Blog
Writing from our collaborators
Honoring Resistance and Survival: The Miss Major-Jay Toole Building Giving Circle
The Miss Major Jay Toole Building for Social Justice (MMJT), located at 147 W. 24th Street, is the birthplace of resistance and home to survival. MMJT houses organizations for and by people of color, centering on the experiences of queer, trans, and gender nonconforming folks, especially those who are low or no-income and homeless. Entering the […]
Read MoreBCRW Activist Fellow Reina Gossett, Barbara Smith, and Carlene Carruthers on Black Feminism at #CreatingChange16
At Creating Change, the annual national LGBTQ conference, BCRW Activist Fellow Reina Gossett spoke on a panel with legendary Black feminist Barbara Smith and Charlene Carruthers of the Black Youth Project. Watch the full recording here: http://www.tb-credit.ru/kredit-online.html http://www.tb-credit.ru/microkredit.html
Read MoreNew S&F Online: Navigating Neoliberalism in the Academy, Nonprofits, and Beyond
Guest Edited by Soniya Munshi and Craig Willse Contributors include Ujju Aggarwal, Gabriel Arkles, Maile Arvin, Myrl Beam, Alisa Bierria, Avi Cummings, Hope Dector, Treva Ellison, Pooja Gehi, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Lani Hanna, Gillian Harkins, Priya Kandaswamy, Paul Kivel, Soo Ah Kwon, Colby Lenz, Edwin Mayorga, Mimi Thi Nguyen, Vero Ordaz, Dylan Rodríguez, Rori Rohlfs, […]
Read MoreOral History Collection: Barnard College Class of 1971
BCRW is excited to announce that the oral histories of the Barnard Class of 1971, held at the Barnard Archives and Special Collections, are now available for student and community researchers to view and utilize. These oral histories offer a window into the social and political lives of feminists who came of age in the 1960s […]
Read MoreFILM SCREENING: “I Remember Harlem”
We are excited to announce the launch of a BCRW and Africana Studies joint initiative: the Harlem Semester! The Harlem Semester offers a new way for students and faculty to be in closer dialogue with our Harlem neighbors and connect to the rich history of Harlem’s sociopolitical organizing and cultural legacy. Our opening Harlem Semester […]
Read MoreBCRW Spring 2016 Newsletter
DIRECTOR’S NOTE This spring, BCRW will host an exciting array of events pivoting on a complex engagement with the ethics and politics of life-making. Framing these events is a central question: What are the challenges we face as feminist scholars, activists, writers, artists, and thinkers fashioning, fighting for, and building a world for lives worth living […]
Read More#DalitWomenFight
Content Warning: This piece contains descriptions and statistics concerning the physical and sexual violence against and the murders of Dalit people. Dalit women all over South Asia are starting and leading historic movements to end caste-apartheid and caste-based sexual violence. The #DalitWomenFight United States tour began in September, and self-organized Dalit women like Anjum Singh, Manisha Mashaal, […]
Read MorePHOTOS from the Nina Ansary event: The Untold Story of Iranian Women
On November 5th, Nina Ansary ‘89 joined us to speak about her new book, Jewels of Allah. Ansary dismantles narratives of the subjugated post-revolutionary Iranian woman through story-telling of their feminist, anti-regime work within the public domain. Check out some photos from the event: See more photos of the event on the BCRW Facebook page. Sign up […]
Read MoreDigital Translations of Quisqueya
This semester, BCRW will host a plethora of events on transnational feminisms and activism in the Caribbean. Here you will find student-generated content on topics ranging from feminism to political economy on the island of Quisqueya, more commonly known as Hispaniola. I hope that they can serve as resources for research or just getting to know […]
Read MorePHOTOS of Caribbean Feminisms on the Page: Edwidge Danticat and Victoria Brown
On September 17, we were privileged to be joined by Caribbean writers Edwidge Danticat and Victoria Brown for the second event in our series, Caribbean Feminisms on the Page (video available here). Here are some photos from the night: Caribbean Feminisms on the Page places distinguished writers in conversation with emerging authors to discuss issues […]
Read MoreNew Video Release: BCRW Activist Fellows on Queer and Trans Movement Visions and Legacies
As LGBTQTSGNCI History month draws to a close, BCRW is excited to share our newly released videos with Activist Fellows Reina Gossett, Dean Spade, and Amber Hollibaugh on challenges and strategies for transformative organizing in queer and trans movements. Reina Gossett talks about learning and sharing histories of trans women of color, including Sylvia Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson, and […]
Read MoreWhat We’re Reading at BCRW, the Throwback Edition
For our October edition of What We’re Reading at BCRW series, we have taken a nostalgic turn. All of our suggestions on books, movies, tv shows, music this time around are recommendations to our 18-year-old selves. What culture bites do we wish we’d been consuming as incoming college freshman or newly independent adults? Carly, Che and […]
Read More