Don't Miss
The Lemonade Reader: Black Feminists Read Beyoncé
THE MAKING OF A NEW ANTI-RACIST FEMINIST WORKING CLASS; #Feminism4the99
Black Feminism and Black Moses, Part II
On #survivingrkelly: deconstruction, accountability, and a #networkofpredation
A Commitment to/with/for The Damned
The Time Has Come for White Women to Move Beyond Lip Service: Toward an Anti-Racist Professional Ethics for White Women’s Studies Directors
The (Un)Fair Fight for a Just Democracy
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)
#eulogizingaretha: A Reflection Upon a Musical Selection: “Mary, Don’t You Weep”
#eulogizingaretha: What We Need to Say About Mother Franklin
#eulogizingaretha: The Power of Aretha Louise Franklin
#eulogizingaretha: A Rose Is Still A Rose
#eulogizingaretha: The Queen Saved My Soul
#eulogizingaretha: A Natural Black Woman: Aretha Franklin’s #BlackGirlMagic
#eulogizingaretha: Her life. Her love for us. Our love for her.
-
IS RICK PERRY EMBRACING THE BIRTHER MOVEMENT?
The “birther” canard, which has plagued this White House since President Obama took office, simply doesn’t go away, despite the fact that an authenticated copy...
-
“We Are More Loved Than We Know”: Masculinity, Feminism and the Love that Will Save Our Lives
June Jordan teaches that: “Love is lifeforce.” And the healing power of love has saved my life more than once. In the name of this...
-
Herman Cain's use of racial language is rhetoric we must refuse
Black people have been the victims of stereotyping for the vast majority of our nation’s history. Some of the most insidious prejudices are related to...
-
Occupy Gender!
Just as most Occupy Wall St protesters do NOT want to eradicate capitalism, most feminists/gender justice advocates do not want to get rid of gender.~Sally...
-
Libyan Women and the Revolution
Some distributed media to raise awareness of Gaddafi’s atrocities and underminine the loyalty of his troops in Tripoli. Some smuggled weapons, cared for and fed...
-
Taking It to the Streets
For those of us who are not able to travel to New York City because we are fortunate enough to have jobs and must attend...
-
America's Autumn: A Time for Growth Amidst Struggle
By Darnell L. Moore These are the times to grow our souls. Each of us is called upon to embrace the conviction that despite the...
-
Featured Poet: Metta Sáma
Sign. Signifier. Signify. Signified: an American African ghazal I’ve heard Death is a white man in black tie, a man captive in a trick of...
-
Dispatch from Occupy Wall Street
By Jennifer K Uleman Tuesday, October 11, 2011: I went back down to Occupy Wall Street today. I’d been down on Saturday, for the first...
-
From the Editors on "Occupy Wall Street"
The Feminist Wire is happy to present a series on “Occupy Wall Street,” as it moves from its origin to 145 other cities throughout the United States...
-
In Support of Occupy Wall Street
By Zillah Eisenstein and Chandra Talpade Mohanty “Occupy Wall Street” is an incredible movement even if there is no easily ready-made pre-existing political language to...
-
Wangari Maathai Obituary (1941-2011)
By Sonalini Kaur Sapra Wangari Maathai has been an inspiration to many for her unflagging passion and commitment to women’s rights and environmental justice. She...
-
Spotlight Poet: Donika Ross
Whale Know, first, that she does not remain behind the baleen forever. Know, too, that the whale is unaware of the woman drowning on its...
-
Teenaged Nightmare: Violent Masculinity and Young Women of Color
They were carefree and besotted, joined at the hip, the epitome of a young couple steeped in the insular world of teen obsession. To some,...
-
Red Summer Turned Blue
The days are growing shorter, the new school year has started, and Halloween products have begun appearing on store shelves. Summer is well and truly...
-
Featured Poet: Ama Codjoe
Red Clay Blues I call on my baby, say save some honey for me. ‘Cause everyday and I need some honey, —–and you best save...
-
The Revolution Might Not Be Televised (but it might be on Facebook)
For ten days people have been on Wall Street as part of the “Occupy Wall Street” protest and major U.S. media outlets have been nearly...
-
Begatting and Begetting: The Issue(s) of Men
By Lisa Jean Moore and Monica J. Casper Semen. Vas deferens. Penis. Scrotum. Glans. Ejaculation. Testes. Prostate gland. Epididymis. Seminal vesicles. Pubic hair. Erectile function. Falling...