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In Praise of the Never Straight: Cheryl Clarke

WebIn 1982, Black Lesbian Feminist Poet and Scholar Cheryl Clarke wrote a letter to her fellow Black Feminist Poet June Jordan: “No there is nothing wrong with your …

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Subversive Self-Care: Centering Black Women’s Wellness

WebStatistics about black women’s health are dismal. In regards to our mental health, our depression rate is estimated to be 50% higher than white women’s. Within …

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Vegan Praxis, Black Lives Matter, and Water Rationing: A …

WebI’d definitely call Dr. A. Breeze Harper one of the top intersectional vegan theorists today. And that’s not just hype—she most famously did this with her 2010 …

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Free Marissa Now and Stand With Nan-Hui: A Conversation About …

WebBy: Alisa Bierria, Hyejin Shim, Mimi Kim, and Emi Kane. Marissa Alexander is a Black mother of three and a survivor of domestic violence from Jacksonville, Florida. …

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Dar Luz: Shedding Light on Birth and Reproductive Health for Latinas

WebBy Ynanna Djehuty. Latinas in the United States are facing many of the same concerns regarding birthing and reproductive health care as our African-American sisters.

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Racial Attitudes and Opinions on Healthcare Reform

WebAs the Supreme Court gets ready to hear a case involving the constitutionality of President Obama’s health care overhaul, social scientists are asking …

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Social Silence & Child Sexual Abuse – The Feminist Wire

WebContent Notice: This article is part of the #LoveWITHAccountability forum on The Feminist Wire. The purpose of this forum and the #LoveWITHAccountability project …

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Sisters of the “Yogic” Yam: bell hooks and the Yoga in Self-Recovery

WebYoga offers an alternative to the health and wellness clutter that focuses on a body ideal reproduced and maintained in media and within the black community. …

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Op-Ed: Why We Need Critical Ethnic Studies in Arizona (and …

WebEthnic Studies can strengthen its commitment to activism by moving away from seeing social change thinkable only through research and by liberating itself from …

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Complexities and Messiness: Race, Gender, Disability and the …

WebCarolyn Tyjewski is an activist, scholar and writer for well over 20 years.She has degrees in Black Studies and English from Ohio State University. While at OSU, …

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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: A Critical Analysis of Orange Is The New …

WebBy Mohadesa Najumi. Since finishing NetFlix’s hit new series “Orange Is the New Black” about a 32-year old white woman named Piper Chapman, who serves 15 …

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Health – The Feminist Wire

WebWe are in an intergenerational relay race for our survival. I received the baton from Black lesbian and gay elders who preceded me in the early 1990s.

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EMERGING FEMINISMS, What I Have Learned from the Women …

WebBy Taylor Bak . I will write these poems until I prove you wrong, I will write these poems even if they’re a “waste of time,” I will write these poems until the day I die,

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Introducing: Aimee Meredith Cox – The Feminist Wire

WebTFW welcomes Aimee Meredith Cox to the Editorial Collective!. Aimee Meredith Cox, PhD, is a cultural anthropologist and assistant professor of performance …

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Complexities and Messiness: Race, Gender

WebCarolyn Tyjewski is an activist, scholar and writer for well over 20 years. She has degrees in Black Studies and English from Ohio State University. While at OSU, Carolyn, along with …

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Introducing: Sophia Azeb – The Feminist Wire

WebIntroducing: Sophia Azeb. Sophia Azeb is an Egyptian-Palestinian anarcha-feminist teacher, writer, and organizer pursuing her PhD in American Studies & Ethnicity …

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The Color of Infant Mortality – The Feminist Wire

WebIn other words, African-American babies and mothers all too often die from structural violence – the entrenched practices and policies that imperil the lives of so …

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A Woman’s Right to Choose: It’s Not Just About Abortion

WebCervical cancer was once the leading cause of cancer-related death for women. However, as the CDC notes, in the past 40 years, cases of cervical cancer and …

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Sacrifice, Religion and Exclusion: On Parade in Little Saigon

WebIn the context of GLBT communities, sacrifice evokes an image of Matthew Shephard crucified on a fence outside Laramie, Wyoming, or 15-year old Sakia LaTona …

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Prometheus Unbound/Woman in Chains: Reading Popular Film …

WebI love movies: all kinds. I majored in film technology and screenwriting as an undergraduate student; I minored in Cinema Studies. I grew up in the age of the Alien …

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U.S. Positive Women's Network devastated by murder of HIV …

WebThe U.S. Positive Women’s Network (PWN), a national membership body of women living with HIV, is devastated to hear the tragic news that a young woman living …

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Assata the Unflinching – The Feminist Wire

WebAssata was a member of the Black Panther Party (BPP) (1966-1982) and later the Black Liberation Army (BLA) (1970-1981), when FBI and local police murders …

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