All posts by Guest Contributor
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Stand for Tenure for Women Scholars of Color
By Vilna Bashi Treitler I’m a full Professor of Sociology. Some might say I’ve “made it,” especially in a country where (according to data from the...
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4 Poems by Joseph Han
Why I Take My Grandmother to Church Every Sunday She replaced her husband’s limbs with wood: broken from doors in past rooms, branches...
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2 poems by Ashwini Bhasi
Dowry We gave 125 pavans of gold to weigh you down—a kilo of yellow that gleamed like a tiger’s eye or like...
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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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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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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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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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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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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...
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LET’S PLAY…An Anti-Racist, Feminist WOMAN CARD
By Zillah Eisenstein COUNT US IN!!! “We” are at the ready to play the WOMAN card. But what is an anti-racist feminist supposed to do?...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, That Why Question Again
By Chi-Chi Ayalogu This is an era in social consciousness when the knee jerk reaction to gender based violence is to attack the perpetrator,...
