All posts by Guest Contributor
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Reclaiming the Narrative: On #SurvivorLoveLetter, Community, and Radical Healing
By Michelle Denise Jackson On Valentine’s Day 2009, I had sex for the very first time. It was my sophomore year of college, and I...
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The Star Studded White Savior Industrial Complex in Haiti
By Natalia Cardona Patricia Arquette’s recent remarks during the Oscars made for strong debate among feminists of color and white feminists in the U.S. Arquette...
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REVIEW: All About Skin: Short Fiction by Women of Color
At the Boundaries of Belief Review of All about Skin: Short Fiction by Women of Color, ed. Jina Ortiz and Rochelle Spencer Review...
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Victimwashing: Guns, Violence, and the Politics of Whose Lives Matter
By Julie Moreau In February, the New York Times published an article on legislative initiatives to arm college students in an alleged attempt to reduce...
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ELEMENTARY FEMINISMS: Being a Feminist at Fourteen
By Olivia Emin I go to a school where the boys outnumber the girls. This isn’t a small difference; there are pretty much two and...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Pulp Fiction
By Rebecca Miller The night is a prison for rainbows. Light-deprived prisms and spectrums of grey. Bowls of fake fruit as centerpieces And gift-wrapped sweets in corners...
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Confronting the Rhetoric of “Black on Black Crime”: A Response to Derailing Strategies
By Xhercis Méndez This article is dedicated to all those who seek to produce justice in the face of state sanctioned violence vis-à-vis police brutality,...
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On the Eating of Tails by Lily Hoang
On the Eating of Tails Once I wrote a miniature book that I called a novellete that I called Webcam Sex and it was about...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: “Real” Women: A Critique of “Feminist” Transphobia
By Rebecca Long As awareness of the harmful affects of the presentation of distorted female bodies in media and advertising has risen, so too has...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: And We Sat: Violence against the Bodies of Diversity and Transparency (DAT) Student Movement at Syracuse University
By Farrell Greenwald Brenner The ultimate connection cannot be the enemy. The ultimate connection must be the need that we find between us. It is...
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Clap Back: Why I’m Here for Amber Rose and Black Women’s Sexual Agency
By Ashleigh Shackelford After hearing Kanye West’s comments in his interview on “The Breakfast Club,” where he spoke on his prior relationship with Amber Rose, I decided...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Mama: A Short Story
By Nora Kervroëdan Mama always told me I should not complain. Stop whining, she would say. Be happy with what you’ve got. I...
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Selections from Sequoia Maner, Mahogany L. Browne, Veronica Golos, JP Howard, and Zanzooba Magdoos – Finalists for our Poetry Contest
The following 5 pieces were finalists for our 1st TFW Poetry Contest, judged by Evie Shockley. Please click the above link for an audio recording...
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“Black Girls Matter”: An Interview with Kimberle Crenshaw and Luke Harris
By Ahmad Greene-Hayes On Wednesday, February 4, 2015, the African American Policy Forum (AAPF) released its groundbreaking report, “Black Girls Matter.” Ahmad Greene-Hayes, a guest...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Threw Me Chair
By Hannah Seelman He threw me into a chair, into despair as the blood rain warm, drip drop drip...
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Poetry by Honorable Mention finalists Shevaun Brannigan, Coco Owen, and Kimberly Reyes
2 poems by Shevaun Brannigan . In Response to Learning the Lego Line of Female Scientists was Limited Edition On the line of female Legos...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Love Rests in the Scream
By Brooklyn Payton Reflecting on the plethora of suggestive social justice images in conjunction with a continual meditative praxis on desired results of...
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Maha Abu-Dayyeh: A Life of Dedication
Maha Abu-Dayyeh’s contributions were varied and distinct, though inextricably joined, and spanned from the local to global. She helped to institutionalize women’s activism in our...
