Racism
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Just Because: Colorblindness Is a Real Problem
By Mohadesa Najumi **This post is dedicated to all the strong people of the world who persevere every day for justice in the face of mass...
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Treva B. Lindsey: The Future and the Now, a Feminist we Love (Video)
Dr. Treva B. Lindsey is very much the future – of black popular cultural studies, feminist scholarship, social media activism, and so much more. Someone...
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Glenn McConnell and the College of Charleston: Hidden Histories and the Confederate Imagery
By Jamie Huff South Carolina’s history as a former Confederate state engenders both resistance and refractory nostalgia. The recent decision to appoint Glenn McConnell as...
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Shitty Justice: Environmental Injustice in India —Part 2
I begin again with questions (I hope you remember this is still an “interrogative text” where there are no answers as in disclosures. Therefore closure...
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Personal is Political: Looking for Home: Interethnic Racial Profiling
Erika G. Abad, "Racial profiling 'from below' builds another avenue through which we can understand how we measure the possibilities of intimacy, solidarity and community....
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The Colbert Report and White Privilege: Satire I don’t believe in
By Michelle Medina I am a fan of The Daily Show. I am a fan of Jon Stewart and his cultural resistance to the status...
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Shitty Justice: Environmental Injustice in India —Part I
In January 2013, I along with five colleagues from Connecticut College traveled to India for “Global Environmental Justice” field trip. A semester long seminar of...
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The Invisibility of Asian Americans
By Grace Ji-Sun Kim Where is the public face of Asian Americans in our society? As we follow the case of Kenneth Bae, the only...
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Rage and Meditation: Celebrating Toni Cade Bambara’s 75th Birthday
Word libation in honor of Toni Cade Bambara’s genius: The task of the artist is determined always by the status and process and agenda of...
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And The Beat Goes On: Toni Cade Bambara
By Gloria I. Joseph, Ph.D. In October 1995, Valerie Boyd conducted an interview with Toni Morrison wherein Morrison described Toni Cade as, … outrageously brilliant… ...
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Toward a Feminist Politics of De-Criminalization and Abolition: Why We Support Dr. Mireille Miller-Young
By Tamara L. Spira and Heather M. Turcotte We contest the criminalization of UC Santa Barbara feminist studies professor, Dr. Mireille Miller-Young. As feminists dedicated...
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Why I Am In Solidarity with Mireille Miller-Young
According to that radical feminist organization, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, domestic terrorism is intended “to intimidate or coerce a civilian population.” Okay, so I...
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Una Marson: An Anti-Colonial, Feminist, Anti-Racist, Pan-Africanist Champion of Good Causes
By Lisa Tomlinson No more moaning and groaning No more self-hatred masquerading as integration. No more rejecting your own Ethiop’s child for somebody else’s Barbie...
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Personal is Political: Mushy Carrots
Gaayathri Nair, "I have been integrated, assimilated, subsumed and transformed forever by the experience of growing up other. It is like a chemical reaction, both...
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Feminists We Love: Dr. bell hooks
In 2011, the legendary Black feminist scholar, cultural critic, and prolific writer Dr. bell hooks began to surface in social media spaces, pushing her work...
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An Interview with Harsha Walia
By Erin Durban-Albrecht After reading Undoing Border Imperialisms for a review that appears today at The Feminist Wire, I had a chance to ask the book’s...
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A Review of “Undoing Border Imperialism”
By Erin Durban-Albrecht On the morning of October 11, 2013, activists of all ages in my hometown of Tucson put their bodies on the line—chaining...
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TFW’s Sikivu Hutchinson and Aishah Shahidah Simmons Partner to Address Sexual Violence with Youth in South Los Angeles
On Friday, March 7, 2014, TFW Associate Editor Aishah Shahidah Simmons gave a presentation on the importance of naming and ending sexual violence with approximately 50...
