All posts by Guest Contributor
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Not My Vagina
By Meera Seshadri “And then there’s the African American moan.” Something prickled under my skin as I sat there in the dark, watching the...
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Every 28 Hours: An Ode to Renisha McBride (A Sermon)
By Nyle Fort The following is a sermon delivered on January 19, 2014 at the First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens (Somerset, NJ). The preaching...
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Room without a roof
By Swati Bandi If I were to map myself, how would I begin? I am a 36 year old woman, a mother, a professor, a...
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Queering Sexual Violence: Radical Voices from Within the Anti-Sexual Violence
By Jennifer Patterson Queering Sexual Violence: Radical Voices from Within the Anti-Sexual Violence Movement is a forthcoming anthology being published by Magnus Books in 2014....
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: An Unfinished Story About Violence
By Emma Redden 30.25° N, 97.75° W I am in Austin, Texas, two thousand miles from home asking strangers on the sidewalk to talk about...
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The Gentle Critique in Activist Spaces: A Newby’s First Year Journey on Social Media
By Kimbo Grama Can the online become the lifeline? We’re told, it’s not possible; we’re told that that people we meet in online forums are...
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Caring Queer Feminist Communities
By Jay Keim At a workshop with the Northwest Network (Seattle, USA), I was asked why I became an anti violence advocate. I felt ambivalent...
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Two Poems by Erin Parks
By Erin Parks 3 Queens Haiku Strange and strong Women Transcending normal life things Freedom in a word ...
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Personal is Political: Trying to Understand (Critique): A Daughter’s Prayer
By Shelby Crosby I began asking why as soon as I learned the word. To critique seems intuitive to me. To move beyond critique, even...
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Meditations on Being Right
By Lyndsey Godwin This is a sermon that was given on February 12, 2013 at the weekly chapel service held at Vanderbilt Divinity School, an...
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From Feminist Critique to Social Transformation: Lessons from Social Forum
By Rose M. Brewer A little over seven years ago, January 20-25, 2007, I was in Nairobi, Kenya at the World Social Forum. For those...
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Feminist Critique: A Legacy of Transformation
By Claire Tighe Criticism and self-criticism are the way in which individuals united by common goals can consciously utilize their differences and limitations, in order...
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The Promise of Post-Oppositional Politics: A Preliminary Conversation
By Layli Maparyan and AnaLouise Keating Layli Maparyan (LM): How did you come to the notion of post-oppositional politics? AnaLouise Keating (ALK): I’ve only started...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Just Because: Colorblindness Is a Real Problem
By Mohadesa Najumi **This post is dedicated to all the strong people of the world who persevere every day for justice in the face of mass...
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Glenn McConnell and the College of Charleston: Hidden Histories and the Confederate Imagery
By Jamie Huff South Carolina’s history as a former Confederate state engenders both resistance and refractory nostalgia. The recent decision to appoint Glenn McConnell as...
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Personal is Political: Looking for Home: Interethnic Racial Profiling
Erika G. Abad, "Racial profiling 'from below' builds another avenue through which we can understand how we measure the possibilities of intimacy, solidarity and community....
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The Colbert Report and White Privilege: Satire I don’t believe in
By Michelle Medina I am a fan of The Daily Show. I am a fan of Jon Stewart and his cultural resistance to the status...
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In Solidarity with Mireille Miller-Young: Porn Studies, Context, and Speech
By Heather Berg Various scholars, journalists, and shock jocks have shared their perspectives on the March 4th encounter between UCSB Professor Mireille Miller-Young and the...
