All posts tagged "Youth"
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if God can Cook / you Know I can: Pedagogy of Those Opting-Out of Oppression
By Carrie Y. T. Kholi As a poet/scholar, I’m having a difficult time labeling this piece. It feels like a tough lesson from my favorite instructors,...
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Trayvon's Class of 2013
Last weekend, at Black Skeptics Los Angeles’ scholarship ceremony, my colleagues and I had the profound honor of giving scholarships to five brilliant youth of color who...
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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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“Somebody’s Children”: A Conversation with Laura Briggs
By Kelly Sharron and Abraham Weil Laura Briggs is the chair of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies department at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. We...
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An Open Letter to the Prime Minister of India
Mr. Prime Minister: I read today that you were “disturbed” about the rape of another child in Delhi, a five-year-old girl. My question to you...
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Taunts, Tweets, and Black Girl Genius
By Salamishah Tillet “Baby girl genius,” is what I muttered when I saw Quvenzhané Wallis shine bright on the television screen last Oscar Sunday night. Beaming...
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On Beyoncé, Benedict, and the Volition of Women
By Lisa O’Neill At a school mass at my all girls’ Catholic High School, the priest said a homily about chastity, and in particular, sex...
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Can We End Violence Against Women and Girls?
By Soma Chaudhuri Violence against women and girls is pervasive in today’s world. The Feminist Wire recently published several articles and one Op-Ed, showcasing in...
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Op-Ed: Women, Rape, and Lack of Toilets
By Sunil Bhatia In the aftermath of the gruesome gang rape and murder of the 23-year-old physiotherapist in New Delhi, the Government of India set...
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Victory
By Erica Cardwell In grade school, we used a phonics book called the Victory Drill Book. It was filled with various words, prefixes, suffixes, and...
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Choosing Our Own Lives: Two 40-Something Feminists Reflect on Roe
By Aishah Shahidah Simmons and Monica J. Casper [Over a two-day period, TFW Collective Members Aishah Shahidah Simmons and Monica J. Casper shared an e-dialogue...
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Library of Congress digs into 170 billion tweets
An effort by the Library of Congress to archive Twitter posts has amassed more than 170 billion tweets, which the library is now seeking to...
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Conversation Piece: Queer Fashion on Campus
During the 2012 presidential election, there was much conversation among journalists, bloggers, and activists about the innovative ways students were using social media to mobilize...
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Gratefulness
The holiday season is not just about gifts and Santa Claus, it’s about being grateful for what you have and recognizing the people who are...
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Navajo man wants the nation to hear its official apology
Buried on page 45 of the 2010 Defense Appropriations Act, after pages on the maintenance and operation of the U.S. military, is an official...
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TFW Interviews an Expert in the HIV Prevention Field: Dr. David Malebranche
TFW: The theme for World AIDS Day from 2011-2015, which is “Getting to Zero: Zero new HIV infections. Zero discrimination. Zero AIDS related deaths,” is a...
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Study: HPV vaccine does not encourage sexual activity
Because Gardasil is designed to protect young people against human papillomavirus, a common sexually transmitted disease, some people believe the inoculation gives teens the go-ahead...
