All posts by Guest Contributor
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#BlackSkinWhiteSin: What Juanita Bynum Gets Wrong: Reflections from A Pentecostal Woman Preacher
By Keri Day I remember encountering Juanita Bynum for the first time as a college student at a Church of God in Christ (COGIC) Jurisdictional...
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#BlackSkinWhiteSin: Received: Black Women and Our Talking Bodies
By Neichelle Guidry One Sunday during my childhood, a woman in my church approached me with a “gift.” “God has led me to give this...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Paying in Order to Perform Labor
By Kylie Nicole Gemmell During my last quarter as an undergrad, I had the opportunity to create, facilitate, and teach my own course. This...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Unbirthing Little Red Riding Hood
By Ramisa Raya to kill your daughter, wrap her up in white satin and place her in the hands of wolves then when you...
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Poem by Greta Moran
Definitive List of Things That Are and Are Not Feminist Clouds: yeah, extremely feminist. I feel liberated just thinking about them. Tea kettles:...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Teaching While Black: The Punishments of Teaching “Diversity” in the Face of Trenchant Ignorance, Racism, and Entitlement
By Stephanie Batiste Race, gender, and sexuality are core concepts in my teaching with regard to the authors, materials, and concepts I introduce. I teach...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Two Poems: “Flowers, I Thought” and “She Stirs the Night”
By Shelby Lynn Lanaro “Flowers, I thought” would brighten up the room, so a pot of yellow daisies sits on the window sill leaning to the...
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Three poems by Rosamond S. King
Buoyancy* for Simone Manuel your sport is wetness dripping, near-naked muscle glides through liquid, barely making a splash the buoyancy discussed was always...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, 1 in 4
By Courtney Sylvester **Content Warning: sexual violence, rape** 1 in 4 finally gets invited to a party 1 in 4 gets ready for a party...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Two Poems: “Look Out for the Girl” and “Under the Water I Remember”
By Katerina Roger Look Out for the Girl This young lady will give us a taster he says. assuming away a drop of our beer....
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Poem by Adira Bennett
Dear Girl-child (inspired by Tupelo Hassman) Girl-child, you are not fruit. You are not cherry or peach or apple of Eden, apple of eye....
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Yank and Pull
By Keshia Scott “Stop! Here, let me help you.” Your hand clenches around my arm and yanks me away from the stairs. You turn me...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Disbanding with White Patriarchy, Embracing Ourselves Despite Our Differences
By J.T. Roane The poison that is white patriarchy, has seduced all. It is like what Black feminist scholar Vivian Gordon called in a different...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Imposter to Entitlement
By Diksha Bijlani hey, my mother pulled off a solo raising two kids from the ground up her son a little too much like his...
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Poetry by Kira-Lynae
Untitled . when i catch myself slumping i remember all the Black womyn who slaved their bent backs for me and i have no choice...
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Trauma and Infinities: How Math Sharpened My Feminism
By Jamie Zabinsky On one of my 90-minute train commutes this summer, I came across a post in my beloved ‘weird Facebook’ group that pulled...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, @catcallsofnyc
By Sophie Sandberg I’ve always liked dressing in a “feminine” way. I love sundresses, low cut shirts, short skirts. I like how these clothes look...
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Poetry by Kenji C. Liu
Dear 易経 (I Ching), What is the best way to destroy patriarchy? ~ In our time, people are simply benchmarks. Out here, due process is a bullet. ....
