All posts by Guest Contributor
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Just in Case
By Megan Koopman When you become a woman and your breasts start to show in a way that makes vice principals shake and neighborhood...
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“Paws” by Tracy Burkholder
Paws In sixth grade, I started to envy certain girls’ hands. Not always manicured, but always neat. Fingers thin and smooth. These hands gently...
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Personal is Political: The Other Girl: How I Found Feminism When My Mother Went to Prison
I was only 15 when it happened, but it took years for me to understand that other girls weren’t interested in hearing about my hurt....
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So You’re Horrified By What Happened in Ferguson: What Are You Doing About It?
If you are still trying to admit defeat in the face of racism, you aren't reading enough people of color. Until they give up, you...
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Op-Ed: Meme what you say, say what you meme: What kind of Asian woman am I? A good one gone bad
By J. Mijin Cha As I was sitting through the second excruciating hour of my first Tinder date, I couldn’t help thinking: How did I...
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Dancing while Laying Dead in the Street
By Wade Davis II and Michael Jennings The poet Claude McKay wrote a poem called “The Lynching” where he vividly describes the lynching of a...
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Baby Gammy and the Problem of Women’s Labor
It is typically poor and/or women of color who bear the brunt of...contracted out reproductive labor. They bear the brunt of our burdens—we are parasitic...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: On Date Rape and the Good Girl/Bad Girl Dichotomy
By Elena Carter In the hours after I was date-raped and had stumbled, still drunk, into the hotel room where I was staying with my...
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Anti-Feminists and the Continued Backlash Against Suffragettes
By Tiffany Lamoreaux Last week this lovely gem made its way around my internet feeds. The Buzzfeed list features 14 women, holding up signs that note...
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Elementary Feminisms: Two Poems by Lorean Galarza
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Op-Ed: The NFL’s Response to Violence Against Women: Why One Fan Won’t Watch This Year
This is an issue of basic human dignity and respect. I, as a man, am perfectly capable of not beating up my wife and children....
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3 Poems by Holly Mitchell
Slipping Under Like a ghost, I prepare a bath behind a door that hasn’t locked long as I remember. When my mother...
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An Open Letter to the loved ones of those we lost….
By Douglas Ramsey and J. T. Roane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7_hg0YE9hw Dear Lesley McSpadden, Esaw Garner, Monica McBride, loved ones of Domonique Newburn as well as the countless...
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In Support of Professor Steven Salaita: A Letter to Chancellor Phyllis Wise
By Robin G. Kelley Dear Chancellor Wise, Please do not ignore or delete this letter, or have your administrative assistant file it away. I understand...
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Personal is Political: On Institutional Abuse in Psychiatric Facilities (Part II)
I made a commitment then and there to do everything within my power to make mental healthcare a safe and affirming space for all the...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: The Dominos Fall Quickly
By Emily Barasch The dominos fall quickly in the way that I choose And I have to act...
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Op-Ed: Why We Need Critical Ethnic Studies in Arizona (and Everywhere Else)
By Michelle Téllez I find it imperative to call attention to the disconnect between Ethnic Studies as a discipline and the communities from which it...
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Elementary Feminisms: Anthem for a New Breed
By Victoria Schulte The word “feminist” is loaded and can carry bad connotations. The word “feminist,” often generates two types of thoughts; (1) social, economic, and...
