LGBTQI
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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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Lessons From Ferguson
By Tamura Lomax, Stephanie Troutman, and Heather Laine Talley One week ago, we traveled to Ferguson, Missouri, a place that has drawn the attention of...
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Better Off Dead: Black Women Speak to the United Nations CERD Committee
By Aishah Shahidah Simmons and Farah Tanis With each of our dead, we mourn the loss of a piece of ourselves and with each of our raped...
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Not all Black women.
By Nikki Patin Fat? Nope. You’re too unhealthy. Poor? Nope. You don’t know how to manage your money. Light and got the nerve to say...
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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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Video Feature: List of Demands: Because Existing is a Privilege by Nicole Shantè White
By Nicole Shantè White This creative visual addresses queer invisibility by encompassing the intricacies of the Gay Liberation manifesto and the Black Panther Party’s...
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Personal is Political: My Vagina (Part II)
This isn’t my way of confessing that I’d rather have a vagina, or that I’ve ever seriously thought about it. It’s just my way of...
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Dear White Gay Men: A Letter from Two of You
See, that’s the thing, we are all oppressed in certain ways, and we all occupy the position of the oppressor in other ways, but in...
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Personal is Political: My Vagina (Part I)
In retrospect, I blame E.T. for my homosexuality. Were it not for that genderless brown lump, I would’ve never tuned in to the excess of...
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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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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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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...
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Feminists We Love: Amina Doherty
May 25th is African Liberation Day (ALD). The Feminist Wire is celebrating ALD with two interviews of African Feminists We Love: Amina Doherty, a Nigerian...
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Personal is Political: On Misconceived Toxicity, Malice and Failures
I really didn’t mean to participate in an act of solidarity with other women who had past and current relationships with the man who raped...
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Expectations: Intimate Feminisms Embodied
By Erin Durban-Albrecht and Monica J. Casper Our intention in collating this Mothers Day montage for The Feminist Wire is to celebrate women’s contributions...
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Personal is Political: Seeing Your Self
"Because you know that you are not a minister, or a homo, or a sissy, or a faggot, or effeminate, or sensitive, or soft-spoken, or...
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Personal is Political: Becoming a Black Gay Man: Activism, Identity, and Community-Building in the South
Charles Stephens, "Nostalgia is a drug, so memory is distorted by sentimentality. But I cling to my sentimentality, because, in some ways, it fosters resilience....
