Culture
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Elementary Feminisms: How Useful is a Feminist Approach to History for Historians?
By Grace Corn In today’s world, the very word “feminism” can stir up polarized reactions. As a feminist myself, I find it difficult to understand...
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The Avenging Woman Onscreen: Man’s Best Friend?
By Lara C. Stache As most graduates of introductory film class learn, film is not only a source of entertainment but also reflects the society...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Slamming the Door: An Analysis of Elsa (Frozen)
By Shira Feder The Disney Princess franchise presents misogynist and terrifying fairy tales for profit. These stories enforce patriarchal views towards women that instate an...
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How Many Black Histories We Still Don’t Know: An Interview With Simone Leigh
I am walking north on Buffalo Avenue from Crown Heights toward Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, passing corner stores and apartment complexes, looking for the Weeksville Heritage...
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What My Mother Taught Me: Loving Self
By Kimberly George Now in the third decade of my life, I am realizing all the things my mother was right about. She was right...
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Op-Ed: Perspectives We Don’t Need and Those We Do
By Mirabel Ash In popular discourse, we have come to recognize individuals from dominant groups who advocate for civil rights and liberties on behalf of...
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Feminists We Love: Toshi Reagon [VIDEO]
In today’s Feminists We Love feature, writer, performer and arts activist Toshi Reagon talks with TFW Associate Editor Mecca Jamilah Sullivan about feminist lineages, the...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Step One: Show Skin, Step Two: Praise Talent: A Look at Scarlett Johansson and the Film Industry
By Megan Felder I’ve always loved movies. A lot. Romantic comedy, sci-fi, superhero action – you name it, I will watch it. Perhaps that’s why...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Perseverance Conquers: An Open Letter
By Princess Harmony-Jazmyne Rodriguez The fact that we are here and that I speak these words is an attempt to break that silence and...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Three Poems by Samiya Javed
By Samiya Javed “You’re a King and I’m a Lion-heart” * I’d rather you curse your stars than curse my mother’s overburdened...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Bringing “All” to the Tent of Communal Healing
By Ahmad Greene-Hayes Inspired by the story of a Black enslaved woman, Margaret Garner, Toni Morrison’s 1987 novel Beloved explores the narrative of Sethe,...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: To the Woman Who’s Made to Feel Like She’s Difficult to Love
By Mohadesa Najumi Dear Woman Who’s Made to Feel Like She’s Difficult to Love, You beautiful, soft delicate thing. You intricate thing. Why do...
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Op-Ed: Race, American Ideology, and Militarized Police
By Carolyn Davis Last year, I sat in front of my television in Brookline, a Boston suburb, and watched on live TV as police officers...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: #LightSkinnedProblems
By Ashley Millner The hardest part about being African American in a cruel, ignorant world is that many of my peers are unaware that...
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Blood (Orange) on the Tracks
I have been listening to the new Blood Orange album, Cupid Deluxe, twice a day for the past few weeks. A friend suggested it for...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: On Ferguson’s Protest and Its Occupation
By Vanessa Lynn Lovelace On Saturday, August 9, 2014 at around noon, eighteen-year-old Michael Brown was gunned down by a Ferguson, Missouri police officer. Eyewitnesses...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Just in Case
By Megan Koopman When you become a woman and your breasts start to show in a way that makes vice principals shake and neighborhood...
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Op-Ed: Meme what you say, say what you meme: What kind of Asian woman am I? A good one gone bad
By J. Mijin Cha As I was sitting through the second excruciating hour of my first Tinder date, I couldn’t help thinking: How did I...
