Culture
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Meditations on Occupying Our Present: Why I Continue to Turn to Intersectional Feminism in This Moment, PART ONE
By Lina Chhun Today I sat in my car and I waited for the sun to set. I can’t remember the last time I...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Organizing Political Rage
By Mina Ezikpe On 20 September 2016, the day after the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police shot and killed Keith Lamont Scott, I, with a few others, traveled...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, American Girlhood and the Confidence Gap
By Christiane Gannon My female students are discussing their relationship to criticism, gathered at the back of the room in two groups. On the left...
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#BlackSkinWhiteSin: “You’re Jiggling, Baby. Go ‘head, baby.”: Fighting Temptations to Move in the Engineering of Worship
By Alisha Lola Jones Ok, we don’t wear girdles no more, but have you heard of SPANX? Have you heard of something that keeps you...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Paying in Order to Perform Labor
By Kylie Nicole Gemmell During my last quarter as an undergrad, I had the opportunity to create, facilitate, and teach my own course. This...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Unbirthing Little Red Riding Hood
By Ramisa Raya to kill your daughter, wrap her up in white satin and place her in the hands of wolves then when you...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Teaching While Black: The Punishments of Teaching “Diversity” in the Face of Trenchant Ignorance, Racism, and Entitlement
By Stephanie Batiste Race, gender, and sexuality are core concepts in my teaching with regard to the authors, materials, and concepts I introduce. I teach...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Two Poems: “Look Out for the Girl” and “Under the Water I Remember”
By Katerina Roger Look Out for the Girl This young lady will give us a taster he says. assuming away a drop of our beer....
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Disbanding with White Patriarchy, Embracing Ourselves Despite Our Differences
By J.T. Roane The poison that is white patriarchy, has seduced all. It is like what Black feminist scholar Vivian Gordon called in a different...
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Trauma and Infinities: How Math Sharpened My Feminism
By Jamie Zabinsky On one of my 90-minute train commutes this summer, I came across a post in my beloved ‘weird Facebook’ group that pulled...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, @catcallsofnyc
By Sophie Sandberg I’ve always liked dressing in a “feminine” way. I love sundresses, low cut shirts, short skirts. I like how these clothes look...
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Women for Women: Why we should be supporting each other, instead of tearing each other down
By Jordan Washington A few months back, there was an article on Entertainment Weekly about Chloe G. Moretz’s comments towards Kim Kardashians’ naked selfie that...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Flusher
Flusher By Kristina Dover The bruises on her neck were beautiful. Her skin wasted my wallet this winter, that is, when nights were...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Not All Art Is Painted: How A Week Without Makeup Can Make All The Difference
By Jordan Prochnow Makeup can be a double-edged sword for me. With it, I feel great; without it, I feel self-conscious. Makeup makes being a...
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Beyond Mammy, Jezebel, and Sapphire: Reclaiming Images of Black Women
Who will sing a Black girl’s song? During the spring 2015 semester, a group of students at Colorado College, where I am Associate Director and...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, the weird poet’s ramblings
By Sumayyah Malik “A tribute to weirdom” i’m going to spread the primrose smell off myself, and will sprout today, like Jack’s beanstalk...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, First World Problems: How Language Reproduces the Colonial Narrative of Superiority
By Chichi Okonkwo The 21st century has seen continued “cloud” popularization and, with it, memes. The commonality of memes and our propensity to reduce sentences...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Why I Read the Comments
By Amelia Roskin-Frazee **Content Warning: sexual violence, hate speech** We’ve all had at least one friend tell us, “Don’t read the comments.” The...
