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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...
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Video: Today TFW salutes Martin Luther King, Jr.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlvEiBRgp2M&feature=related We (still) have miles to go before we sleep~TFW Collective
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UN Issues First Report On Human Rights Of Gay And Lesbian People
The first ever United Nations report on the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people details how around the world people are...
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Wrongfully jailed: Records detail more than 500 mistaken-identity arrests in Denver in seven years
More than 500 people were wrongly imprisoned in Denver’s jails over seven years, with some spending weeks incarcerated or pleading guilty to crimes they did...
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2 Ordered To Stand Trial In Richmond Lesbian Gang Rape
A judge ordered two men, ages 34 and 18, to stand trial on kidnapping, gang rape and hate crime charges for allegedly gang raping a...
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Women with Walkers and Wheelchairs Close San Francisco Bank Of America Branch
Tita Caldwell, 80, led the charge of women with walkers and wheelchairs, against Bank of America in San Francisco, CA. last week, explaining that she...
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Why Jay-Z’s “Glory” Dedication to Blue Ivy Made this Black Man Cry
By Jeffrey Q. McCune, Jr. I was prepared to be scared for HOW hip-hop mogul Jay-Z and pop Diva Beyoncé would introduce their daughter, Blue Ivy,...
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“Oh Hello No”: Homophobia and those t-shirts ain’t no joke
By David J. Leonard The college football season came to an end last night. It marked the conclusion of a bowl season that has been...
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Brazil’s Insidious New Pregnancy Registration Law Violates the Privacy of Women
Dilma Rousseff, Brazil’s first female president, was gathering a group a conservative legislators to stealthily assist in drafting and enacting a Ceauşescu-like law requiring all...
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Adieu to ‘Mademoiselle’: French Town Bans ‘Sexist’ Term
Cesson-Sévigné, a suburb of Rennes, France, has banned the use of the title “mademoiselle” on all official forms starting January 1, 2012. Two feminist groups...