Activism
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Afterword: The Disability Forum
On a Saturday morning in September, I found an unusual email in my inbox. From one perspective, it was a threat. “If you do not...
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Crip Politics? Just … No
By Mark Sherry I have spent most of the last 20 years working with two main groups of disabled people: brain injury survivors and people who’ve...
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Feminists We Love: Mia Mingus
One insidious effect of systematic oppressions–including ableism, sexism, white supremacy, queerphobia, classism, and colonialism–is that we become disconnected from one another and from ourselves. For...
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Addressing the Criminalization of Disability from a Disability Justice Framework: Centring The Experiences of Disabled Queer Trans Indigenous and People of Colour
By Abla Abdelhadi I write this piece in honour of the countless disabled queer trans Indigenous and People of Colour (IPOC) who have been criminalized,...
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TFW Takes a Winter Break
By Tamura A. Lomax, Darnell L. Moore, and Monica J. Casper Y’all, we are tired. The Feminist Wire is successful beyond our imaginations and expectations....
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Our Lives Matter: Toward An Intersectional Politics Of Disability
The mantra “nothing about us, without us” echoes through the streets and hallways of disability liberation movements around the world. Of course, the “us” brought...
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Illegible[1] Black Death: Denied Media, Mourning, and Mobilization
**** Breaking News Los Angeles International Airport: Gunman opens fire at Airport, killing 1 and injuring 6 more Washington Navy Yard: Gunman opens fire, killing...
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Fixing the World: A Feminist Intervention
Recently, NYU Press published 22 Ideas to Fix the World, edited by Piotr Dutkiewicz and Richard Sakwa. It’s a fine book, full of smart, engaging, and...
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Feminists We Love: Caitlin Breedlove & SONG
Southerners on New Ground (aka SONG) has been driving intersectional queer organizing in the South since 1993. Mobilizing across race, class, gender, citizenship status, sexuality...
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“Action Expresses Priorities”: The Sochi Olympics and a Culture of Complicity
The upcoming Sochi Olympics are already shrouded in violence and inequality. It is the Olympics after all, so the political, social, and cultural entanglements between the...
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The Racial and Sexual Politics of Peace
By Kelly Macías The week of October 7th was Nobel Prize week. And for economists, writers, scientists, and those who actively work for the resolution...
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Editorial: Showing Up, Speaking Up
By The Feminist Wire Collective The Brooklyn-based Brecht Forum held a panel last week entitled, “What Do We Mean When We Say Privilege, Ally &...
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Segregated Sisterhoods and the Mercurial Politics of Racial Truth-Telling
By Shannen Dee Williams “Young lady, you just told my story. In 1952, I was denied admission to the Sisters of Saint Joseph ...
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Op-Ed: Abortion Funds: Bridging the Gap in Reproductive Health Care Where Texas and The Hyde Amendment Won’t
By Amanda Williams As open enrollment of the Affordable Care Act finally kicks off, Americans are beginning to celebrate a healthier future for our country. ...
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#BlameFeminism: For the Hurt & the Hustle
By Tanwi Nandini Islam Feminism is the hustle to survive in a world that does not care about you. The latest Internet satire tells us...
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Justice for Marissa! Set her Free! (Read and Sign)
By Zillah Eisenstein October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Marissa Alexander was imprisoned in 2010 for 20 years after trying to defend herself from a...
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Sites of Violence: Why Our Notions of “Sex Positive” Feminism Are in Need of an Overhaul
While skimming through news a few weeks ago, I noticed that one of the current hot topics on feminist threads was the Cliteracy project, an...
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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...
