Black Women
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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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The Blackface politics of Rachel Dolezal
By Jasson Perez Three Days ago Kai M. Green wrote a provocative and important article titled “‘Race and Gender are not the same!’ is not a good...
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“Race and gender are not the same!” is not a Good Response to the “Transracial” / Transgender Question OR We Can and Must Do Better
I remember Justine Black from elementary school. She was smart. She was brown, but not brown like me. I was black like most of the...
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#BlackChurchSex: Taking the Harness Off the Mouths of the Oppressed
By Ahmad Greene-Hayes “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony.” –Revelations 12:11 “Are you sure...
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Beyond Saying Her Name
#SayHerName: Toward a Gender Inclusive Analysis of State Violence report’s release is timed to support mobilization for a National Day of Action on Black Women...
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Black Women’s Lives Don’t Matter in Academia Either, or Why I Quit Academic Spaces that Don’t Value Black Women’s Life and Labor
On May 14, 2015 I resigned from my job as a part-time Visiting Assistant Professor at a local university. For three years I believed in...
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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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TFW’s Aishah Shahidah Simmons Receives Sterling Brown Professorship at Williams College
TFW Associate Editor Aishah Shahidah Simmons was invited to be the Sterling Brown Visiting Professor of Africana Studies at Williams College during the spring semester...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Cultural Plagiarism
By Shantel Perry Cultural appropriation is a continuing epidemic in the United States (US). Yes I said it, Black Culture (although we are not...
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In This City, You’re Not Alone: Interview with Rose Pierre-Louis
By Maria E. Hengeveld When Bill de Blasio took office as Mayor of New York City in January 2014, he chose Rose Pierre-Louis to head...
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TFW Associate Editor Mecca Jamilah Sullivan Publishes Blue Talk and Love
TFW congratulates Associate Editor Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, Ph.D. on the publication of her new short story collection entitled Blue Talk and Love!
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REVIEW: All About Skin: Short Fiction by Women of Color
At the Boundaries of Belief Review of All about Skin: Short Fiction by Women of Color, ed. Jina Ortiz and Rochelle Spencer Review...
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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...
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Moving Images: On Queerness and Eritrean Identity
By Hel Gebreamlak Masculinity was the last thing I learned how to do. I wasn’t one of those baby dykes who literally knew in utero....
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Policing Our Girls, Taming ‘Topsy’
“Let them haul the little monster out of school and into jail”. These were the words of a commenter on CNN.com’s site responding to...
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Top Yoga Studios Unite to Racially Profile Black “Yoga Thief”
By Sabrina Strings His picture was not to go unnoticed. It was planned that way. Flyers showing his face were posted prominently; one was under...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Can the Side Chick Speak?: Side Chicks Re(Thot)
By Samantha Crook Now that the “year of the side chick” has come to a close, let’s resolve to have a more “thotful” side chick...
