The Journal of International Women’s Studies is an on-line, open-access, peer reviewed feminist journal that provides a forum for scholars, activists, and students to explore the relationships among theories of gender and sexuality and various forms of organizing and critical practice.
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Current Issue: Volume 22, Issue 8 (2021) The Practice and Legacy of a Black Lesbian Feminist: Selections from the Archive of Dr. Angela Bowen (1936-2018)
Note on the Authors
Note on the Authors
Eve Oishi, Jennifer Abod, and Holly A. Smith
Editors Introductions
Editors’ Introduction—Doing her Work
Eve Oishi and Jennifer Abod
Photo: Angela Bowen, Clark University
John Ferrarone
July 22, 2018 New York Times obituary
Neil Genzlinger
Witnesses to Inspiration
Witnesses to Inspiration
Eve Oishi, Holly A. Smith, Jennifer Abod, Lore/tta LeMaster, and M. Jacqui Alexander
“We Must Witness One Another”
Eve Oishi
Not for Herself Alone
Jennifer Abod
Photo: Bowen and Abod at Boston Gay Pride
Jennifer Abod
Photo: Jennifer and Angela, 1980s, Cambridge, MA
Marilyn Humphries
Lore/tta LeMaster: "Push the Line"
Lore/tta LeMaster
Praise Song for Angela Bowen
M. Jacqui Alexander
Artistic Expression
Artistic Expression
Eve Oishi and Jennifer Abod
Poster for reading at UMass Boston with Kate Rushin, Sharon Howell, and Nancy Hughes
Brendal L. Haywood
Book Flyer Poster of Out of the Blue: Aleta’s Stories
Virgina Blaisdell
Arts as Community and Civil Rights
Arts as Community and Civil Rights
Eve Oishi and Jennifer Abod
1988 Introductory Speech by Angela Bowen for Kate Rushin receiving the Grolier Poetry Prize
Angela Bowen
Letter of Remembrance to the chapters of the National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen
Photo: National Coalition for Black Lesbians and Gays co-chairs Bowen and A. Billy Jones
Jennifer Abod
Speaking Out: Feminism/LGBTQ Writings and Speeches
Speaking Out: Feminism/ LGBTQ Writings and Speeches
Eve Oishi and Jennifer Abod
Take Your Pageant and Shove It by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen
1990 pamphlet “Children in our Lives: Another View of Lesbians Choosing Children” by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen
2002 essay “The Seduction of Lesbian Marriage: What’s a Radical Lesbian to do?” by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen and Jennifer Abod
1988 speech “Children in our Lives: Another View of Lesbians Choosing Children” by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen
Photo: 1985 speech on Boston Common by Angela Bowen, “The Need to Refight Stonewall” Collection of J. Abod
Angela Bowen
Photo: E. Frances White, Evelyn Hammonds, Angela Bowen, Cheryl Clark and Cathy Cohen Photo by J. Abod
Jennifer Abod
Photo: Angela Bowen's Family, Ntombi Peters, Jomo Peters and Jennifer Abod. Collection of J. Abod.
Lisa Hartouni
Intersectional and Global Perspectives
Intersectional and Global Perspectives
Eve Oishi and Jennifer Bowen
1987 Angela Bowen Talk by Angela Bowen 'What Radical Feminism Means' at Brandeis University
Angela Bowen
1990 Letter to Black church leaders about annual Day of Remembrance for Black Gay Men and Lesbians
Angela Bowen
1993 Hampshire College Talk: 'Black Lesbians and Reproductive Rights Movement' by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen
Audre Lorde's signed draft "Women on Trains" poem to Angela Bowen and M. Jacqui Alexander
Audre Lorde
Video clip: 1985 interview with Angela Bowen after United Nations World Conference on Women in Nairobi
Jennifer Abod
Photo: 1985 interview with Angela Bowen after the Third World Conference on Women in Nairobi
Jennifer Abod
1989 National Coalition for Black Lesbians and Gays Five Year Plan article By Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen
Photo: Angela Bowen and J. Abod at Audre Lorde conference in Italy 2006 Collection of J. Abod
Jennifer Abod
Women's Studies and Interdisciplinarity
Women’s Studies and Interdisciplinarity
Eve Oishi and Jennifer Abod
1984 Article about SAGE: A Scholarly Journal on Black Women in Soujourner: The Women’s Forum by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen with Clark Professor Cynthia Enloe and fellow Graduate student Elizabeth Hadley
Jennifer Abod
Photo: Angela Bowen with California State University students Erica Miller, unknown, Mae Henderson
Jennifer Abod
Audre Lorde: Influence, Sisterhood, Legacy
Audre Lorde: Influence, Sisterhood, Legacy
Eve Oishi and Jennifer Bowen
2003 Meridians Journal article “Diving into Audre Lorde’s ‘Blackstudies’” by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen
Poem: 1974 Audre Lorde “Blackstudies”
Audre Lorde
2002 Letter to Adrienne Rich about her entry into a planned anthology about Audre Lorde by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen
Photo: Audre Lorde, Nancy Hughes and Angela Bowen
Jennifer Abod
JIWS Executive Staff
- Executive Editors
- Diana Fox, Bridgewater State University, MA, USA
- Special Issue Editors
- Eve Oishi Claremont Graduate University
- Jennifer Abod American Jewish Lesbian Feminist, Filmmaker, Professor, Radio Host and Poet
- Holly A. Smith Spelman College
- Web Editor
- Xiaocan Lucy Wang, Bridgewater State University, MA, USA
- Editorial Assistant
- Carley Taylor, Bridgewater State University, MA, USA