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The Assembly
Queens, NY 1984 Nothing in P.S. 19 was ever heated enough. The auditorium, the cafeteria, the large windows with their pull-down plastic vinyl drapes rattled...
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Introducing TFW's Forum on World AIDS Day
I was in my early teens when an aunt shared that an estranged and presumably “gay” cousin, one whose name was the same as mine,...
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Don’t tell me about your nanny (unless you’re willing to put your money where your mouth is)
A recent Time magazine article on the “Invisible World of Nannies, Housekeepers, and Caregivers” by Ai-jen Poo, Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, prompted me to...
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Breaking News: President Obama has been re-elected!
And we continue the work of justice… The Feminist Wire Collective
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Elizabeth Warren: Responsible Interracial Politics?
Elizabeth Warren, candidate for the Senate in a highly contested race against Tea Partyer Scott Brown in Massachusetts, has faced an unprecedented type of scrutiny...
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On The Morning of the Election (Or, "Your Abstention Will Not Protect You: Voting and Radical Black Feminist Politics")
By C. Riley Snorton and Mecca Jamilah Sullivan Today marks the conclusion of the voting period, which will settle numerous electoral decisions, including various seats...
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Out of the Shadows: A Conversation with Evelyn C. White
“For every well-known black woman whose death has been noted and marked, there are countless other black women who have died in the shadows. These...
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It is not worth the grief: A recovering work addict tries to model self-care
By J. Victoria Sanders I first dreamed of being a professor and writer in seventh grade after reading Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life by...
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Illinois Establishes Scholarship for Undocumented Migrants
Applications for the new DREAM fund scholarship in Illinois will begin Thursday, November 1. The DREAM fund was created by state legislation and passed in...
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He’s Not the One We’ve Been Waiting For: Thoughts on Collective Effervescence, Stockholm Syndrome, Reluctant Voting, and Reclaiming “We”
“And who will join this standing up and the ones who stood without sweet company will sing and sing back into the mountains and if...
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A Response to "Voting as a Radical Act": A Word on the Shade of Shade…
By: Jakeya Caruthers Though an old trope, what makes a sketch like “I Know Black People” so electrically hilarious is its sharp challenge to the...
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Voting as a Radical Act
By: Isaiah M. Wooden and Darnell L. Moore In a different presidential election year, 2004, Comedy Central’s ever-popular sketch series, Chapelle’s Show, featured a boundlessly...
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My First Vote
It’s a strange time to be a young woman in America and to be facing voting for the very first time. When women are still...
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Queer the Vote
By: Samuel “Basil” Soper In first grade, my teacher asked, “Do you know who your parents are voting for?” I announced to my peers that...
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What Does Democracy Look Like?
I’m feeling very ambivalent about voting and electoral politics more generally these days. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that I’m ineligible...
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Princess Sofia and Barack Obama: Why I Must Choose Accordingly
For the students enrolled in Latino/a Pop at UT Austin, Fall 2012. Is it a coincidence that Disney launched the promotional campaign for its first...
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Because Women Matter
For several weeks now, I’ve been posting to Facebook articles about women’s reproductive health, and in particular the Romney campaign’s misogynist disregard for crucial aspects...
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Introduction to TFW Voting Forum
Over the course of this election season, TFW has wrestled with the idea of issuing political endorsements. As a Collective, we are committed to a...