White Supremacy
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, The Model Minority Myth: “Performing” Asian
By Angela Kong “What’s your major?” They ask me. I pause. I always pause. I’ve never been the type to speak up in class....
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Winning our Movements Inside and Out: Shifting the Social Justice Back into our Work
By Jardana Peacock Trauma is everywhere. It lives in between the lines of the articles we scan on Facebook, in our interactions with others, in...
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Reflecting Upon Nate Parker and Deconstructing Rape Myths with Aaronette M. White, Ph.D. [VIDEO]
Many Black feminist rape survivors and anti-rape activists (myself included) have been counting down the days in high anticipation of The Birth Of A Nation,...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Ideological Abolition: Divesting Ideas (Not Just Money) From the Prison
By Bella Week There are about as many higher education institutions in this country as there are prisons, and all but Columbia and the University...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, On the Gender Racism of Black Men towards Black Women
By Ibram X. Kendi In the prologue of my new book, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, I...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, He Thinks You’re A Hoe Anyway! The -1 vs. +1 Woman’s Value Theory
By Mohadesa Najumi I want to share with you my own personal theory entitled “The -1 vs. +1 value.” It is my formula to explain...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Puberty Ruined Me
By Megan Bryde The future must no longer be determined by the past. I do not deny that the effects of the past are...
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Rethinking Forgiveness in the Face of Unceasing Black Trauma
I am the daughter of a black Baptist preacher. I am also a black feminist scholar of Black Religion and Black Diaspora Studies. So on...
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A Preemptive Strike: Cannibalizing Queer People of Color in the Aftermath of the Orlando Massacre
This isn’t an open letter. It’s cautionary. Warning tape surrounds this statement. Enter at your own risk.
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cadencia (a poem for Orlando)
By Martina “Mick” Powell for KJ Morris and all the beautiful people we lost in Orlando, FL on June 12, 2016 & that...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Two Poems: “I Refuse” and “The Wage”
By Lytasha Marie Blackwell The following piece was written while I was a junior in high school. This piece reflects my concerns, views, passion,...
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White Liberals Ain’t Loyal: White Silence, Black Absence
By RaShelle R. Peck The summer of 2015 was tragic and bloody. One incident that constantly appeared in the media was the murder of Cecil...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, That Why Question Again
By Chi-Chi Ayalogu This is an era in social consciousness when the knee jerk reaction to gender based violence is to attack the perpetrator,...
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Personal Is Political: The Negation, Negotiation and Alteration of the Brown Girl Body Unfair and Lovely
By Mirusha Yogarajah I am the Eelam Tamil co-founder of Unfair and Lovely and these are my experiences. Please do not attempt to refute them,...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Mind Over Misogynoir
By Zahara Hill My melanin was supposed to feel magical. But after centuries of being fooled into an identity created on false notions of undesirability,...
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Why I’m Glad ICDC College May Be Closing
No one who knows me would be surprised that I watch Maury, The Steve Wilkos Show, and Judge Mathis when I get to work from home....
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Personal Is Political: The Necessity of Spaces for Black Vulnerability
By Antonia Randolph Introduction Caring for the black interior, or the inner life of black people, is necessary for political action and for the emotional...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Where are the Brown Women At?
By Mirusha Yogarajah Watching the show Master of None inscribed a sense of self-worth in me. My identity was relevant enough to be represented...
