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The Postconventional Ethics of Chelsea Manning
By John Stoltenberg At this moment in U.S. history, there may be no nonelected figure in the public eye whose ethics are both more respected...
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Introducing: Squeezed Between Feminisms (But Not Benedict Cumberbatch)
By Andrea Plaid and Tami Winfrey Harris; crossposted at Squeezed Between Feminisms Tami: You had to work Benedict Cumberbatch in here, didn’t you? I’m beginning...
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Feminists We Love: Chandra Talpade Mohanty
Chandra Talpade Mohanty (born in Mumbai India in 1955) is a postcolonial and transnational feminist theorist. She has degrees from University of Delhi and University...
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Forum on Brown Feminism(s)
By Nicole Guidotti-Hernandez, Shubhra Sharma, and Sophia Villarreal-Licona DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JANUARY 1, 2014 At times, it feels like conversations about race in the U.S....
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Elementary Feminisms: Accepting People As They Are
By Caleb Peterson People don’t always get the rights they deserve, and are punished for things they have no control of. People get killed or...
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#BlameFeminism: For the Hurt & the Hustle
By Tanwi Nandini Islam Feminism is the hustle to survive in a world that does not care about you. The latest Internet satire tells us...
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Justice for Marissa! Set her Free! (Read and Sign)
By Zillah Eisenstein October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Marissa Alexander was imprisoned in 2010 for 20 years after trying to defend herself from a...
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Fiction Feature: CORONA by Bushra Rehman
Corona (and I’m not talking about the beer) Corona, Queens 1983 Corona, and I’m not talking about the beer. I’m talking about a little village...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Consensual Sex, Bad Faith, and Gay Men
By Marcus Lee During a recent community discussion on sexual violence and consent, I was forced to reveal something very troubling to myself. It started...
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Sites of Violence: Why Our Notions of “Sex Positive” Feminism Are in Need of an Overhaul
While skimming through news a few weeks ago, I noticed that one of the current hot topics on feminist threads was the Cliteracy project, an...
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Miss America is Indian-American: Yay, I think. Or not.
By Archana A. Pathak Two weeks ago, an Indian-American woman won Miss America, and the ensuing days elicited varying commentaries on this “historic moment.” It...
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Op-Ed: On Agricultural Goddesses, Women, and Genetically Modified Seeds
By Eleni Panagiotarakou On December 11, 1970 the father of the green revolution, Norman Borlaug, during his acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize claimed...
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Cheryl Clarke: A Retrofuturespective
Join Steven G. Fullwood (Schomburg Center) and TFW Collective Members, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Mecca Jamilah Sullivan and Darnell L. Moore, on October 4, 2013. They...
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it’s like this: an interview with Doris Davenport
Doris Davenport’s crucial journey as an artist and thinker has spanned many years and has touched the nation (you may for example remember her piece...
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“Calling All Stars”: Janelle Monae’s Black Feminist Futures
By Emily J. Lordi I will let others explain why The Electric Lady, released earlier this month, is Janelle Monae’s most beautiful, expertly pop and...
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3 poems by Meg Wade
The Skinning House There’s howling in the woods out back. ………………………..The creepy light at the bottom of the pool. ………………………..All my fucking...
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What Ralph Ellison Can Teach Us about Trayvon Martin
By Dennis Tyler Jr. In light of the recent decision by the school board of education in Randolph County, North Carolina, to ban Ralph Ellison’s...
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An Open Letter to Same Gender Loving Black Men
By David J. Malebranche My heart is heavy. My soul longs for relief. Yesterday my dear friend, mentee and little brother, Warner McGee, transitioned after being...
