Feminists We Love: Tamara Winfrey Harris

By Sikivu Hutchinson

Tamara Winfrey Harris is a writer who specializes in the intersection of race and gender with current events, politics and pop culture. Her work has appeared in The Chicago Sun-Times, In These...

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Linda Janet Holmes is Toni Cade Bambara's first biographer and she is...

Feminists We Love: Toni Cade Bambara

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Feminists We Love: Hawa Y. Mire and Luam Kidane of NSOROMMA
By Hakima Abbas on September 19, 2014
When I asked Hawa and Luam who they were, Hawa said: “I’m a storyteller and organizer. My family moved from Somalia and I have grown...
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Feminists We Love: Toshi Reagon [VIDEO]
By Mecca Jamilah Sullivan on September 12, 2014
In today’s Feminists We Love feature, writer, performer and arts activist Toshi Reagon talks with TFW Associate Editor Mecca Jamilah Sullivan about feminist lineages, the...
Feminists We Love: Crista Noel, Africana Womanist
By Aishah Shahidah Simmons on September 5, 2014
I first met Sister Crista Noel in August 2014 when we were in Geneva, Switzerland during the United Nations’ CERD (Committee on the Elimination of...
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Feminists We Love: Wagatwe Wanjuki
By Stephanie Gilmore on August 8, 2014
Wagatwe Wanjuki is a feminist activist working and living in the New York City area. She uses new media tools to advance social justice. You can...
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Feminists We Love: Marissa Alexander
By Aishah Shahidah Simmons on July 25, 2014
By Aishah Shahidah Simmons and Alisa Bierria Today is the first day of Standing Our Ground Week of Action (July 25 – August 1, 2014) in Jacksonville,...
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Feminists We Love: Jessica Luther ~ Activist, commentator, and change agent
By David J. Leonard on July 4, 2014
I am not sure when and where I first came in contact with Jessica W. Luther and her work, but ever since that moment I...
Feminists We Love: Yara Sallam
By Hakima Abbas on July 1, 2014
Editors’ Note (July 1, 2014): The Feminist Wire stands in solidarity with our sisters in Egypt. On Saturday (June 21, 2014), Yara Sallam was arrested by...
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Feminists We Love: Fadzai Muparutsa
By Hakima Abbas on May 30, 2014
May 25th was African Liberation Day (ALD). The Feminist Wire is celebrating ALD with two interviews of African Feminists We Love: Fadzai Muparutsa, a Zimbabwean...
Feminists We Love: Amina Doherty
By Hakima Abbas on May 25, 2014
May 25th is African Liberation Day (ALD). The Feminist Wire is celebrating ALD with two interviews of African Feminists We Love: Amina Doherty, a Nigerian...
Feminists We Love: Carol Anshaw
By Monica J. Casper on May 16, 2014
Born and raised in Chicago, I find myself perpetually drawn to writers who live and work there—and who make the city a character in their...
Feminists We Love: Katarzyna Marciniak
By Heidi R. Lewis on May 2, 2014
If feminist rage is something feared and often mocked (in order to belittle its power), then feminist immigrant rage is definitely a hard-core offense. We...
Feminists We Love: Regina Bradley
By David J. Leonard on April 18, 2014
I don’t remember the first time I met Dr. Regina Bradley. It might have been on Twitter; it might have been on Facebook; it might...
Emily Lordi: Moving us beyond critique one artist at a time
By David J. Leonard on April 11, 2014
I am really not sure when I first read the work of Dr. Emily Lordi. It could have been her piece on Janelle Monae; maybe...