Education
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In honour of the leadership of US-born African-American/African-Caribbean/African-Latin@ Muslim women in responding to HIV/AIDS
By Prof Dr. Ibrahim Abdurrahman Farajajé Islam can be fun! (Especially when dismantling interlocking oppressions and building just, sustainable, loving and laughing communities of resistance:...
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US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey (Lesson 3 of 3): On Embodiment at the End of the World
From the series introduction: When I first met Natasha Trethewey she was a visiting fellow at Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies and she said...
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3 Lessons from Natasha Trethewey: (Lesson 2) Making the Archive You Need
(Read Lesson 1 here.) From the series intro: When I first met Natasha Trethewey she was a visiting fellow at Duke University’s Center for Documentary...
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An Official Dad
I grew up a child of divorced parents. My father was gone most of the time, and my mom did everything for me. She was...
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Growing Up Loving a Working Mother
By Sydney When I tell people that my mother was a stripper, professional dominatrix, and at one point owned an escort service, I usually get...
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Curb HIV With Female Circumcision And Shaving Heads, Says Zimbabwe Politician
A Zimbabwean politician has sparked outrage by suggesting the spread of HIV can be curbed if women shave their heads, stop bathing and deliberately make...
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My Mother’s Body of Work
When I was eleven years old the Dance Theatre of Harlem came for the first time to Cincinnati, my hometown. Weeks leading up to the...
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One Tough Mother
In 1977, I won my elementary school’s spelling bee, sending me to the regional match where, after several rounds, I was defeated by the word...
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Women Filmmakers Forum: Nev Nnaji
Nev Nnaji is the producer/director of Reflections Unheard: Black Women in Civil Rights, an upcoming feature-length documentary which focuses on the marginalization of black women...
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Women Filmmakers Forum: Aishah Shahidah Simmons
Aishah Shahidah Simmons is an AfroLez®femcentic Cultural Worker whose award-winning work has been screened extensively across North America, and in numerous countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, South America,...
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Women Filmmakers Forum: tiona.m.
tiona.m. is a multi-media artist whose mission is to make the invisible, visible and to humanize her subjects. She believes that her work as a...
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Rising Obesity Rates Prompt Call for Serious Policy Changes
In an ambitious 478-page report, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) refutes the idea that obesity is largely the result of a lack of willpower on the...
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TFW Forum on Women Filmmakers
TFW is excited to highlight the inventive work of several phenomenal women filmmakers in a forum that runs from today through Friday. Carmen Torres, tiona m.,...
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Women Filmmakers Forum: Anna Barsan
Anna Barsan is a filmmaker and media educator currently living in Brooklyn, NY. She holds a Master’s in Film and New Media from the New...
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Women Filmmakers Forum: Carmen Torres
Carmen Torres graduated from the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and also holds a B.A. in Literature and Philosophy from Universidad de los...
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New Study Shows Benefits of Bilingualism in Teens
A new study conducted by the National Institute of Health (NIH) found certain brain functions are enhanced in teens who are fluent in more than...
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Women Running: Tomeka Hart
Name: Tomeka Hart Candidate for: U.S. House of Representatives, District 9 (Tennessee) Interviewed by: Tamura A. Lomax Why are you running for office? I am a...
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A Girl Named Ally: A Play in One Act
Based on the true story by Emily Schorr Lesnick INTERIOR. COFFEE SHOP- DAY ENTER SLEEPY-LOOKING ESL IN SLAVE TO THE GRIND, GENERIC GRUNGY COFFEE...