White Supremacy
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Listen You Can Hear the Mothers Crying in the Universe: A Black Feminist Poet’s Requiem for Our Black Warrior Toni
Cara Page: This is a tribute to the Black Feminist Warrior Toni Cade Bambara and her insightful vision to rename place, resiliency and spirit of...
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Are we ready to be well?
Cara Page: She asks us to be well/ to love ourselves and one another/ So that we are all safe and loved.
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Exposing the Invisible Betrayal: Removing the Gag from Our Mouths and Speaking of the Police Rapes of Black Women
Farah Tanis: Tell me what freedom fighter, what human rights defender has ever had to ask—can I stand up? With or without your permission I’m...
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Mother of the Movement: Remembering Bambara and the “African Bones in the Briny Deep”
Chadra Pittman Walke: I began what would become my life’s work with ancestors eighteen years ago at the NYABG. I witnessed daily the profound connection...
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Towards Freedom from Violence: Queer and Trans People of Color Activism in the U.S.
By Mónica Enríquez-Enríquez As a queer migrant who got asylum based on my sexuality, I often feel exiled from progressive environments in the United States....
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Slavery: the Haunting Legacy of Sterilization Abuse in California State Prisons
By Tala Khanmalek Last year the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) announced that nearly 150 female prisoners in California were sterilized without consent from 2006 to...
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How We’re Failing Black Girls
“I don’t want to be considered African American,” one of my tenth grade Women’s Leadership Project students said, shaking her intelligent head distastefully. Another girl...
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Editorial: In Solidarity with Anita Sarkeesian and All Women Who Speak Out
This morning, we, along with many others, learned that feminist blogger and media critic Anita Sarkeesian has been forced to cancel a scheduled talk at...
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Black on Purpose: Race, Inheritance and Queer Reproduction
By Savannah Shange On the morning of my insemination, I stood chilly in a paper exam gown rechecking the sperm donor number on the side...
