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Getting Away With Murder on the Soccer Field
By Lorena Campos The recent case of South African Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius has brought a global awareness to the issue of violence against women....
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Op-Ed: What We Lose When We Focus Our Discussion on Jared Leto Rather than Rayon: Queer Politics and the Forgotten Heroes of the AIDS Crisis
By Mairead Sullivan While Rayon’s death in the Dallas Buyers Club was not the stereotypical death of a tragic transgender character, it was a tragic...
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Feminists We Love: Dr. bell hooks
In 2011, the legendary Black feminist scholar, cultural critic, and prolific writer Dr. bell hooks began to surface in social media spaces, pushing her work...
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The Impostor Syndrome and Me
I am writing to introduce myself. And to try to answer the question, “What am I doing here?” Every time I think up a new...
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An Interview with Harsha Walia
By Erin Durban-Albrecht After reading Undoing Border Imperialisms for a review that appears today at The Feminist Wire, I had a chance to ask the book’s...
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A Review of “Undoing Border Imperialism”
By Erin Durban-Albrecht On the morning of October 11, 2013, activists of all ages in my hometown of Tucson put their bodies on the line—chaining...
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Personal is Political: Warning: Triggers Ahead
Heather Haskins writes a personal refleciton on sexual abuse, trigger warnings, and Dylan Farrow for #personalIsPoliticalOnTFW.
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Two Pieces by Karin Cotterman
By Karin Cotterman Radiation/Journey to basement and waiting room I enter the sliding glass door of the building as if I am...
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My Grandma’s Blue-Green Eyes Look/Laugh Like
By John Murillo We played Monopoly and I feared the end of the world. This was when Y2K was a thing and I was still...
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Personal is Political: Mind the G.A.P.
Erica David, "My mom is down with God Answers Prayers (GAP), and so everything that happens has happened for a reason." #personalIsPoliticalOnTFW
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TFW’s Sikivu Hutchinson and Aishah Shahidah Simmons Partner to Address Sexual Violence with Youth in South Los Angeles
On Friday, March 7, 2014, TFW Associate Editor Aishah Shahidah Simmons gave a presentation on the importance of naming and ending sexual violence with approximately 50...
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Why Sikivu Hutchinson’s Latest Book Is Relevant To an Angry Romani Ex-Muslim
By Maryam Moosan-Clark In Godless Americana: Race and Religious Rebels, Sikivu Hutchinson takes us on a roller coaster ride through the different, interacting forms of...
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A Love Note….
We called for your support — this time, financial — to help The Feminist Wire build its infrastructure and pay for our subscriptions for Submittable...
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Redefining Realness by Janet Mock (Book Review)
By David B. Green, Jr. I have learned through the process of story telling and sharing that we all come from various walks of life...
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Personal is Political: Chicana Motherwork
Michelle Téllez writes about Chicana motherwork for #personalIsPoliticalonTFW.
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Nicki Minaj and Pretty Taking All Fades: Performing the Erotics of Feminist Solidarity
By Jillian Hernandez and Anya M. Wallace This essay aims to consider an erotics of feminist solidarity, not a solidarity that only decries the...
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Black History Remix: Nicki Minaj, Self-Defense, and Black Women’s Suppressed Histories
By Janell Hobson Just a few days before Valentine’s Day and in the midst of Black History Month, pop star and rapper Nicki Minaj...
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Women, Men, Horses, and the Wild, Wild West: An Interview with Deanne Stillman
I met Deanne Stillman in September 2013, and it seemed we had a great deal to discuss. We talked on a breezy, warm day at...
