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Introducing: David J. Leonard
TFW is excited to welcome David J. Leonard to the Editorial Collective! David J. Leonard is Associate Professor in the Department of Critical Culture, Gender and...
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The Golden Handcuffs of Gay Rights: How Pinkwashing Distorts both LGBTIQ and Anti-Occupation Activism
By: Jasbir K. Puar Israeli democracy, through its promotion of LGBT rights, offers golden handcuffs—a beautiful gift that comes with control—to Israeli queers. At a...
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Welcome to the New Egyptian ParliaMENt
By Ibtisam Barakat This cartoon is a response to the astonishing fact that the number of women who won seats in the post-Mubarak Egyptian parliamentary elections...
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Why the Question of Palestine is a Feminist Concern
By Neferti X. M. Tadiar I was recently part of a fact-finding delegation to Palestine organized by the US Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. The...
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Long-Term Worldwide Decline In Abortions Has Stalled
After a period of substantial decline, the global abortion rate has stalled, according to new research from the Guttmacher Institute and the World Health Organization...
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TFW Forum on Palestine
Introduction: TFW Editorial Collective Member, Darnell L. Moore, recently returned from a trip to Israel/Palestine as a member of the first LGBTQI delegation to the...
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Thinking Outside the Blockbuster: Women of Color Make Films for Real Women
By Melissa Robertson For many American filmgoers it might sound unbelievable that only about 6% of all fiction filmmakers are women. However, to both professional...
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UN Agencies Address Maternal Health In Haiti
Two years since the earthquake in Haiti UN Women and UNFPA Haiti have worked to improve conditions for women, who still face rapes and gender-based...
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Call for Submissions: Forum on Mental Health and Illness
The Feminist Wire is proud to announce that it will host a forum on mental health and illness. Because the topic of mental health can...
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A Fly Girl: Black Sexual Politics and Beyoncé
By David J. Leonard and Kristal Moore Clemons A newly discovered horse fly by Australian scientist Bryan Lessard has become global media fodder. While usually not a...
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Gabrielle Giffords will resign to focus on her recovery
Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords announced on her website Sunday that she will resign from Congress this week to continue her recuperation from the brain injury...
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Ethnic Studies, MLK & Great Men
In one of the first scenes of the 2006 film Walkout, the day-glo radiance of L.A. suffuses a group of Lincoln High School seniors discussing...
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Trust Women
Here at TFW, we trust women. That’s why we want you to know that January 20th – 27th is Trust Women Week. The Silver Ribbon...
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Lose like a Man: Who is Really Losing in the new Weight Watchers Campaign?
By David J. Leonard It seems that Charles Barkley is everywhere and that isn’t just because there are basketball games on each and every day...
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Who is Killing Us
By Terrion L. Williamson On April 1, 1979, 1,500 people gathered in the streets of Boston to memorialize the lives of six black women who...
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Drug Cartel Targets Woman Journalist Through Online Social Media
In less than two months, two women journalists who covered drug-related violence have been killed in Mexico. Yolanda Ordaz a reporter for the Vera Cruz...
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Gender Barricading: Israel Gynecology Conference Bars Women Speakers
An upcoming conference on gynecology and women’s health in Jerusalem, Israel has announced that women speakers will not be allowed to attend the event. The...
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The Trouble with "Flip-flopping"?
Newt has taken to apologizing, but not for cheating on his wife as she was violently ill or participating in the Clinton witch hunts which...