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Black Women Reclaim the Conversation on Racism Worldwide
The last two years have seen an upsurge of highly-visible demonstrations and growing movements against racism across the world, from #BlackLivesMatter in the United States...
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The Funniest Thing You Ever Heard by Michelle Lewis
The Funniest Thing You Ever Heard Ha Ha 1: Animul When Animul asked me to take our flames & make them into one I...
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Diana: impending by Ian Ellasante
Diana: impending one month with no shot and Diana is calling to me again one month in which the girl is unbraiding herself into...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Repression and Inequality in the California State University Health Clinic
By Chris Arreola Last year, I visited the San Francisco State University (SF State) Student Health Services center to receive testing for sexually transmitted...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Chemistry Class
By Katie Suleski little boys pick on little girls they adore but sometimes big boys, to little girls take things too far “boys will...
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A Series of (Un)related Events: Forty-Five Years After The Black Woman: an Anthology* by Marquis Bey
A Series of (Un)related Events: Forty-Five Years After The Black Woman: an Anthology* Marquis Bey It starts without context. Cast as insane, volatile,...
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To each their own?
By Celeste Orr When I speak of the discrimination women and the LGBTQI communities face or when I am asked to discuss my doctoral...
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Poem: “Venus”
by Megan Spencer sunday morning on the highway after a breakfast of sweet potatoes and coffee we drove into a swarm of bees....
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Poem: “Fatima Cries”
By Brian Burmeister As she watches her hair fall to her feet. Her father speaks as he watches . ...
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Editorial Changes for 2016
Dear TFW Friends, We’re excited to announce some important changes to our editorial practices, effective immediately. We will no longer be accepting open submissions to...
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Short Story: “Spin”
By Laura Witz There was a time when I took pleasure in the great money machine. In its fantasy of freedom. In its tales...
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An Open Letter to Planned Parenthood Leadership
By Zillah Eisenstein Dear Cecile Richards, You are amazing, along with the huge Planned Parenthood apparatus that delivers health care and reproductive freedom to millions...
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“All Lives Matter Act” Is a Blatant Attack on Black Female Bodies in Missouri
By Christine Assefa The deaths of Michael Brown, Jr., Vonderitt Myers, Jr., Kim King, and Kajieme Powell, and the Ferguson Uprising, thrust Missouri into the...
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Poem: “This Astrological Weather”
By Katie Jean Shinkle Can we remember how it felt in the winter of lights and hands together in prayer and finding our...
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Top 15 Things TFW Accomplished in 2015
Happy New Year! We are raising a glass to you — and to us. Because of your dedicated support, TFW continues to be a critical...
