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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Can the Side Chick Speak?: Side Chicks Re(Thot)
By Samantha Crook Now that the “year of the side chick” has come to a close, let’s resolve to have a more “thotful” side chick...
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Dissing DuVernay and the Lessons of Selma
Every child in the U.S. should be required to see Selma for at least two reasons. First, Ava DuVernay’s powerhouse film captures the political complexities...
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Poetry by runner up Camonghne Felix
Google Search ………………………………………………………..Year: ‘02 ………………………………………………………………..radio; disney …………….Judy; Blume . …………………………………………..Hey; god; it’s; me; . ……………………………………………..cognitive; behavioral; therapy …………..moby; dick ……………………………………..p;t;s;d …………………jesse; mccartney how; to;...
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Excerpt from Dear Twin by Addie Tsai
Prologue Poppy wanted her back. She knew it was a fool’s mission. But, still. She had to try. Poppy’s wall...
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Global Blackness
The following remarks were read at the Black Life Matters conference in Tucson, Arizona, on January 15, 2015. Good morning, everyone. I’m sorry I couldn’t...
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Black Life Matters
A Facebook conversation about Renisha McBride, Jordan Davis, and the white space of white silence led to a brainstorm one morning in early 2014, which...
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White People for Black Lives
By Zillah Eisenstein Revolutionary imagination is the most dangerous and therefore meaningful thing any of us have to offer. So I am writing in support...
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Personal is Political: Post-Abortion Mental Health Is a Feminist Issue
It’s our duty as feminists to keep abortion legal and safe—and safe means that we need to address the underlying problems that are causing women...
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Poetry by contest winner t’ai freedom ford
some said you were the spitting image of evil after Carrie Mae Weems you became drum became washboard became hum became tincan became numb...
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Winners and finalists announced for TFW’s 1st Poetry Contest
THANK YOU, dear TFW readers and writers, for sending us your work for the 1st Annual TFW Poetry Contest. Given the over 100 strong submissions, this...
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Feminists We Love: Dr. Kristie Dotson
Dr. Kristie Dotson, "If you are not willing to read the nuances of Black women’s social theory outside of some framework that a European philosopher...
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TFW’s Heidi R. Lewis on Bitch Media’s “Propaganda”
What are young feminists excited about today? On this episode, we head back to school, talking with students around the country about what feminism looks...
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Op-Ed: Paris, #BlackLivesMatter, the Cultural Violence, and the White Western State
By Malik Nashad Sharpe Today, I mourn with French society, especially the families who have lost their loved ones to violence during yesterday’s attack at...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Two Poems by Ruth Corkill
By Ruth Corkill I Never Called You Lolita She’s a real glamour puss hmm. She doesn’t Just doodle around she actually Calls herself...
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3 Poems by Emily Carr
yolk (v.) he’s gonna havta reach inside you. he’s gonna do it. you asked him to. he’s gonna tell you how old it is. he’s...
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Personal is Political: Unhandsome: Race & Gender, a Chocolate Man’s POV
My complexion earned me unflattering monikers including, but certainly not limited to, Blackie, Spot, Creature from the Black Lagoon, and Tar Baby. I was also...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: “What White Publishers Won’t Print:” Systemic Racism in (Institutionalized) Knowledge Production
By Mali D. Collins In 2013, I began an internship with an academic publishing press. It seemed to be the perfect combination of my dream...
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An Interview with Sherry Payne: Nurse, Childbirth Educator, Womanist
Monica: I first became aware of your work through the Black Infant Mortality Awareness Walk. Can you tell me more about the circumstances that prompted...
