intersectionality
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Feminists We Love: Dr. Kristie Dotson
Dr. Kristie Dotson, "If you are not willing to read the nuances of Black women’s social theory outside of some framework that a European philosopher...
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Black Lives Matter / Black Life Matters: A Conversation with Patrisse Cullors and Darnell L. Moore
In January 2015, The Feminist Wire and the University of Arizona will co-host the Black Life Matters conference in Tucson, Arizona. Free and open to...
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Afterword: Toni Cade Bambara’s Living Legacy
#BambaraOnTFW Sixty-nine essays, remembrances, love notes, poems, and videos and thirteen days later, my sister co-curator and co-editor, Heidi Renée Lewis and I are closing...
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For Toni and the Sisterhood, with Love…
Denise M. Brown: Her life a stunning example of her belief that “a writer, like any other cultural worker, like any other member of the...
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The Telling of Stories
Bia Vieira: When Toni comes into my life, when she invites me to understand my story as a way to find strength and value within...
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We Remember You, Me and Us: Transgender Day of Remembrance
In reclaiming the body from the biomedical syndicate as well as from the naturopathic types I have been dealing with, the best way I know...
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Toni Cade Bambara’s Art of Bridging Praxis and Theory
Thabiti Lewis: Young feminists need to pay more attention to Bambara’s fiction and essays, which reveal a pioneering voice that betrothed answers to the range...
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A State of Rage (for Toni Cade Bambara)
I am tired of the silences that have been imposed on us. Shhhhh. Black women and girls. I am tired of the silences that we, Black...
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Exposing the Invisible Betrayal: Removing the Gag from Our Mouths and Speaking of the Police Rapes of Black Women
Farah Tanis: Tell me what freedom fighter, what human rights defender has ever had to ask—can I stand up? With or without your permission I’m...
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Towards Freedom from Violence: Queer and Trans People of Color Activism in the U.S.
By Mónica Enríquez-Enríquez As a queer migrant who got asylum based on my sexuality, I often feel exiled from progressive environments in the United States....
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Op-Ed: The Signs and Boxes Tell Us So: On Sex Classification Policies
By Heath Fogg Davis Sex-classification policies that bureaucratically and physically sort us into the binary categories of male or female may seem necessary and benign. ...
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Facebook and Apple Want Your Unborn! Or, Why Corporations Should Keep Their Hands Off Employees’ Ovaries
By Sayantani DasGupta We all knew the Supreme Court Hobby Lobby decision earlier this year, which ruled that corporations with religious owners cannot be made...
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#FergusonOctober: Francesca Griffin–A Black Woman and the Police State
By Ahmad Greene-Hayes “we who believe in freedom cannot rest” I was in St. Louis, Missouri recently for #FergusonOctober, a call “to build momentum for...
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Hello vs. Holla? A Letter to the Hollaback Folks
By Rebecca Wanzo Like every woman I know, I’ve been in public places and experienced harassment from male strangers. I remember being in high...
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TFW’s Darnell L. Moore and Aishah Shahidah Simmons Present at “Are The Gods Afraid of Black Sexuality?” Conference
On Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 10:30AM through Friday, October 24, 2014 at 6:15PM, the Institute for Research in African-American Studies (IRAAS) at Columbia University...
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CFP: A Forum on “Climate Change and Feminist Environmentalisms”
By Cristina Awadalla, Piper Coutinho-Sledge, Alison Criscitiello, and Sonalini Sapra As guest editors of this forum, we created the theme with the intent to create a...
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Black on Purpose: Race, Inheritance and Queer Reproduction
By Savannah Shange On the morning of my insemination, I stood chilly in a paper exam gown rechecking the sperm donor number on the side...
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“No Climate Justice Without Gender Justice:” Women at the Forefront of the People’s Climate March
By Julie Gorecki “No climate justice without gender justice!” This was the banner slogan at the forefront of the women’s contingency that gathered for the...
