Feminists We Love

• Feminists We Love: Kristen E. Nelson

  24 May 2013

  Kristen E. Nelson is the author of Write, Dad (Unthinkable Creatures Press, 2012). She has recently published work in The Volta, Denver Quarterly, Drunken Boat, Tarpaulin Sky Journal, Trickhouse, and Everyday Genius, among others. She is a founder and the Executive Director of Casa Libre en la Solana, a non-profit writing center in Tucson, Arizona; a production editor for Tarpaulin [...]

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

• Harsha Walia at 2nd Annual Feminists in Games. Saturday June 1, 2013 at The Cen­tre for Dig­i­tal Media in Van­cou­ver, B.C.

  25 May 2013

• 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

New York Times

• Gas Cylinder Blast on Pakistan School Bus Kills 17
• Game 2: Pacers 97, Heat 93: LeBron James Stumbles and Pacers Top Heat in Game 2
• In Race to Fill John Kerry’s Seat, Little Talk on Policy

CNN

• 'You're too smart to be from Mexico'
• Relive the chaos in images
• 600 bridges have failed since 1989

Newsweek

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

Al Jazeera

• US seeks help in capturing Benghazi suspects
• Guatemala's ex-president extradited to US
• African Union's track record under scrutiny

Globe & Mail

• How Canada's housing downturn threatens to shake up real estate commissions
• Globe investigation: The Ford family’s history with drug dealing
• In photos: The Ford brothers and their Etobicoke connections

El Pais

• Air China confirma la compra de 100 aviones Airbus por 8.800 millones de euros
• Biden inicia una gira latinoamericana para ampliar la relación con Colombia y Brasil
• El presidente José Mujica llegó a Pekín para promover inversiones en Uruguay

The Guardian

• Two-thirds fear Woolwich murder will lead to 'clash of civilisations'
• David Simon, creator of The Wire, says new US drug laws help only 'white, middle-class kids'
• Boy, nine, steals keys and crashes car
• Woman dies after driving wrong way up M5 motorway
• Pakistan school bus fire kills 16 children

Le Monde

• L'ex-candidate communiste Anna Rosso-Roig passe au FN pour les municipales
• Romain Grosjean : "Monaco, c'est un peu notre Grand Prix national"
• Les assaillants des attentats au Niger "venaient de Libye", selon le président nigérien

Der Spiegel

• Tighter Security in Germany: Terror Warning ahead of Champions League Final
• Pleas for Weapons: Europe Reluctant to Arm Syrian Rebels
• Electric Avenue: Solar Road Panels Offer Asphalt Alternative

Sites We Like

• Black Women Unchecked
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• Gender Across Borders
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• Mujeres Talk
• New Black Man
• Racialicious
• RH Reality Check
• Slate
• SOGI NAIJA
• Sustainable Mothering
• The Feminist Press
• The Women's Media Center
• Trivia: Voices of Feminism
• UltraViolet
• Venus Genus
• WAM
• Women in Media and News
• Women News Network
• Young Feminist Wire