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AFS Issue 3 is certainly not the first or only project looking into issues of wellness and care at this time – feminists have been doing this work for centuries. Therefore, We wanted to put together a repository for existing […]
This is a story of the initiation of Gogo Shumba (previously known as Fadzai) narrated by Gogo Shumba and Amanda, who played the role of helper and support system in that journey. A Dictionary to help navigate some of the […]
Women all over the world endure constant pain, violence, and external control over their bodies, and their expressions of resistance and autonomy are easily labelled as mental illness by legal and medical, including psychiatric, discourses. Black women, in particular, are […]
Why are sisterhoods routed in feminist politics and solidarity so essential and nourishing? Join Goitse Kwanda to find out African Feminist Standpoint. · Feminist Sisterhood by Goitse Kwanda
The day after one of my teachers molested me, I sat through a sermon of forgiveness in church. For lack of a better word, it was difficult, but; after the sermon ended and the pews were almost empty, I went […]
We’ve seen pics of people at a spa, doing their nails and/or shopping and calling it self-care. For a long time that didn’t sit well with me because why should caring for the self be so damn expensive?! I mean, […]
“last night, i asked my grandmother what to do with all the pain, ‘wash it clean with love’ she said” – Ijeoma Umebinyuo It’s been three years since the most terrifying time in my life. In April of […]
This personal essay is a dialogue-style narrative between two feminists about what it means for us, as individuals to be well while exploring the importance of shifting frames to accommodate individual and collective goals of wellbeing. Traditional forms of knowing […]
I can hear your whispers Your stares and glares As I shiver and quiver Does it satisfy your soul when you look down on me and make me feel like a hollow pit? Yes you spit, you bite and you […]
There are spaces that we create in the queer community that we call safe spaces and there are spaces that we create within ourselves that protects our thoughts, the way we perceive things, ideas, the way we interact, etc. The […]
Remembering how to breathe, remembering who we are, and learning to prioritize ourselves. Remembering ourselves, learning to put yourself first. Having coping mechanisms, building a community of peer support and family. Creative expression such as singing, writing, painting, a dance […]
Join the amazing JuliART in a discussion about Free Bleeding!! “A Long standing love affair of blood , sensual offerings and magic. in this Episode I talk about the magic of free bleeding and harnessing our feminine powers, reconnecting to […]
Who would have thought, in 2020 we’d be negotiating our freedom with a flu? It has been called many things, a flu, a flu like disease, a cleansing, an engineered time bomb by China to the rest of the world; […]
For as long as I can remember, I have always felt anger at the manner in which women were and are treated. Knowing that there were things thought to be outside of my scope of ability, or even comprehension, purely […]
The Black Lives Matter marches all around the world earlier this year have rebrought to the fore the need for action and justice for Black Lives. In its toolkit for healing justice & direct action, Black Lives Matter have suggested […]
When we were putting together the concept for issue #3 of the African Feminist Standpoint it was immediately obvious that we needed to speak to the folks at The Feminist Republik Platform. As we are all aware, feminists have been […]
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