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Feminists We Love: Zerlina Maxwell (Video)
Zerlina Maxwell holds a JD from the Rutgers University School of Law and a BA in International Relations and Affairs from Tufts University. Over the...
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“Christopher Columbus was awful (but this other guy was not)”: A Flawed Critique of Columbus Day that Omits Indigenous Peoples in Present Day and Virtually Ignores the Enslavement of African Americans
By Tria Andrews A misguided essay-comic titled “Christopher Columbus was awful (but this other guy was not)” was recently posted on by Matthew Inman on The...
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Talkback: In Defense of Rihanna
By Muna Mire The hugely delayed video for Rihanna’s single ‘Pour It Up’ has received undue amounts of negative attention since it dropped a couple...
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3 poems by Jordan Rice
Tresses My father rings our apple trees with his own urine, says the scent will scare off starving deer which strip his low...
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Laboring Positions: Black Women, Mothering and the Academy (A conversation with editor Sekile Nzinga-Johnson)
Sekile Nzinga-Johnson is a BADDDDD sista in the Sonia Sanchez sense. She is a mother, educator, scholar, ruler of the roller derby scene as Malice...
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UPDATE: NOW’s Love Your Body Day (Video)
TFW Collective members Tamura A. Lomax and Heidi R. Lewis participated in the first ever Love Your Body Day Google Hangout hosted by the National...
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Op-Ed: Shutting Down Our Rights
By Kari O’Driscoll If the House of Representatives’ most recent attempt to obliterate the Patient Care and Affordable Care Act is any indication, politics in...
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Brenda Barton and De Fuhrer
Arizona has more than its fair share of wing-nut politicians. But Brenda Barton, a Republican legislator from Payson, takes the cake. On her Facebook page...
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If Wishes Were Fishes: A Love Letter to Our Daughters
Today is International Day of the Girl Child. A celebration of girls the world over, this day also marks the absence of educational and other...
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Feminists We Love: Betty Makoni
Muzvare—Her Royal Highness Betty Makoni, has been honored by her traditional Chiefs in Makoni village and conferred with the title Princess. She is an international...
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Day of the Girl: Celebrating the Beauty that is J’dah Thibeaux
Twenty-two years ago I met a friend for life; one of the most sincere, supportive, and loving people you’ll ever meet. Seven years later, my...
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Sound Off: Black Women Writers Respond to Rihanna’s “Pour it Up”
Given all of the responses, mostly negative, to Rihanna’s “Pour it Up” video, TFW decided to invite a few of our favorite black women writers to...
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Disposable Children: Whiteness, Heterosexism and the Murder of Lawrence King
It isn’t until the end of director Marta Cunningham’s new HBO documentary film Valentine Road, the gut-wrenching chronicle of the 2008 classroom murder of 15...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Two to Tango: Sharing Birth Control
By Samantha Maldonado I started on birth control (a.k.a “the pill”) during my relationship with my current boyfriend. It’s the method we prefer. Being on...
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The Government Shutdown, Rape and Other Extortions of Assets
By Farah Tanis For many in this movement to end rape and address the intersecting, crosscutting and causal factors that perpetuate it, a government shutdown...
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Poem Suite: Things
In our Poem Suites, we bring together the voices of emerging and established poets exploring a common theme. In today’s Poem Suite, four poets consider...
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Elementary Feminisms: Soul Singer
By Mira Raju Strength can be either mental or physical. During a rock concert at the University of Arizona, I found someone who had both....
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Feminist Leadership: Leading For the Least of Us
By Kelly Macías If you’ve been paying attention, the last three months have made for a fascinating study in leadership; or more specifically, the lack...
