Sexuality
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Coming Out or Inviting In?: Part I
Increased attention has been given to the notion of “coming out” recently. Many people desire access into the private, sexual spaces of celebrities’ lives as...
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US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey (Lesson 3 of 3): On Embodiment at the End of the World
From the series introduction: When I first met Natasha Trethewey she was a visiting fellow at Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies and she said...
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License to Pimp
When there is talk of workers’ rights and labor laws, most of us have already formed a specific image of the workers in question, and...
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3 Lessons from Natasha Trethewey: (Lesson 2) Making the Archive You Need
(Read Lesson 1 here.) From the series intro: When I first met Natasha Trethewey she was a visiting fellow at Duke University’s Center for Documentary...
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The Invisible War: A Film on Rape, Women and Combat (A Review)
Horrifying . . . devastating . . . infuriating . . . saddening. These are the emotions I felt as I watched The Invisible War,...
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The impact of Living out Loud as a Gay Jamaican
By Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn It has been a week since the first story broke about my marriage to my beautiful wife, Emma Benn, at Silver...
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Celebrating Father’s Day and LGBTQ Pride
Michael Simmons, my father, comrade, and friend, was the first man I knew who championed women’s rights and the rights of LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual...
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Palm Wine! The Birth Of A Movement
By Osazeme O, founding member of Palm Wine When discussing LGBTQ human rights on the African continent, the argument typically falls somewhere along the spectrum of...
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Aging, as They Say, is Not for Sissies; But it is for Pussies
By Shari Collins “You’re 50!” the OB/GYN yelled. She was clearly exasperated. Oh, and she looked like she was maybe 23. I tried again to...
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Reflections on Manny-gayte
By Theresa Runstedtler I’ve been a fervent Pacquiao fan for many years but “Manny-gayte” has left me feeling uneasy about my loyalty to him in...
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Beyond the Access Narrative: Marriage Politics, Austerity, Surveillance
By Tamara K. Nopper Several years ago I was at a mall in Philadelphia buying a meal from KFC. Because I didn’t want my cole...
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Love in the Time of Amendment One: From Arizona to North Carolina
By Mason Casper-Milam, with a response from Heather Laine Talley LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. But this article is just on the...
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The Nerve of Lena Dunham
Lena Dunham’s new HBO show “Girls” has touched a nerve. Or maybe a few. Surely this is in part because it is a nervy show....
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An Interview with Filmmaker Maniko Barthelemy
By Joseph Fischel Maniko Barthelemy is the director, executive producer, and chief executive officer at Southern Belle Productions. Her most recent film, I Thought It Was Forever, chronicles...
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Curb HIV With Female Circumcision And Shaving Heads, Says Zimbabwe Politician
A Zimbabwean politician has sparked outrage by suggesting the spread of HIV can be curbed if women shave their heads, stop bathing and deliberately make...
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Women Filmmakers Forum: Aishah Shahidah Simmons
Aishah Shahidah Simmons is an AfroLez®femcentic Cultural Worker whose award-winning work has been screened extensively across North America, and in numerous countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, South America,...
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Women Filmmakers Forum: tiona.m.
tiona.m. is a multi-media artist whose mission is to make the invisible, visible and to humanize her subjects. She believes that her work as a...
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TFW Forum on Women Filmmakers
TFW is excited to highlight the inventive work of several phenomenal women filmmakers in a forum that runs from today through Friday. Carmen Torres, tiona m.,...