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Assata the Unflinching

May 17, 2013
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by Gregory L. Caldwell and Omar Ricks Dear President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder, At the risk of running afoul of the PATRIOT act, we declare that we still love and respect Assata Shakur no matter what you say. Black people are in a new nadir, and Assata Shakur comes out of...
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A is for Asylum

May 17, 2013
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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 unaware of next exhalation’s...
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“Somebody’s Children”: A Conversation with Laura Briggs

May 14, 2013
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“Somebody’s Children”: A Conversation with Laura Briggs

By Kelly Sharron and Abraham Weil Laura Briggs is the chair of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies department at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. We had the opportunity to speak with her about her latest book, Somebody’s Children: The Politics of Transracial and Transnational Adoption, an interdisciplinary text that analyzes transracial and transnational adoption,...
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It’s Open Girl-Meat Season

May 3, 2013
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By Jawahara Saidullah “Kya maal hai.” What good stuff. “Bilkul sahi cheez yaar.” Absolutely, great stuff, man. Maal means, stuff, thing, or merchandise. So does cheez. This common male conversation on the streets of North India is usually conducted over-loudly so that the ‘stuff’ being talked about can hear it. It is almost always...
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Capitalism: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

May 1, 2013
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By Ariane Beckman A few months ago, The Catalyst, an independent student newspaper published at my school, Colorado College, published an article entitled “Why I Love Capitalism, and Why You Should, Too!” To be clear, I don’t exactly hate capitalism. Go on, you capitalism lovers! Buy your new iPhone! Spend your money! I participate...
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A Love Note for Movement

April 28, 2013
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By Purvi Shah The work of ending violence and enabling gender equity is hard. The victories are too rare, the celebrations too brief. And so I participated with joy in a dance flash mob at New York City’s Washington Square Park as part of the One Billion Rising events this Feb. 14, 2013. Not...
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Clearing the Path for the Turtle

April 23, 2013
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By Lynn Gehl − Gii-Zhigaate-Mnidoo-Kwe Recently I stated that unless “we” stand behind the person who is most oppressed, “we” will not gain the genuine solidarity needed.  This is because the more oppressed person needs to know that when the more privileged person gets what s/he needs, that s/he will continue to stand behind...
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Reckoning: Race and Sexual Assault in Colombia

April 23, 2013
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By Stacia Penn I am a young black American living in Colombia. My life in Medellin has been a multi-faceted privilege, affording me access to spaces and ways of knowing that I would otherwise not have access to in the United States. In one sense, it has been a privilege to live abroad and...
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Across Difference, Toward Liberation: An Introduction to TFW’s Forum on Race, Racism, and Anti-Racism within Feminism

April 22, 2013
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By Aishah Shahidah Simmons and Heather Laine Talley Perhaps in this twenty-four hour news cycle culture, the horrid sexist and racist sexualization of nine-year old Quvenzhané Wallis both at the Academy Awards and in Twittersphere is now old news. And maybe for her sake, it should be. White feminists’ silence in the face of...
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An Open Letter to the Prime Minister of India

April 21, 2013
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An Open Letter to the Prime Minister of India

Mr. Prime Minister: I read today that you were “disturbed” about the rape of another child in Delhi, a five-year-old girl. My question to you is: just how “disturbed” are you? What does the rape of a five-year-old female child make you feel? Do you sit in your plush office and shake your head...
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  • A is for Asylum12

    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 [...]

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    “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 [...]