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    What Does Your Feminism Look Like?

    #MyFeminismLooksLike is a digital series from Colorlines that celebrates feminists of color who shaped the women’s rights movement.
    Tracey Onyenacho Mar 18, 2020 10:26AM EDT
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    Intersectionality Matters Podcast Exposes Attacks on Black Motherhood

    Host Kimberlé Crenshaw: “It wasn’t the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution nor the Stars and Stripes that gave birth to America; it was the Black vagina that laid the golden egg.”

    N. Jamiyla Chisholm Nov 15, 2019 2:56PM EST
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    Seriously, Why Are Some of Us Still Defending R. Kelly?

    The explosive Buzzfeed piece about R. Kelly running a “cult” of young women whom he abuses and controls has triggered familiar defenses from fans. Jamilah Lemieux calls bulls**t on all of them. 

    Jamilah Lemieux Jul 19, 2017 3:00PM EDT

    Today's Google Doodle Celebrates Activist Yuri Kochiyama

    The Japanese-American Kochiyama lived through internment, worked with Malcolm X and promoted cross-racial solidarity throughout her career.

    Sameer Rao May 19, 2016 2:20PM EDT

    We Need Real Talk About Black Girls and Women

    Follow #HerDreamDeferred to share your story, voice your opinion.
    Carla Murphy Mar 30, 2015 7:00AM EDT

    On Patricia Arquette, Coded Language and the Hotness of 'Intersectionality'

    Patricia Arquette did…a whole lot with her “equality now” speech. But I don’t think we all know what her biggest mistake is called.
    Akiba Solomon Feb 23, 2015 2:44PM EST

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    Colorlines is published by Race Forward, a national organization that advances racial justice through research, media and practice.

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