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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
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Arizona Bill Would Impose New Abortion Restrictions
A sweeping anti-abortion bill introduced in the Arizona House would generally bar abortions at 20 weeks of pregnancy and impose an array of new disclosure requirements, which...
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AZ Lawmaker Suggests Holiday for White People
“I wanted to speak to you all about Latino Americans here in Arizona,” said state Rep. Richard Miranda on the House floor Monday, starting the conversation that...
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Republican Candidates To Debate Whose Sperm is More Sacred
By Soraya Chemaly In the wake of Rick Santorum’s three-state primary and caucuses win yesterday, Republican candidates have agreed to debate whose sperm is actually most sacred....
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Culture Feature: MY BREASTS
By Elizabeth Burns I explained to the saleswoman that I didn’t want to try on a shirt in her (overpriced) boutique because, “I’m wearing the...
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TFW Recognizes National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2012
On Behalf of TFW’s Editorial Collective TFW recognizes National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAD) 2012. NBHAD is “a national HIV testing and treatment community mobilization initiative...
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Saudi Woman Files Suit Over Right to Drive
A leader of a high-profile campaign pushing for women to drive in Saudi Arabia says she’s suing traffic police in order to get a driver’s license. Manal...
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Morgellons: Mysterious Skin Disease Under Microscope
A new study sheds light on Morgellons disease, a controversial condition marked by crawling sensations in the skin. Morgellons itself is more complicated than most initially thought,...
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Facebook Features No Women on Its Board
Facebook features more than 800 million users, most of which are female, but it seems it’s female dominated network isn’t represented in its board of directors. The...
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Plan B at University Vending Machine
At Shippensburg University, getting access to Plan B, the emergency contraception pill, is as easy as getting a soda. Students can now buy the pill...
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Loyal Opposition: Why is the Left Taking the Race Bait?
By Omar Ricks …for a man whose only weapon is reason there is nothing more neurotic than contact with unreason.~Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks I...
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A Super Failure: Domestic Violence and Football's Big Game
For the longest time I have heard that Super Bowl Sunday was a day of heightened domestic violence. Linked to alcohol consumption, frustrations over the...
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When Loved Ones Vote Santorum
With elections come campaign ads, debates, town hall meetings, press releases, stump speeches, and a steady stream of political analyses unpacking each and every speech...
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A Biblical Scholar Rebuts the Claims Made in the Eddie Long Coronation Video
By Wil Gafney I am writing this response to a YouTube video circulating widely on the internet in which Eddie Long, the troubled pastor of...
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The Hunger Games
By Monica J. Casper and Mason Casper-Milam On March 23, 2012, The Hunger Games comes to cinematic life in the U.S.; the trailer promises much...
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Introducing: David J. Leonard
TFW is excited to welcome David J. Leonard to the Editorial Collective! David J. Leonard is Associate Professor in the Department of Critical Culture, Gender and...
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The Golden Handcuffs of Gay Rights: How Pinkwashing Distorts both LGBTIQ and Anti-Occupation Activism
By: Jasbir K. Puar Israeli democracy, through its promotion of LGBT rights, offers golden handcuffs—a beautiful gift that comes with control—to Israeli queers. At a...
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Welcome to the New Egyptian ParliaMENt
By Ibtisam Barakat This cartoon is a response to the astonishing fact that the number of women who won seats in the post-Mubarak Egyptian parliamentary elections...
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Why the Question of Palestine is a Feminist Concern
By Neferti X. M. Tadiar I was recently part of a fact-finding delegation to Palestine organized by the US Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. The...