All posts by Guest Contributor
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Birds of Different Feathers
By Patricia Friedrich I have to confess that it was with some trepidation that I took my family to see the new animated movie Rio....
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Spotlight Poet: Nicole Sealey
Underperforming Sonnet Overperforming ————–FOR MARILYN NELSON This poem, this time, is the best idea / I’ve ever had—the best in history / even, the best...
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A New Branch of the United States’ Miscegenated Family Tree: Lynn Nottage’s "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark"
By Soyica Colbert Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage’s new play By the Way, Meet Vera Stark opened at the Second Stage Theatre on April 6,...
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WISCONSIN: Why It Matters
By Joy Schulman I arrived in Madison in September 1969 to begin my junior year at the University of Wisconsin. Moving from Newark, New Jersey,...
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Featured Poet: Donika Ross
The Yard On the grounds between history and science, Nelida and I walk, two slips of girls, lovely analogies of each other. See our books,...
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Between Love and Duty
By Rachel Broadwater On March 10, 2011 activist Quannell X spearheaded a rally in connection to the brutal gang rape of an 11-year-old Latina girl...
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An Endorsement Against Church Bigotry and The Injustice of ¶ 304.3
What better time to stand in solidarity with those called to religious institutions, yet marginalized due to structural bigotry, than what is interpreted by many...
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Artist Spotlight: Larissa Mogano, Photographer
Photography by Larissa Mogano “Morning Mist on Eucalyptus” c. 2009, taken in San Diego, CA (location undisclosed), with Canon digital EOS Rebel XTi “Checkered Past”...
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Featured Poet: Destiny O. Birdsong
Prenuptial Agreement Everyone’s angry at me—even your mother, And no one understands why it’s necessary If we’re going to stand before God and say forever—...
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Speaking Truth to Power: “You Are What You Eat”
By Ashante Reese The buzz surrounding the name of the recently-opened Fat Ho Burgers in Waco has spread beyond the small town in central Texas. ...
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Women in (Post) Revolutionary Egypt
By Ebony E.A. Coletu The post-revolutionary society contains a warning in its name. Is the laborious work of political reconstruction part of the revolution or...
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Sixty-two hours in Cairo
By Adam John Waterman For Beth Cleary and Peter Rachleff The history of civilization which began in Egypt was not so much a matter of...
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The Wrong One, Let In
On Friday, March 4th, Connecticut police finally arrested the infamous “East Coast Rapist.” Now known as 39-year old unemployed truck driver Aaron H. Thomas, the...
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Pity the Poor Latvians
Steven Barnes, our welcomed guest contributer, is a professional writer, lecturer, coach and television writer, juggling the challenges between each and maintaining both a blog of...
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A World of Contradictions
Since security forces and militia loyal to Libya’s Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi attacked groups of peaceful protestors on February 17th, widespread bloodshed, disappearances, fear and anger...
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The Pence Amendment: Waging War on the Poor
By Ulli K. Ryder Is there a “war on women?” Does the recent amendment to deny federal funding for Planned Parenthood signal a concerted attack on...
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Cupid Ain’t @#$%! (and neither is the symbolic violence of his arrow)
Chocolate hearts will melt, flowers will die, and millions of Americans will be left to foot the bill of yet another over-commercialized holiday. Valentine's Day...
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Kanye West Is Not a Feminist But I Am!
The following essay is a response to “Kanye West Is Not A Feminist But…” For more information, please see the initial essay as well...