Black Men
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Why I’m Glad ICDC College May Be Closing
No one who knows me would be surprised that I watch Maury, The Steve Wilkos Show, and Judge Mathis when I get to work from home....
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Personal Is Political: The Necessity of Spaces for Black Vulnerability
By Antonia Randolph Introduction Caring for the black interior, or the inner life of black people, is necessary for political action and for the emotional...
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Ode to June Jordan’s ‘A Poem about My Rights’
Inspired by the work of June Jordan we have both offered artistic, sonic, and poetic meditations on June Jordan’s, A Poem about My Rights.
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The Occupation Stole My Words, June Jordan Helped me to Relocate Them
Black feminist poet warrior scholar June Jordan traveled with me from my apartment in Bedstuy (or Bedford-Stuyvesant as she named the urban neighborhood in Brooklyn...
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For June
In our current times of collective struggle’s reinvigoration, the life and works of June Jordan provide vital lessons. Writing between the 1960s and the early...
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Front Line Defenders Dublin Platform Testimony
By Charlene Carruthers I gave this speech in Dublin, Ireland before the release of video showing the execution of Laquan McDonald by Chicago Police Officer...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Why Were We Laughing at Drake’s Dancing in “Hotline Bling?”: On Body Movement and Black Masculinity
By Lauren M. Todd In the past month, there has been a huge buzz of unabashed laughter at the Grammy-Award winner, Billboard Chart record breaker,...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Sexual Consent in NOT Color-Blind: A Black Feminist Call Against NYU’s Neoliberal Politics and White Feminist Ideologies
By Akiera Xavina Charles *”Collective Voice of the Voiceless”: Campus Violence, Resistance, and Strategies for Survival Forum Contribution* As a humble Afro-Caribbean, Bedstuy native,...
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An Apology for All Occasions
By Shana L. Redmond Those of us paying attention are familiar with this scene: a high profile event, a spectacular disruption, and a resultant public...
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For Black Men Who Consider Sexism When Assimilation is Not Enough
By Jallicia Allicia Jolly This is a purely womanist message/ode to the SHEroes served on a fuck-these-systems platter. Sprinkled with revolutionary Black women wisdom (RBW), it...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, A Report on #WeAreHere: The Collective
By Lynden Harris and Madeleine Lambert *”Collective Voice of the Voiceless”: Campus Violence, Resistance, and Strategies for Survival Forum Contribution* Inked in black...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Collective Love in the Time of Tension: On Racialized Sexual Harassment, Betrayal, and Forgiveness
By Martina “Mick” Powell *”Collective Voice of the Voiceless”: Campus Violence, Resistance, and Strategies for Survival Forum Contribution* In the final semester of my...
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Ben Fields Is One Problem and The Silent Black Male Administrator Might Be Another
By now you have probably viewed the widely shared video that surfaced Monday capturing former Richland County Senior Deputy Ben Fields questioning, grabbing, slamming and throwing...
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Collective Dreaming: An Interview with Alexis Pauline Gumbs and Almah LaVon
By Tala Khanmalek If what we need to dream, to move our spirits most deeply and directly toward and through promise, is discounted as a luxury,...
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For Mother Emanuel and In Solidarity with the Black Living and the Dead (REVISED)
Today I mourn with the families and community of the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) in Charleston, S.C. I mourn for the living and...
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Towards An Abolitionist Feminism
By Zillah Eisenstein As an anti-racist white feminist, I wonder if it is enough to be an “ally” in this present and “newest” moment of...
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Clap Back: Why I’m Here for Amber Rose and Black Women’s Sexual Agency
By Ashleigh Shackelford After hearing Kanye West’s comments in his interview on “The Breakfast Club,” where he spoke on his prior relationship with Amber Rose, I decided...
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TFW’s Co-Managing Editor Darnell L. Moore for USA Today
MEET DARNELL. THE 39-YEAR-OLD IS A SPEAKER, EDUCATOR AND WRITER. The four short video segments below are for a special Black History Month Series on...
