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A Commitment to/with/for The Damned
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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
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#eulogizingaretha: Her life. Her love for us. Our love for her.
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The Reception of Audre Lorde – The Berlin Years 1984 to 1992 – Voices From Around The World
By Dagmar Schultz With this contribution I want to relate a few of the many voices that illuminated Audre Lorde’s impact after viewing the film“Audre Lorde...
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Poem for Audre Lorde
By asha bandele Author’s note: Audre Lorde was my teacher and my mentor. This poem, written two years after her transition into the Spirit world,...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Continuation in Death: Generous Inspiration from the Warrior Poet
By Morgen Snowadzky It may seem incorrect to talk about death for a birthday celebration. I believe that we must embrace death to appreciate life....
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For Lucia Mcbath, Sybrina Fulton and All Other Black Mothers Who’ve Considered Righteous Rage When Black Respectability Politics Ain’t Enough
In “What is this “black” in black popular culture? (Rethinking Race),” the late, great cultural theorist Stuart Hall, poignantly asks, “What sort of moment is...
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Feminists We Love: In Praise of Black Women Teachers
Editors Note: Instead of focusing on one or two specific Feminists We Love, this Valentines Day we highlight a photo-documentary project that uplifts progressive African-American...
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On Michael Sam Coming Out
By Cheryl Cooky Nearly a year ago today, I was invited to deliver a lecture to the students at Wabash College (a small, all-male, liberal...
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Personal is Political: Sexual Identity and “Nigerian Culture”
By Adejoke Tugbiyele I was born in Brooklyn, New York to Nigerian parents. Like most children of immigrants, it became clear to me that survival...
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Excerpts from “Let Her: Words, Matter” by Ames Hawkins
I. Julie punched the buttons on the radio, hard double-clicks, propelling the station marker back and forth between the rock and roll of WLLZ and...
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Personal is Political: Open Letter to Dylan Farrow
TRIGGER WARNING: This letter includes descriptions of sexual abuse. Dear Dylan, My father worships Woody Allen. Until I read your letter yesterday, I never understood...
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TFW at Black Women’s Blueprint’s Fourth Annual Mother Tongue Monologues
On Saturday, February 8, 2014, Black Women’s Blueprint hosted their Fourth Annual Mother Tongue Monologues for Truth Bearing Women, for Emerging Sons, and Other Keepers...
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Op Ed: It’s Time to Answer the Call for Mobile Education
By Laura Odenthal As ringtones interrupt class and texting diverts attention, it is no wonder that many teachers view cell phones as a classroom distraction....
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TFW’s Co-Founder Tamura A. Lomax, to Speak at Barnard College
TFW Co-Founder and Managing Editor Tamura Lomax will be speaking at the Locations of Learning: Transnational Feminist Practices conference hosted by the Barnard College Center...
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Feminists We Love: Farah Tanis
Farah Tanis is a transnational feminist and human rights activist. She is co-founder and Executive Director of the Black Feminist Organization Black Women’s Blueprint. She...
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TFW on The Cultural Impact of Kanye West
This March, Palgrave MacMillan will publish The Cultural Impact of Kanye West (edited by Julius Bailey), which features “An Examination of the Kanye West Higher Education Trilogy” by...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Help Wanted: Sexual Harassment and the Restaurant Industry
By Jennifer McGreevey On my second day of waitressing at Athen’s Kitchen*, it rained. “It sucks cock,” said my boss, Baldios*, barely understandable due...
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Personal is Political: Nationhood is Both Inside of Me and Outside of Me
By Lynn Gehl, Gii-Zhigaate-Mnidoo-Kwe As an Indigenous woman, I am really grateful for the opportunity to talk about what nationhood means to me. As an...
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Black Female Too-Muchness: Between Hypersexual Norms and Respectable Exceptions
By Janell Hobson Ten years ago, pop star Janet Jackson received the brunt of public outrage – which culminated in FCC fines – when Justin...
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Necessary Memories: Trayvon Martin’s Birthday and George Zimmerman’s Celebrity Boxing Match
Sometimes there are things you just can’t forget. Today would have been his birthday. Today, we know that our criminal justice and legal systems, our...
