All posts by Guest Contributor
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Miss America is Indian-American: Yay, I think. Or not.
By Archana A. Pathak Two weeks ago, an Indian-American woman won Miss America, and the ensuing days elicited varying commentaries on this “historic moment.” It...
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Op-Ed: On Agricultural Goddesses, Women, and Genetically Modified Seeds
By Eleni Panagiotarakou On December 11, 1970 the father of the green revolution, Norman Borlaug, during his acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize claimed...
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“Calling All Stars”: Janelle Monae’s Black Feminist Futures
By Emily J. Lordi I will let others explain why The Electric Lady, released earlier this month, is Janelle Monae’s most beautiful, expertly pop and...
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3 poems by Meg Wade
The Skinning House There’s howling in the woods out back. ………………………..The creepy light at the bottom of the pool. ………………………..All my fucking...
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What Ralph Ellison Can Teach Us about Trayvon Martin
By Dennis Tyler Jr. In light of the recent decision by the school board of education in Randolph County, North Carolina, to ban Ralph Ellison’s...
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An Open Letter to Same Gender Loving Black Men
By David J. Malebranche My heart is heavy. My soul longs for relief. Yesterday my dear friend, mentee and little brother, Warner McGee, transitioned after being...
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#Intersectionality for Racists: On Miss America
By Sayantani DasGupta Dear Racist Tweeters of America, First and foremost, let me thank you on behalf of feminists of color everywhere, not to mention...
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Fiction Flash: Lyssa in Limbo
By Michelle Auerbach (Excerpt from The Third Kind of Horse) I stared hard at Melody, at the blonde tips of her hair and I knew,...
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*REVISED* Call for Submissions: TFW Forum on Disabilities, Ableism, and Disability Studies
Eddie Ndopu and Alyssa Zisk, forum co-editors, and the TFW Editorial Collective would like to thank Amanda Mennis for writing a more accessible version of the...
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I Used To Believe…Now I Know
By Lara Lillibridge I used to believe that my mother was complicit in everything that went wrong in my life. I knew that she wasn’t...
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Notes from the Red Corner: Making Room for Mixed Feelings about Media Culture
By Merri Lisa Johnson I fell in love with Maggie Nelson this summer. First I read Bluets, then Jane: A Murder, and finally The Red...
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Op-Ed: Law Enforcement Violence Against Black Women
Tasasha Henderson Many of us know and remember the names of Sean Bell, Oscar Grant, and Kimani Gray, all young, Black men who were murdered...
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The Cape May Cross Culture Ferry
By Angela Dicks On July 6th, I traveled with my new wife, Kelly, from Washington D.C. to Cape May, N.J., for a short honeymoon. It...
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Feminist Cage Fight
By Darlena Cunha Welcome to the UFC’s (Unified Feminists Championship) main event tonight, folks. Refereeing this good match is the esteemed bell hooks, known for...
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Abused Goddesses, Orientalism and the Glamorization of Gender-Based Violence
By Sayantani DasGupta The Abused Goddesses of India. The advertisements, created by Mumbai-based ad firm Taproot India, have been making the rounds – not only...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Blonde Success: Fact or Myth?
By Ravon Ruffin and James “JP” Miller Do gentlemen really prefer blondes or has a history of fetishization of “the blonde” by media made it more...
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Proof She Existed
By Wendy Staley Colbert Push open one of the paneled, double doors leading into my bedroom and you’ll see angled against the corner a 19th-century-style,...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: President Crow: Take A Stand Against Rape Culture at ASU
By Sun Devils Against Sexual Assault President Michael Crow, Last week, we learned Executive Vice President and Provost Betty Phillips will be leaving Arizona State...
