakur

  16 May 2013

  “Affirmation” by Assata Shakur* ___ I believe in living. I believe in the spectrum of Beta days and Gamma people. I believe in sunshine. In windmills and waterfalls, tricycles and rocking chairs. And i believe that seeds grow into sprouts. And sprouts grow into trees. I believe in the magic [...]

TFW in the World

• Book Release: Godless Americana: Race and Religious Rebels by Sikivu Hutchinson

  7 May 2013

• Monica Casper and Heather Turcotte (UConn) on Fucking While Feminist with Jaclyn Friedman (Women, Action and Media)

  7 May 2013

• Andrea Plaid and Darnell L. Moore talking Guns, Masculinity, and Violence at the Screening of “Triggering Wounds” on May 1st in NYC

  30 Apr 2013

• Andrea Plaid Joins 70K Others in Telling The New York Times to Drop The I-Word

  25 Apr 2013

• Finding Poems: A Creative Writing Retreat Series by Alexis Pauline Gumbs*

  20 Apr 2013

New York Times

• Game 1: Heat 103, Pacers 102 (OT): James Saves Heat at Buzzer of Game 1
• Game 1: Heat 103, Pacers 102 (OT): LeBron James’s Layup at Buzzer Gives Heat Game 1 Victory
• Washington Memo: Torches and Pitchforks for I.R.S. but Cheers for Apple

CNN

• When politics gives a second chance
• Source: Man killed by FBI implicates Tamerlan Tsarnaev
• 'You just want to break down and cry'

Newsweek

• Dirty Talk
• Gatsby Before He Was Great
• The Rise of the Crafty Hipster

Al Jazeera

• UN and World Bank in DR Congo peace push
• IMF chief appears in court over state payout
• Octogenarian Japanese climbs Everest

Globe & Mail

• A not-so-artful dodger sends his brother to do the talking
• Tokyo stock market plummets more than 7% as China worries prompt rout
• Video: British PM Cameron says London killing 'terror related'

El Pais

• Bankia se desploma y agrava aún más las pérdidas de las preferentes
• La Junta inicia en Huelva el primer expediente para expropiar un piso
• Londres vuelve al horror

The Guardian

• White House admits four US citizens were killed by drone strikes
• Markets rally as Ben Bernanke backs further quantitative easing
• US pushes Europe to amend arms embargo on Syrian rebels
• April Jones case: accused has new memory of seeing body
• Oklahoma rescuers wind up search and prepare for tornado clean-up

Le Monde

• Propriété intellectuelle : 300 milliards de pertes par an pour les Etats-Unis
• Twitter renforce ses mesures de sécurité après plusieurs piratages
• Paris compte inscrire la branche militaire du Hezbollah sur la liste des groupes terroristes

Der Spiegel

• Picture This: Wagnerian Drama
• Minister on the Defensive: Drone Program Collapse Has Berlin Under Pressure
• War Crimes in Italy: German Prosecutors Reject Massacre Case

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