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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Where Flowers Can Grow
By Anastasia L. **Content Notice: discussion of sexual assault and violence** Cuno Amiet. “Flower Garden with Sunflower.” 1945. A Long Time Alone. When I was twelve, I was first sexually assaulted by a...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Why I Read the Comments
By Amelia Roskin-Frazee **Content Warning: sexual violence, hate speech** We’ve all had at least one friend tell us, “Don’t read the comments.” The Comments. The He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named section of...
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Trauma and Infinities: How Math Sharpened My Feminism
By Jamie Zabinsky On one of my 90-minute train commutes this summer, I came across a post in my beloved ‘weird Facebook’ group that pulled me out of a cramped-middle-seat-stupor and into the woke world...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, 1 in 4
By Courtney Sylvester **Content Warning: sexual violence, rape** 1 in 4 finally gets invited to a party 1 in 4 gets ready for a party by buying a pretty dress 1 in 4 accepts alcohol given to her by a...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Unbirthing Little Red Riding Hood
By Ramisa Raya to kill your daughter, wrap her up in white satin and place her in the hands of wolves then when you find her on your doorstep, stained with scarlet: lock your door, shut your blinds,...
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#BlackSkinWhiteSin: Shielding Our Girls From Misogynoir…Even When It Comes...
By Kimberly Peeler-Ringer I was getting a feel for my own preaching voice right around the time Juanita Bynum’s “No More Sheets” came out. I still have the cassette tape a friend gave me, saying,...
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Date Grape by Freesia McKee
Date Grape “Brewer responds to protests about offensive beer name” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 7th, 2016 What if I took the worst thing that’s happened to you and joked about it and...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, You Did.
By Eunice Park You didn’t speak – but you did stare Smile right at me and bare A rock tumbling back and forth South & north A disjointed compass directing you To a heavy moan & laugh too You...
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Photographs from The Aftermath by Paige Megan Hawley
My project, The Aftermath, was my way of coping with the after effects of rape. Each individual photograph reflects in detail what happened the night I was raped. Photographing and developing film...
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Recovered Histories of Anti-Rape Activism: Celebrating Aishah Shahidah...
By The Feminist Wire Associate Editors We write in celebration of our visionary sister and comrade/comadre, Aishah Shahidah Simmons, black lesbian feminist, cultural worker, filmmaker, incest and rape...
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