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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
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REVIEW: All About Skin: Short Fiction by Women of Color
At the Boundaries of Belief Review of All about Skin: Short Fiction by Women of Color, ed. Jina Ortiz and Rochelle Spencer Review...
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Victimwashing: Guns, Violence, and the Politics of Whose Lives Matter
By Julie Moreau In February, the New York Times published an article on legislative initiatives to arm college students in an alleged attempt to reduce...
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ELEMENTARY FEMINISMS: Being a Feminist at Fourteen
By Olivia Emin I go to a school where the boys outnumber the girls. This isn’t a small difference; there are pretty much two and...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Pulp Fiction
By Rebecca Miller The night is a prison for rainbows. Light-deprived prisms and spectrums of grey. Bowls of fake fruit as centerpieces And gift-wrapped sweets in corners...
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Confronting the Rhetoric of “Black on Black Crime”: A Response to Derailing Strategies
By Xhercis Méndez This article is dedicated to all those who seek to produce justice in the face of state sanctioned violence vis-à-vis police brutality,...
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On the Eating of Tails by Lily Hoang
On the Eating of Tails Once I wrote a miniature book that I called a novellete that I called Webcam Sex and it was about...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: “Real” Women: A Critique of “Feminist” Transphobia
By Rebecca Long As awareness of the harmful affects of the presentation of distorted female bodies in media and advertising has risen, so too has...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: And We Sat: Violence against the Bodies of Diversity and Transparency (DAT) Student Movement at Syracuse University
By Farrell Greenwald Brenner The ultimate connection cannot be the enemy. The ultimate connection must be the need that we find between us. It is...
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TFW Celebrates Managing Editor Monica Casper!
TFW celebrates Managing Editor Monica Casper on her appointment as the new Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at The...
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Clap Back: Why I’m Here for Amber Rose and Black Women’s Sexual Agency
By Ashleigh Shackelford After hearing Kanye West’s comments in his interview on “The Breakfast Club,” where he spoke on his prior relationship with Amber Rose, I decided...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Mama: A Short Story
By Nora Kervroëdan Mama always told me I should not complain. Stop whining, she would say. Be happy with what you’ve got. I...
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Selections from Sequoia Maner, Mahogany L. Browne, Veronica Golos, JP Howard, and Zanzooba Magdoos – Finalists for our Poetry Contest
The following 5 pieces were finalists for our 1st TFW Poetry Contest, judged by Evie Shockley. Please click the above link for an audio recording...
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On Sustainability and Change at TFW
A note from the Editorial Collective… The Feminist Wire is growing and changing, and we’re trying to do so in sustainable ways that honor our...
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“Black Girls Matter”: An Interview with Kimberle Crenshaw and Luke Harris
By Ahmad Greene-Hayes On Wednesday, February 4, 2015, the African American Policy Forum (AAPF) released its groundbreaking report, “Black Girls Matter.” Ahmad Greene-Hayes, a guest...
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Congratulations to TFW’s Dr. Tamura A. Lomax
TFW CONGRATULATES and CELEBRATES Co-Founder and Co-Managing Editor Dr. Tamura A. Lomax on receiving the Distinguished Ida B. Wells Award from the Black Church Studies...
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Tamura A. Lomax Honored With Ida B. Wells Award
The Feminist Wire's co-founder and co-managing editor Dr. Tamura A. Lomax has been recognized with the Ida B. Wells Award from the Black Church Studies...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Threw Me Chair
By Hannah Seelman He threw me into a chair, into despair as the blood rain warm, drip drop drip...
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Poetry by Honorable Mention finalists Shevaun Brannigan, Coco Owen, and Kimberly Reyes
2 poems by Shevaun Brannigan . In Response to Learning the Lego Line of Female Scientists was Limited Edition On the line of female Legos...
