Lessons from the Damned, 2018

By. Dr. G & Dr. Kimberly S. Love “The slaves who were ourselves had known terror intimately, confused sunrise with pain, & accepted indifference as kindness.” —Ntozake Shange, Sassafrass, Cypress and...

#eulogizingaretha: She was ours

By Crystal deGregory She was ours. So many of us called her...

Trans Multitudes and Death Reality: A Coda

Tw; Death Reality. I’ve come to accept that I will die....

#BlackSkinWhiteSin: “You’re Jiggling, Baby. Go ‘head, baby.”: Fighting Temptations to Move in the Engineering of Worship

By Alisha Lola Jones Ok, we don’t wear girdles no more, but...

#BlackSkinWhiteSin: In the Name of Redemptive Self-Love: Stop! The Holyrolling Fashion Police

By Melanie C. Jones Since the European male’s predatory gaze upon African...

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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Being
By Guest Contributor on September 1, 2016
By Malia Nahinu A painful existence— Confusing messages, Spoken to us as children in anger From protective mothers, “DO NOT WALK ALONE AT NIGHT.” Dresses...
EMERGING FEMINISMS, Stop Commenting on How Much She Eats
By Guest Contributor on August 15, 2016
By Rosalind Moran If you’re a man, woman, child, or even a bright green extraterrestrial who actually does have eyes the size of its...
Liberated Threads: Black Women, Style, and the Global Politics of Soul
By admin on April 24, 2015
TFW celebrates Collective member Tanisha C. Ford on the publication of her new book!! — From the civil rights and Black Power era of the...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Cultural Plagiarism
By Guest Contributor on March 25, 2015
By Shantel Perry Cultural appropriation is a continuing epidemic in the United States (US). Yes I said it, Black Culture (although we are not...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Precious Life
By Guest Contributor on February 3, 2015
By Sarah de Schweinitz The first thing I notice in this advertisement is the model’s closed eyes. She appears to be either sleeping...
Dancing While Black
By Aimee M. Cox on May 30, 2014
My friend read the letters DWB on my computer screen, assumed they were the acronym for “driving while black” and wondered what racial profiling had...
Two Poems by Erin Parks
By Guest Contributor on April 9, 2014
By Erin Parks 3 Queens Haiku Strange and strong Women Transcending normal life things Freedom in a word ...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Blonde Success: Fact or Myth?
By Guest Contributor on September 11, 2013
By Ravon Ruffin and James “JP” Miller Do gentlemen really prefer blondes or has a history of fetishization of “the blonde” by media made it more...
Sex, Art and Beautiful Garbage: An Interview With Author Jill Di Donato
By Guest Contributor on May 30, 2013
By Julie Gillis I love art and I love women. As a feminist woman and as an artist, I’ve long been fascinated with the way...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Why The Concept Of 'Modesty' Disgusts Me
By Guest Contributor on May 15, 2013
By Mohadesa Najumi When I think about what modesty means in today’s political, cultural and religious environment, I am inclined to believe that the concept...
Why My Kingdom Needs Janelle Monae’s Q.U.E.E.Ndom
By Guest Contributor on May 10, 2013
By Hashim Pipkin I am not a black woman. And unlike many who are not, I do not claim to be able to speak for the...
Untangling the Knots: Understanding the Hair Politics of Black Women (Revisited)
By Guest Contributor on April 9, 2013
By Mazuba Haanyama My central aim involves the politics of bodily performance, in negotiation with shifting realities of a post-Apartheid context, where constructions of gender,...
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Feminists We Love: Joan Morgan (Video)
By Tamura Lomax on March 22, 2013
Joan Morgan is an award-winning journalist, author and a provocative cultural critic. A pioneering hip-hop journalist, she began her professional writing career freelancing for The...