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How to Build a Prison (a poem)
By Quincy Scott Jones for Philadelphia, USA 1. Always hated that building and never knew why The one right before the on-ramp for...
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10 Facts about the Mumia Abu-Jamal Case
By Johanna Fernandez 1. Mumia Abu-Jamal is innocent. Mumia has been wrongfully imprisoned for 32 years. He spent the first 28.5 years of his imprisonment on Pennsylvania’s...
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How I Use Pinterest To Explore the Difficulties of Violence Against Black Women and Girls
By Sonya Donaldson When I first used Pinterest, it was with the same intent and fervor of many of those who create boards that feature fashion,...
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How Anti-violence Activism Taught Me to Become a Prison Abolitionist
By Beth E. Richie Sometimes we learn our most profound political lessons in the contours of our everyday activism. This is certainly the case for me...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Until the Last One…
By Olivia N. Jones, Mount Holyoke College ‘14 September 14, 2013 was Marissa Alexander’s 33rd birthday. It is undoubtedly incredibly unfortunate that this black mother...
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“Fire in the Skies”: Introduction to the Mumia and Mass Incarceration Forum
On December 9, 1981, journalist and activist Mumia Abu-Jamal was arrested and later charged and convicted for murdering Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. The prosecution’s...
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Alternatives to the Present System of Capitalist Injustice
By Mumia Abu-Jamal and Angela Y. Davis The Feminist Wire offers an exclusive look at this new essay to be published in the forthcoming...
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Mumia Abu-Jamal on Martin Luther King, Women, and the Movement
The Feminist Wire Exclusive: Mumia Abu-Jamal offers a timely message for Martin Luther King Day that addresses the gender politics of the Civil Rights and...
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Because Someday Someone Should Ask, “Do You Remember Where You Were When Amiri Baraka Died?”
By khoLi All those major events we lived through. If we responded to them as conscious Black intellectuals, we had to try to become soldiers ourselves. That...
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Feminist Football Fan: Reflections from the 12th Woman
By Kimberly George My feminism and my love of football have a complicated relationship. When I was eight and watching Dave Krieg, Steve Largent, and...
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Trans Is the New Black?: On CeCe McDonald, Mister Cee, Orange Is The New Black, and Trans Women of Color
By Jasmine Salters Last week, the appearance of Orange Is the New Black actress Laverne Cox and former RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant and trans model Carmen Carrerra on...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: I am a girl
By Rasheé Johnson I am a girl With imperfect skin With imperfect intentions I am an imperfect person With a strong spirit But with strong...
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An excerpt from The Pink Institution by Selah Saterstrom
eraser: She found it in the corner. She picked it up. Brought it close. This happened at a time when her head was unusually...
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Patriarchal PONTIFICATIONS, and the Problem of “Justice”
By Zillah Eisenstein Pope Francis criticizes unbridled capitalism for its injustice. He has been applauded widely and loudly for this and he should be. But...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Unpacking the Idea of Segregated College Hostels
By Leila Gautham Note: I am a final year undergraduate student at St Stephen’s College at Delhi University. I was involved in a student movement...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: My Intersectional Take on Marriage “Equality”
By T’Shana McClain In the wake of the gay-marriage debate sweeping the nation, I am aware that my stance on marriage equality is inextricably linked...
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The Sexual Geopolitics of Popular Culture and Transnational Black Feminism
By Janell Hobson While the debate raged on toward the end of 2013 concerning Beyoncé’s feminist politics – especially in her sampling of celebrated Nigerian...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: The Sentiment of Success
By Camille Evans I am an artist, a feminist, and a reluctant perfectionist. But what I am certainly not is—emotional. When it comes to self-expression,...
