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Talking Vultures, Humans, and Warm Flesh with Charles Bowden
By Alice Driver Some people we know only through their words. And so it was with author Charles Bowden and his images of bloated bodies,...
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OpEd: The Science of Love Behind the Science of Rape
By: Angela Willey “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” Todd Akin’s now infamous...
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Feminists We Love: Salamishah Tillet
By Darnell L. Moore and Aishah Shahidah Simmons Dr. Salamishah Tillet is a feminist academic, activist, and writer. She is an Assistant Professor of English and...
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(Insert Witty Scandal-Related Title Here): Continuing the Dialogue
By Brandon T. Maxwell The following is an attempt to respond to some of the critiques of my article, “Olivia Pope and The Scandal of...
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Simposio de la Feminización de las Migraciones y Derechos Humanos: Signing a Pact for the Future
Today is not only Valentine’s day or Día V, the day against violence against women, but it marks an interesting moment in Mexican national policy....
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Vena Amoris
I’m on a relatively small plane on my way to Denver. I’m in the window seat. There’s no middle, just the guy in the aisle...
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What Contents Different Containers Can Hold: An Introduction to the Monthly Lyric Essay
…with gratitude to Katherine Ferrier and The Architects “What begins in recognition, – …ends in obedience.” Frank Bidart, “By These Waters” John Cage: It’s...
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Poetry Spotlight: Tiphanie Yanique
Anniversary I am knotted at the house screaming. The moving church careening away with my husband. Christ, they’ve committed him. But the witnesses...
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Yes, brotha—come GET me!: A Black Feminist’s (Late) Response to Think Like a Man
I just finished watching Think Like a Man for the first time on Starz. I resisted going to see the film when it was released...
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Love In a Time of Scandal
By Brittney Cooper and Treva Lindsey The following conversation took place on Sunday, February 10th, 2013. What began as a Facebook conversation among several dynamic black feminists/womanists...
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Op-Ed: Lessons From Brooklyn College: A Victory For BDS, Academic Freedom, and the Vanquishing of Bullies
By: Katherine Franke In case you haven’t heard, last Thursday night Judith Butler and Omar Barghouti spoke at Brooklyn College about the notion of using...
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Feminists We Love: Rahiel Tesfamariam
Rahiel Tesfamariam is an activist, writer, social commentator and public theologian. She is the Founder / Editor-in-Chief of UrbanCusp.com, a cutting-edge online lifestyle magazine highlighting progressive urban...
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Transit Violations: Locating the ‘Bus Rape’ in L.A. and Other Public Geographies of Violence
By: Asha Best I began writing this piece in late November 2012, but even in the process of returning to it and revising, reports of...
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Olivia Pope and the Scandal of Representation
By Brandon Maxwell On April 5, 2012 Shonda Rhimes premiered yet another television drama that would entice millions of viewers to faithfully return to their...
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Two Poems
By Saumya Dave Daughter Dreams Before arid fate grips these ankles and loneliness seduces my lungs I’ll offer who I never was ...
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Able Normative Supremacy and the Zero Mentality
Within our neoliberal cultural imaginary, disabled people are rendered as bodies lacking agency. As a result, the measures of progress used to gauge the inclusion...
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Reflections on an Integrated Coffee Table: Recalling One Reader of Ebony Magazine
By Deborah A. Smith This is the story of a White subscriber to Ebony and some reflections on that reader’s personal path of activism. The subscriber...
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Can We End Violence Against Women and Girls?
By Soma Chaudhuri Violence against women and girls is pervasive in today’s world. The Feminist Wire recently published several articles and one Op-Ed, showcasing in...
