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Mecca Jamilah Sullivan Reads at Nuyorican Poets Cafe for Fresh Fruit Festival NYC
Even as LGBT characters and “out” celebrities become more common in pop culture and mainstream media, the richness and complexity of real queer lives is...
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Table of Contents for "A Celebration of Assata and the Black Radical Tradition"
Here is a list of the articles that appeared in our forum, “Celebrating Assata Shakur and the Black Radical Tradition,” offered with gratitude to each...
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Heidi R. Lewis Discusses Gender & Sexuality on KRCC’s "Western Skies"
This month, Heidi R. Lewis was featured on KRCC‘s “Western Skies” radio program with Noel Black (Producer), attorney Julie Wolfe; and reporter Stephanie Earls of...
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Call for Submissions: TFW Love as a Radical Act Forum
Times always seem to be especially trying for those of us committed to transnationally eradicating anti-feminist, racist, and imperialist politics both publicly and privately. Like...
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Wall of Shame: George Zimmerman’s Defense Team et al.
Let us be clear at the outset: here at The Feminist Wire, we’re fans of the Sixth Amendment and believe that everybody deserves a fair...
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In Conversation: On the Landmark SCOTUS Decisions, Single-Variable Politics and Movement Forward
By Timothy Patrick McCarthy and Darnell L. Moore Darnell: Tim, You have spoken and written publicly about the need—particularly on the part of white and economically privileged...
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Darnell L. Moore Speaks at NIH National Pride Month in Washington, DC
In honor of National Pride Month, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will host a panel discussion, “Painting Kinder Tomorrows…Today: Eliminating Bullying through Education, Practice,...
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Join the Movement and See "Free Angela and All Political Prisoners"
IN LOCAL THEATERS NOW (to find a Tugg screening in your city you must reserve tickets in advance) The Feminist Wire’s interview with Director Shola Lynch,...
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Myths of Progress and Cartographies of Hate
By Darnell L. Moore and Monica J. Casper Definition of HATE 1 a: intense hostility and aversion usually deriving from fear, anger, or sense of...
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Harsha Walia at 2nd Annual Feminists in Games. Saturday June 1, 2013 at The Centre for Digital Media in Vancouver, B.C.
For more information, please visit FIG.
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An Open Letter to Facebook
From Women, Action and Media May 21, 2013 An Open Letter to Facebook: We, the undersigned, are writing to demand swift, comprehensive and effective action...
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Press Release: A Letter to Barack Obama (change.org)
The Feminist Wire supports the petition below. To add your name, please visit change.org. For more on Assata Shakur from us, please see forthcoming articles celebrating her...
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THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE of BLACK LAWYERS (NCBL) CONDEMNS THE FBI’S CONTINUED ATTACKS ON ACTIVIST ASSATA SHAKUR
The Feminist Wire is committed to providing space for critical dialogue. We are reprinting NCBL’s statement in its entirety with permission from the authors with...
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"Affirmation" by Assata Shakur
“Affirmation” by Assata Shakur* ___ I believe in living. I believe in the spectrum of Beta days and Gamma people. I believe in sunshine. In...
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NRA Vendor Sells Ex-Girlfriend Target That Bleeds When You Shoot It
*Trigger warning* Sometimes I feel like the NRA is actively just trying to lose all the credibility it has left in this world. Just when...
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Book Release: Godless Americana: Race and Religious Rebels by Sikivu Hutchinson
Over the past several years, the Right has spun the fantasy of colorblind, post-racial, post-feminist American exceptionalism. This Orwellian narrative anchors the most blistering conservative...
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Monica Casper and Heather Turcotte (UConn) on Fucking While Feminist with Jaclyn Friedman (Women, Action and Media)
Check it out here, especially those of you interested in anti-violence work, feminism, college campuses, and activism. Heather Turcotte & Monica Casper: Fucking While Feminist...
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Radical Love, Race, and Feminist Futures
By Brooke Elise Axtell with Monica J. Casper, Heather Laine Talley, and Aishah Shahidah Simmons As we offer this closing statement on our recent Race,...
