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Monica J. Casper

Monica J. Casper is Professor and Head of Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Arizona. A sociologist, her scholarly and teaching interests include gender, race, bodies, reproduction, …
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Aishah Shahidah Simmons

Award-winning Black feminist lesbian cultural worker Aishah Shahidah Simmons is the Creator of the internationally acclaimed and award-winning film NO! The Rape Documentary and an Associate Editor of The Feminist Wire. She is also …
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Farah Tanis

Farah Tanis is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Black Feminist Organization Black Women's Blueprint (BWB) and the Museum of Women's Resistance (MoWRe). Currently housed at Black Women's …
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Patrick Boylan

Patrick Boylan is a United States expat in Rome, Italy; ex-university professor of intercultural communication and, for years, a regular contributor to Italian dailies (L'Indipendente, il Manifesto) and online …