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Women Writers Find Inspiration, Mandate to Create, at VORTEXT Retreat
By Kelsye Nelson The first ever VORTEXT event, Hedgebrook’s weekend retreat for women writers, began with Bastard out of Carolina author Dorothy Allison growling from...
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Extension! TFW Forum on Muslim Feminisms
Editor’s note: We’ve extended our deadline for submissions to July 15th. The Feminist Wire (TFW) is seeking articles from Muslim women, men, and allies on their...
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31 Victims Identified in Growing Air Force Sex Abuse Case
The U.S. Air Force has now identified at least 31 women as victims in a growing sex scandal, and there might be more. The Air...
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Jews, Muslims Slam German Circumcision Ruling as Assault on Religion
Jews and Muslims are joining forces in outrage over a German court’s decision that could prohibit parents from having their children circumcised for religious reasons....
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Part 1: Natasha Trethewey, Time Travel, and Telekinesis
This is part one of a three-part series celebrating the crucial lessons of the poetic body of work of United States Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey....
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Are women occupying new movements?
At the recently concluded OpenForum, held in Cape Town South Africa, I was asked to speak to the question of whether ‘women are occupying new...
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TFW Profile: Kym Backer, Senior Editor of Upscale Magazine
By Darnell L. Moore and Tamura A.Lomax What is left for one to do when she has done everything from interviewing heads of state, writing...
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The Invisible War: A Film on Rape, Women and Combat (A Review)
Horrifying . . . devastating . . . infuriating . . . saddening. These are the emotions I felt as I watched The Invisible War,...
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Wealth Inequality Worsening by Race
White Americans have 22 times more wealth than blacks — a gap that nearly doubled during the Great Recession. The median household net worth for...
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Advocacy Group: Three Americans Without Health Insurance Die Every Hour
According to “Dying for Coverage,” the latest report by Families USA, 72 Americans die each day, 500 Americans die every week and approximately Americans 2,175 die each...
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Lourdes Portillo Retrospective at MoMA
A retrospective of the films/videos of Lourdes Portillo opens tomorrow, June 22nd, at the MoMA in New York. “Lourdes Portillo: La Cineasta Inquisitiva” celebrates the...
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3 Lessons from U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey (A 3 Part Series Coming Soon!)
Series Introduction: I am dancing and screaming with joy even more often than usual because Natasha Trethewey is our next US Poet Laureate! For those...
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Adidas Cancels Release of Controversial Shackle Sneaker
“Got a sneaker game so hot you lock your kicks to your ankles?” This was the caption beneath the picture of Adidas’ JS Roundhouse Mid...
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The impact of Living out Loud as a Gay Jamaican
By Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn It has been a week since the first story broke about my marriage to my beautiful wife, Emma Benn, at Silver...
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My Father’s Daughter
When I was a child, I lost one father and gained another. Damaged and blessed simultaneously, as many of us are, my girlhood was shaped...
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Celebrating Father’s Day and LGBTQ Pride
Michael Simmons, my father, comrade, and friend, was the first man I knew who championed women’s rights and the rights of LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual...
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An Official Dad
I grew up a child of divorced parents. My father was gone most of the time, and my mom did everything for me. She was...
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The Father
The hands of the clocks turn until there are no hands anymore The years unfold: work, work, work the numbers on the paycheck...