Bodies
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Two Poems by Megan Arlett
Period. Stop. In England, where I paused my mother’s period for nine months, period means period. Period. And ‘full stop’ means a period. A single...
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#Blacksexworkerslivesmatter: White-Washed ‘Anti-Slavery’ and the Appropriation of Black Suffering
By Robyn Maynard Claiming to be a modern-day anti-slavery ambassador is a highly profitable cause, one that is increasingly popular in Hollywood circles. Most recently, hundreds...
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Two Poems by Emelia Reuterfors
Brided 1) I wonder where my bride is . pigeonwinging and wired to the banister a split-end....
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“And God is the Water”: Reflections on the EPA Spill, Power, and the U.S. Southwest
By Katherine Freeman I gaze with profound horror upon pictures of the San Juan and Animas rivers, flowing a sickly yellow and orange through Totah,...
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Poetry: “Madame X–” by Lauren K. Alleyne
Madame X— she a hustler a hussy shaking her bustled booty up and down town all smiles and wiles and...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: The Country Within
By Sa Fa “Middle Passage” this is the middle. a place i prefer to call the middle rather than the end. even though,...
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Deconstructing the Arrest of Sandra Bland
By Erick A. Paulino By now, most people in the United States know who Sandra Bland is and the circumstances that led to her arrest...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: An Open Letter to My Ex, Nude Picture
By Kaitlin Harris Dear Gilbert, I wanted to say thank you. Thank you for keeping my private pictures (from two years ago, no less!)...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Nine Times She Felt Less Than Human
By Anonymous ...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: In the Hour of Consciousness: Three Poems by Kathryn Eichner
400 Lux Clouds forming cosmic rats—patchouli were the first and last words I wrote in my physics notebook...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Exploring Meghan Trainor’s “Feminist” Message
By Emily Wershba A “new” wave of feminism (and anti-feminism) in pop culture has resulted in a newfound respect for feminist pop songs and...
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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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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Becoming Whole
By Alisha Hiebert She tells me to rock my hips. Back and forth, side to side. I rock my hips – thinking of their...
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Police Criminals and the Brutalization of Black Girls
In Alice Walker’s short story “The Flowers,” a little girl happens upon the decomposing body of a lynching victim while she is out picking flowers. ...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Everyday Athlete
By Mariah Conn Start workout. My shoe feels loose. Glance behind. This hill is too steep. Nailed it. Oh, the tunnel. Better take out...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Forum Submissions on Campus Violence, Resistance, and Strategies for Survival DUE 6/1/15
PLEASE SEND IN YOUR SUBMISSIONS!! TODAY: JUNE 1, 2015 Thank you to everyone who has submitted to the College Feminisms Forum! Please continue to share...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: A Deeper Look: Exploring the Violent Homophobia of Jamaica
By Felicia Garcia One afternoon, I was driving to work and I had the reggae station playing on Pandora. Buju Banton’s “Boom Bye-Bye” came on....
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: A History of Lipstick
By Zoe Handler I fall in love for the first time. My partner sighs when my kisses leave faint red lipstick marks on their...
