Sexuality
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Secret Survivor: An Interview with Amita Swadhin
On the morning of July 16, 2012, I received a letter from Amita Swadhin, an activist and educator who is at the forefront of the...
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In Praise of the Never Straight: Cheryl Clarke
In 1982, Black Lesbian Feminist Poet and Scholar Cheryl Clarke wrote a letter to her fellow Black Feminist Poet June Jordan: “No there is nothing...
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World Contraception Day
Today, September 26th, is World Contraception Day. And here at TFW, we invite you to consider what contraception has meant and may still mean to...
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Are We Really That Different from Cicely Bolden?
By Kat Griffith Cicely Bolden was a young woman who was stabbed to death by her boyfriend because of her HIV status. After school, her...
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She Didn’t Deserve To Die
By Precious Jackson I’m saddened to hear about Cicely Bolden’s murder at the hand of her intimate partner when this did not need to happen....
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On Motherhood and Surviving Sexual Violence
By Gretchen Davidson There are moments in life that lift a curtain and give us a glimpse of what is really propelling us through this...
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The Limits of Reproductive Politics: Defining Women’s Issues at the DNC
Early this morning, on the train from the Charlotte suburbs into the city center for the Democratic National Convention, I met a woman visiting the...
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There Is No Water in Our Survival Kit
By Fakhra Hassan The date is 28th April, 2012. The city is Lahore. The venue is the Lahore Press Club. On behalf of the Institute...
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Go (or don't go?) Topless Day
By Marie-Laure Rives Today is Go Topless Day! GoTopless.org is a U.S.-based organization founded in 2007, claiming that women have the same constitutional right as men...
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In Remembrance of Helen Gurley Brown: A Complicated Feminist Hero
By Mandy Van Deven Media icon and cultural pioneer Helen Gurley Brown passed away August 13 at the age of 90. Although I saw her name on...
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Dear Congressman Akin
Dear Congressman Akin, So I woke up with my boyfriend on top of me. He had just “finished.” I was out of it, high as...
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TFW Interview: Keith Boykin on "For Colored Boys"
TFW Editorial Collective Member Darnell L. Moore recently caught up with Keith Boykin, political commentator and New York Times best-selling author, to discuss his newest book,...
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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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The Politics of Celebrity, Social Media, and HIV/AIDS
By Paul Burns In the last few years, there has been a significant shift in the sensibilities and outlooks of Americans as it relates to...
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Spinning on Blackness: Wading through the Contradictions of Frank’s Ocean
By Nicholas Brady Those African persons in “Middle Passage” were literally suspended in the “oceanic”… these captive persons, without names that their captors would recognize,...
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From 'She' to 'It'
Widows in India have a pronoun problem. The estimated 40 million women widows in the country go from being called “she” to “it” when they lose their...
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“Coming Out” To Cash?: Frank Ocean and Social Progression
By David J. Malebranche Last week, social media was set ablaze when Frank Ocean publicly released a letter describing a love experience he had during...
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Coming Out or Inviting In?: Part II
Part II Recently, increased attention has been given to the notion of “coming out,” the public disclosure of one’s sexual identity. Many people are especially...