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A Collective Student Response to the “Chicago Statement”
Lessons from the Damned, 2018; or Why We Cannot wait for Tenure to Insist upon our Dignity, Respect, Power, and Value
Book Release: Jezebel Unhinged: Loosing the Black Female Body in Religion and Culture
#eulogizingaretha: For the Colored Girl Who Gave Us a Rainbow When the Black Church Wasn’t Enuff (Benediction)
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#eulogizingaretha: What We Need to Say About Mother Franklin
#eulogizingaretha: The Power of Aretha Louise Franklin
#eulogizingaretha: A Rose Is Still A Rose
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New Program Allows Some Young Undocumented Immigrants to Legally Stay in US
Hundreds of thousands of people who entered the United States as children but without documentation can apply — beginning Wednesday — to remain in and...
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Beyond Starship Enterprise: Racism, Sexism, and the Science Pipeline
Decked out in a white lab coat straight from central casting, the African American science teacher featured in Target’s latest “Back to School” commercial is...
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On Being Terrorized and “Terrorist”
By Nishant Upadhyay I was born June 5, 1984 in Prince Edward Island (PEI). In Amritsar that day, Indira Gandhi ordered Indian troops to attack...
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TFW Interview: Keith Boykin on "For Colored Boys"
TFW Editorial Collective Member Darnell L. Moore recently caught up with Keith Boykin, political commentator and New York Times best-selling author, to discuss his newest book,...
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On “America’s New Sweetheart”: Gabby Douglas, Black Performance, and Belonging
By John Murillo III Meditations on African performance and subjectivity are always already spoken by this grammar and haunted by these ghosts. For whatever...
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Culture Feature: Tarfia Faizullah
By Tarfia Faizullah Aubade: Doctor’s Appointment In the longspun morning I go to return my body to itself to open it wide to hands...
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Obama's (Black?) Mama
As Barack Obama campaigned for the presidency in 2008, critics charged that he was not “black” enough – that is, that his ancestry did not...
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The Power of Networking among Black Academic Mothers
By Janaka B. Lewis Academia is thought to be one of the lonelier career homes for African Americans. We go into graduate programs where we...
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Reframing the Discussion: Concluding Thoughts on the Forum on Muslim Feminisms.
By Dana Olwan and Sophia Azeb For too long, Muslim feminists have endured the question of whether Islam and feminism can coexist. This seemingly innocent...
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Pot Roast and Imperial Justifications
By Amal Rana “how come you don’t cover your hair?” my breath punches out of me in one big gasp as I pretend not to hear...
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In honour of the leadership of US-born African-American/African-Caribbean/African-Latin@ Muslim women in responding to HIV/AIDS
By Prof Dr. Ibrahim Abdurrahman Farajajé Islam can be fun! (Especially when dismantling interlocking oppressions and building just, sustainable, loving and laughing communities of resistance:...
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Palestinian Women's Killings Spark Outcry Over Lax Laws
Four recent cases of Palestinian women slain allegedly at the hand of relatives have prompted women and human rights groups to demand tougher laws against...
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Court: Namibia HIV Sterilization Violated Rights
Three women of Namibia who have been diagnosed as HIV positive were coercively sterilized in violation of their basic rights, the High Court in Windhoek found...
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Salam in the City
By Sinat Giwa I’m told that I’m a stickler for formalities. My house on Rockwell Street in Chicago was its own sovereignty, where no closed doors...
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The Hijab on the Pitch
By Laurent Dubois On Friday, July 6, the French Football Federation announced that it would ban the wearing of hijab during all organized competitions held...
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Striving for Muslim Women's Human Rights
By Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons I am a practicing Muslim and an Islamic scholar who received my Ph.D. with a focus on Islamic law and women...
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Seeing Muslim Women with Western Eyes
By Josh Cerretti I am neither a Muslim nor a woman; however, I am attempting to enact feminism and social justice in the age of...
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Defining Muslim Feminist Politics through Indigenous Solidarity Activism
By Shaista Patel For the last several years, I have identified myself as a Muslim feminist in my activist and grad school circle(s). However, as I...