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3 poems by Vandana Khanna
The Blessed Back when we belonged only to ourselves but didn’t know it, when dust coiled around our ankles with every step...
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4 poems by Joy Ladin
Making Love From Impersonation, Sheep Meadow Press, 2015 I reach for God and brush your breast, reach for you and brush God ...
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A Preemptive Strike: Cannibalizing Queer People of Color in the Aftermath of the Orlando Massacre
This isn’t an open letter. It’s cautionary. Warning tape surrounds this statement. Enter at your own risk.
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cadencia (a poem for Orlando)
By Martina “Mick” Powell for KJ Morris and all the beautiful people we lost in Orlando, FL on June 12, 2016 & that...
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3 poems by Elizabeth J. Colen
*** Elizabeth J. Colen’s most recent books include the long poem / lyric essay hybrid The Green Condition(Ricochet Editions, 2014)...
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#Feministcare: TFW on summer break from June 15-July 15
Dearest Readers, Thank you for your continued support. And thank you for loving us and valuing our work. ***We are breaking from June 15-July 15.***...
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A Review of “White Nights, Black Paradise”
By Sincere Kirabo Sikivu Hutchinson’s new novel White Nights, Black Paradise is a provocative and eye-opening piece of historical fiction that captures a dark moment...
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The Underground Smell Road: A Review of L.H. Stallings’ Funk the Erotic
By Savannah Shange “I will be a freak until the day, until the dawn and we can all through the night until...
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#FreeJasmine Abdullah Richards: Political Prisoner, Freedom Fighter
In 1900, human rights activist Ida B. Wells said, “Our nation’s national crime is lynching.” Wells fought her entire life to stop the atrocity...
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2 poems by Casandra Lopez
4th of July: San Bernardino 2015 South of the freeway fireworks spit out the whole of July. Booms blare louder than backfires, thundering...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Two Poems: “I Refuse” and “The Wage”
By Lytasha Marie Blackwell The following piece was written while I was a junior in high school. This piece reflects my concerns, views, passion,...
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PERSONAL IS POLITICAL: This Is How I Learn to Come
By Emily Depasse There I am, sitting on a shelf, covered in dust and coffee-stained pages. You’re intrigued. You’re the type of person who likes...
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Woke Feminist Men: Engaging Black Men and Boys on Sexual Violence Activism
In American classrooms, where black children are never granted the luxury of being thinkers, brainy dreamers and nerdy eccentrics, invulnerability becomes their default mode and...
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2 prose pieces by Jennifer Maritza McCauley
Mulatto-ed Our friends are talking about our babies, but we haven’t got to the loving part yet. They are looking at our skin, yours: burnt...
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TFW’s Aishah Shahidah Simmons Receives Two-Year Just Beginnings Collaborative Fellowship
“True liberation must come from within. I am a Black feminist lesbian who is a survivor of both incest/child sexual abuse and rape. What better...
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Personal Is Political: Let’s Talk about Herpes
By Mikayla Bobrow I was just starting my senior year of college when I met Jack. He was cute, intelligent, and well-known on campus for...
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“On Names” by Alan Pelaez Lopez
On Names and to think that once, I thought you were lucky to trace trace the maps of your name to sailors and warriors...
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White Liberals Ain’t Loyal: White Silence, Black Absence
By RaShelle R. Peck The summer of 2015 was tragic and bloody. One incident that constantly appeared in the media was the murder of Cecil...
