Good Government Job, A Myth In Three Generations
My day job involves working for the federal government. My particular agency serves a vulnerable population, and as of this week most of my coworkers were deemed as essential. We’re part of that...
View ArticleA video on Street Harassment and NOT being “That Guy.”
Jamie and Mikki talk about street harassment, with a little help from Fake Steebie J.
View ArticleHood Feminism: The Joy of Consent
After the New York Times so hamfistedly handled the topic of acquaintance rape, what better time to drop this video on the joy of consent?
View ArticleUsing WOC in the Natural Childbirth Debate: A How-To Guide.
(Michelle Bowen-Ziecheck is a writer currently living in Maryland. This is her first piece for Hood Feminism.) To the untrained eye, this is just another mother and child. To a Natural Childbirth...
View ArticleHF around the web, Renisha McBride, and other matters of import.
It has been a long, emotionally exhausting week, but at least it’s ending on a (somewhat) positive note now that Renisha McBride’s killer has been arrested. Writer/activist dream hampton is just one of...
View ArticleWhy We Can’t Have Black Feminist Pop Icons.
(Lesli-Ann Lewis is a small, queer and brown invader of homogeneous spaces. Fancying herself a burgeoning writer, this is her first piece for Hood Feminism. She can be found on Twitter, all too often:...
View ArticleThe Politics of Respectability is not Revolutionary.
(Hi, everyone! Happy New Year! We return to our regularly scheduled programming with another guest post, this time from Loryn C. Wilson, a womanist and digital media professional living in Washington,...
View ArticleOn Annie Lennox and erasure.
(Morgan Jerkins graduated from Princeton University with an AB in Comparative Literature and is currently pursuing an MFA in Fiction at the Bennington Writing Seminars. Follow her on twitter...
View Article“Transracial” and Transgender are NOT the same.
(Riley is a disabled Black non-binary femme in his late 20s. He is a CS and math student in NYC with history in art, music and writing, looking to complete the holy quadrilateral of creative capability...
View ArticleOn McKinney, Cosby, and Misogynoir.
(De Ana J is writer and sometimes smartass from Southern California. She podcasts for Nerdgasm Noire, writes for Arsenal for Democracy and acts out on Twitter as @NaniCoolJ. You can also sometimes...
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