Writing
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Organizing Political Rage
By Mina Ezikpe On 20 September 2016, the day after the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police shot and killed Keith Lamont Scott, I, with a few others, traveled...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, American Girlhood and the Confidence Gap
By Christiane Gannon My female students are discussing their relationship to criticism, gathered at the back of the room in two groups. On the left...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Paying in Order to Perform Labor
By Kylie Nicole Gemmell During my last quarter as an undergrad, I had the opportunity to create, facilitate, and teach my own course. This...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Unbirthing Little Red Riding Hood
By Ramisa Raya to kill your daughter, wrap her up in white satin and place her in the hands of wolves then when you...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Teaching While Black: The Punishments of Teaching “Diversity” in the Face of Trenchant Ignorance, Racism, and Entitlement
By Stephanie Batiste Race, gender, and sexuality are core concepts in my teaching with regard to the authors, materials, and concepts I introduce. I teach...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Two Poems: “Flowers, I Thought” and “She Stirs the Night”
By Shelby Lynn Lanaro “Flowers, I thought” would brighten up the room, so a pot of yellow daisies sits on the window sill leaning to the...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, 1 in 4
By Courtney Sylvester **Content Warning: sexual violence, rape** 1 in 4 finally gets invited to a party 1 in 4 gets ready for a party...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Two Poems: “Look Out for the Girl” and “Under the Water I Remember”
By Katerina Roger Look Out for the Girl This young lady will give us a taster he says. assuming away a drop of our beer....
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Disbanding with White Patriarchy, Embracing Ourselves Despite Our Differences
By J.T. Roane The poison that is white patriarchy, has seduced all. It is like what Black feminist scholar Vivian Gordon called in a different...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Imposter to Entitlement
By Diksha Bijlani hey, my mother pulled off a solo raising two kids from the ground up her son a little too much like his...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, @catcallsofnyc
By Sophie Sandberg I’ve always liked dressing in a “feminine” way. I love sundresses, low cut shirts, short skirts. I like how these clothes look...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Flusher
Flusher By Kristina Dover The bruises on her neck were beautiful. Her skin wasted my wallet this winter, that is, when nights were...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Not All Art Is Painted: How A Week Without Makeup Can Make All The Difference
By Jordan Prochnow Makeup can be a double-edged sword for me. With it, I feel great; without it, I feel self-conscious. Makeup makes being a...
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A Message from the Founder: Write. Fight. GIVE.
Dear Friends of The Feminist Wire, I co-founded TFW with Hortense Spillers in 2011 while still a graduate student. My vision was to create an...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, the weird poet’s ramblings
By Sumayyah Malik “A tribute to weirdom” i’m going to spread the primrose smell off myself, and will sprout today, like Jack’s beanstalk...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, First World Problems: How Language Reproduces the Colonial Narrative of Superiority
By Chichi Okonkwo The 21st century has seen continued “cloud” popularization and, with it, memes. The commonality of memes and our propensity to reduce sentences...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Why I Read the Comments
By Amelia Roskin-Frazee **Content Warning: sexual violence, hate speech** We’ve all had at least one friend tell us, “Don’t read the comments.” The...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Volunteering Abroad: Harmful or Helpful?
By Manon Arundhati Fabre While considering my options for the upcoming 2016 summer, I took a particular interest in searching for volunteering opportunities in Sao...
