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Wangari Maathai Obituary (1941-2011)
By Sonalini Kaur Sapra Wangari Maathai has been an inspiration to many for her unflagging passion and commitment to women’s rights and environmental justice. She...
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Spotlight Poet: Donika Ross
Whale Know, first, that she does not remain behind the baleen forever. Know, too, that the whale is unaware of the woman drowning on its...
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Teenaged Nightmare: Violent Masculinity and Young Women of Color
They were carefree and besotted, joined at the hip, the epitome of a young couple steeped in the insular world of teen obsession. To some,...
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Red Summer Turned Blue
The days are growing shorter, the new school year has started, and Halloween products have begun appearing on store shelves. Summer is well and truly...
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Featured Poet: Ama Codjoe
Red Clay Blues I call on my baby, say save some honey for me. ‘Cause everyday and I need some honey, —–and you best save...
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The Revolution Might Not Be Televised (but it might be on Facebook)
For ten days people have been on Wall Street as part of the “Occupy Wall Street” protest and major U.S. media outlets have been nearly...
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Begatting and Begetting: The Issue(s) of Men
By Lisa Jean Moore and Monica J. Casper Semen. Vas deferens. Penis. Scrotum. Glans. Ejaculation. Testes. Prostate gland. Epididymis. Seminal vesicles. Pubic hair. Erectile function. Falling...
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Featured Poet: Kamilah Aisha Moon
A SUPERWOMAN CHOOSES ANOTHER WAY TO FLY woke up again parched from a dream / full of old water, the only urgent tide / in...
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Introducing: Sikivu Hutchinson…
TFW welcomes Sikivu Hutchinson to our Editorial Collective. Sikivu Hutchinson is a senior intergroup specialist for the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission. She received a Ph.D. in...
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Introducing: Mecca Jamilah Sullivan…
TFW welcomes Mecca Jamilah Sullivan to our Editorial Collective. Mecca Jamilah Sullivan is from Harlem, New York. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming internationally in publications including Callaloo,...
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Tamar and Troy, or, When Can We Cry?
By Ashon Crawley But when brought them near to eat, he took hold of her, and said to her, “Come, lie with me,...
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Gloria Steinem and "NO! The Rape Documentary"
By Aishah Shahidah Simmons Gloria Steinem is a Second Wave White Feminist pioneer who, for over 40 years and counting, has been at the forefront...
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A Message from the Editors Concerning the Execution of Troy Anthony Davis
We join millions of Americans in expressing our profound sorrow tonight that despite recantations and substantial doubt concerning his guilt, the state of Georgia has...
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Dunham in the Air: A Reflection on Radical Choreographies and Programming Social Justice
By Aimee Meredith Cox, Ph.D. Retrograde I was on my way to Santa Fe last summer marveling at the technology that allowed me to be...
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The Women in Tahrir Square
Editor’s Note: In light of the most recent examples of resistance and protest in Egypt, we offer this reminder and analysis of events earlier in the year. Let us keep...
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The Myth of “Gay Marriage,” The Reality of Gay Hate: Dispatches from New York and North Carolina
The recent ruling in favor of gays and lesbians in New York has had unintended consequences. And I don’t mean that the global wellbeing of...
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Featured Poet: Anne Marie Rooney
Elegy in which the film degrades —————————1 She has seen the angle a man shudders into. / The slab of haunch a promise. This woman /...
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Fables for Our Time
I should have been grading papers yesterday. In fact, I missed my own assignments, watching coverage that I know nearly as well as the digits...
