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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
#eulogizingaretha: A Natural Black Woman: Aretha Franklin’s #BlackGirlMagic
#eulogizingaretha: Her life. Her love for us. Our love for her.
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Angelina Jolie’s Breast Removal: How One Woman’s Bravery Was Met With White, Male Arrogance
By Bill Patrick Straight, white guys often seem to think that we know what’s best for everyone else. We love to go around telling people...
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Feminists We Love: What's not to Love? Mark Anthony Neal and David Ikard (video)
Mark Anthony Neal is a professor of Black Popular Culture in the Department of African & African-American Studies at Duke University. Dr. Neal received his...
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Darnell L. Moore Speaks at NIH National Pride Month in Washington, DC
In honor of National Pride Month, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will host a panel discussion, “Painting Kinder Tomorrows…Today: Eliminating Bullying through Education, Practice,...
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Why Sebastien de la Cruz Should Be Respected and Protected
To be in proximity to any NBA franchise during a championship run, for lots of kids in our sports obsessed culture, is a dream come...
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What You Don’t Know Can Kill You: Race, Class, and Access to Genetic Cancer Testing
By Duchess Harris and Christine Ohenewah When Professor Harris was in law school, she gave a presentation in her “Feminist Jurisprudence” course on a New...
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3 poems by Ian Ellasante
Diana and the face of the moon another night you are . turning your face ………………….. i am already gone and...
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Why Every City Needs a Center Square: On the Turkish Uprisings, Coalition Building and Coexistence
By Evren Savci It has been almost two weeks since May 28th, when the residents of Istanbul started protesting the urban renewal project instigated by Turkey’s Prime...
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Op-Ed: Legal Birth Control: An Overlooked Milestone
By Annet Ruiter This month marks the 48th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling in Griswold v. Connecticut, which struck down a state law that...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: We Live In A Rape Culture
By Mohadesa Najumi Many people object to the phrase “rape culture.” They don’t understand how a culture as civilized as ours can be defined by...
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Feminists We Love: Caroline Clay
Caroline Clay is an actor with a stunningly expansive resume. She is a vibrant teaching artist and vocal coach, who envisions theater as personally empowering...
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The Four Letter Word
By Niama Sandy I went on a date on Christmas day. We went to the Black Cat’s “James Brown Death-Mas” party. My date was a...
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Two Poems: "Different Pages" and "The Bee Trap"
By Kristy Webster The Bee Trap Some girls have eyes like invitations, and some girls wear glasses and scarves, walk with a whistle...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Reclaiming Freedom of Speech
By Bruna Lobato In my first creative writing class as a Brazilian international student at a private American college I received my fiction assignment back...
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No “Madea” in Tyler Perry’s New Drama, “The Haves and the Have-Nots,” But Still, a Muddle of a Mess
By Lillie Anne Brown Ok, let me just start by acknowledging what I get: I get that Tyler Perry provides excellent employment opportunities for people of...
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Why Do White Guys Hate My Hijab?
By Zainab Khan Just last week, I graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. A few weeks before graduation, my best friend (the only other hijabi...
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AVERAGED: A Photo Essay
By Brook Dorff AVERAGED is a collection of photographs and personal histories taken in Andhra Pradesh, India. The documentation of stories and images in the...
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An Open Letter to Kiera Wilmot and Other Black Girls Who Have Considered Giving Up When Their Science Projects and Assata Shakur Are Enuf
By j.n. salters Dear Kiera, Much like the hundreds of thousands of supporters who made phone calls, sent emails, and signed petitions urging prosecutors to drop...
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Feminists We Love: Tracy D. Sharpley-Whiting (Video)
Tracy D. Sharpley-Whiting is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor of Humanities (AADS and French). She teaches comparative diasporic literary and cultural movements, 18th & 19th century...