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...
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,...
By Stephanie Gilmore and Pia Guerrero We at The Feminist Wire, as well as so many of us across the United States and around the world,...
(Editors’ Note: The introduction to the series on #everydaysexualviolence is here. It contains a detailed trigger warning.) Anonymous As a blogger who happens to be...
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...
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...
By Ashley Millner The hardest part about being African American in a cruel, ignorant world is that many of my peers are unaware that...
Two poets consider Michael Brown, Ferguson, MO, and the crucial ways in which Black Life Matters. How Do I Love Thee? A love...
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...
By Zillah Eisenstein Hillary Rodham Clinton (un)officially entered the 2016 presidential race in her interview with Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic magazine. Much has been...
By Megan Koopman When you become a woman and your breasts start to show in a way that makes vice principals shake and neighborhood...
I was only 15 when it happened, but it took years for me to understand that other girls weren’t interested in hearing about my hurt....
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...
By Elena Carter In the hours after I was date-raped and had stumbled, still drunk, into the hotel room where I was staying with my...
By Tiffany Lamoreaux Last week this lovely gem made its way around my internet feeds. The Buzzfeed list features 14 women, holding up signs that note...
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Wagatwe Wanjuki is a feminist activist working and living in the New York City area. She uses new media tools to advance social justice. You can...
By Emily Barasch The dominos fall quickly in the way that I choose And I have to act...