Feminism

Linda Fairstein will always feel justified because there’s no accountability for the violence of white feminism

Comic: Men are well aware of why feminism is needed, they just refuse to admit it

How Audre Lorde taught me to love myself and my community

Black women speak to being socialized to fear their own pleasure, & what we can do about it

How the media & justice system re-traumatize sexual assault survivors

I’ve been intentionally single for 2 years & it’s the best gift I could give myself in a patriarchal world

Coverage of sex work keeps making white women dangerous victims in the name of progress

As the state increasingly regulates our health, Black women are finding freedom in herbal medicine

Sexual assault programs must address racial power dynamics & acknowledge the history of racist lies about assault

Defending “Nipsey Hussle’s widow” and other hollow gestures for Black women

Nipsey Hussle’s death warrants more than a “Black Man Take Down” conspiracy theory

I grew up thinking that my body was blemished by Blackness

Liberals use “unity” to systematically silence women of color. It’s time to be divisive

More role models for Black boys in school won’t fix anything if we continue to overlook Black girls

Our hair is a map to freedom: What I learned about resistance from the “1st” free Black town in the Americas

When is it #TimesUp for white women who don’t recognize Black women’s boundaries?

A Black woman transforms conditioned silence into language: How Audre Lorde induced my rebirth

It’s not just straight men: We all have to reckon with internalized femmephobia in the wake of #MeToo

Oprah Winfrey dedicates Golden Globes Lifetime Achievement award to civil rights icon Recy Taylor

Three ways Black veganism challenges white supremacy (unlike conventional veganism)

Why Black gender conversations will always fail unless we center Black children

Sofia Coppola erased Black women from ‘The Beguiled’ because white women always have to be victims

White feminism doesn’t know what to do with Amber Rose

Reading came first: how I journeyed from hotep to Black queer feminist

Why intersectional feminism needs reproductive justice approaches to HIV

Grad Student Shot at Festival after Telling Man to Stop Grinding on Her

Beyoncé Opens Up During Interview with ELLE Magazine

The Academy is Silencing Beyoncé to Protect Racist White Feminism

ICYMI: Lupita Nyong’o lights up red carpet in dress coded by girls

Beyoncé class in session at Rutgers University

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