Feminism
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Elementary Feminisms: Anthem for a New Breed
By Victoria Schulte The word “feminist” is loaded and can carry bad connotations. The word “feminist,” often generates two types of thoughts; (1) social, economic, and...
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Getting on Up: The Cult of the Charismatic Black Man
Charismatic black men slapping black women around are funny. This was the takeaway conveyed by some audience members at a screening I attended of the...
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On Feeling Depleted: Naming, Confronting, and Surviving Oppression in the Academy
By Nicole Nguyen and R. Tina Catania “There is a politics to exhaustion. Feeling depleted can be a measure of just what we are up...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Surrogate Feminism
By Rebecca Heilweil She has my eyes. They’re a cool dark-blue, shaped by chubby almond lids and framed by cornstalk blonde hair. They’re our eyes....
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Op-Ed: Why Buzzfeed’s Birth Control Activism Is Appreciated but Misguided
By Kari O’Driscoll On July 16, Buzzfeed asked their female employees to answer the question, “Why do you take birth control pills?” Twenty-two of them...
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Love in a Time of Contingency: A Letter to Women’s and Gender Studies
I came to women’s and gender studies as many do: on a search for answers. Between the pages of Patricia Hill Collins and Gloria Anzaldúa,...
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Op-Ed: Feminism and the PIC: Why “Add-Incarceration-and-Stir” Doesn’t Cut It
By Jeanne Flavin and Laura Huss Many mainstream feminist and prochoice groups have been reluctant to adopt intersectional approaches and to declare common cause with...
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A Latina’s Perspective on MBK
On July 10, women of color spoke out on President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) policy initiative, in a webinar sponsored by the African American...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Refusing to Compromise My Beliefs
By Christina Peterson As a student, I never thought I would be stuck in a place where I face the possibility of failing a class...
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13 Challenges Legislators Underestimate when Fighting Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Minors
By Aya de Leon Concern about sex trafficking of underage girls is on the rise throughout the US. Various states are considering or have passed legislation...
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The Babies on Facebook
By Susan Harlan Today, the babies have no say. The babies are abroad. They’re in Rome, or on the top of a mountain (in a...
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The War on Women in My Hometown
We at The Feminist Wire, and many people around the United States, were shocked but not surprised by the Supreme Court decision on Hobby Lobby....
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Pretty Black Girls Just Don’t Exist
By Kaila Philo At least, this is what I’ve taken from you all these years. Black women aren’t meant to be love interests or high...
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La Femenista Presence
By Cynthia Estremera In college I was surrounded by white feminists and white feminism. I was co-President of our feminist group “The Third Wave” and...
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Astonishing Embodiments: Poetry and Feminism from Molly Sutton Kiefer
By Molly Sutton Kiefer I remember that heady time of my undergraduate years when I was so anxious to change the world–that requisite minor in...
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It’s Bigger Than Jamal Bryant…
We interrupt our summer break to bring you this article, in light of recent events within black religion and black popular culture. This is not...
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200 Black Men Ask POTUS: What About Our Sisters?
Today, the White House released a report that was spearheaded by an interagency task force organized to advise President Obama on the My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) policy...
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Feminists We Love: Fadzai Muparutsa
May 25th was African Liberation Day (ALD). The Feminist Wire is celebrating ALD with two interviews of African Feminists We Love: Fadzai Muparutsa, a Zimbabwean...
