Posts Tagged women in prison

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By Meg Sri • 6 years ago

Happy December! This Winter, Send Some Holiday Love To Victims of Mass Incarceration

It’s the last month of what has been an incredibly damaging year for many people in the United States, especially for those belonging to the most marginalized and vulnerable communities.

It’s the last month of what has been an incredibly damaging year for many people in the United States, especially for those belonging to the most marginalized and vulnerable communities.
By Suzanna Bobadilla • 9 years ago

The Feministing Five: Maya Schenwar

Maya Schenwar’s newly released book, Locked Down, Locked Out, weaves together excellent political analysis with her personal perspective to demonstrate how our current prison system fails both prisoners and those on the outside.

Maya Schenwar’s newly released book, Locked Down, Locked Out, weaves together excellent political analysis with her personal perspective to demonstrate how our current prison system fails both prisoners and those on the outside.

By Alexandra Brodsky • 9 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie just published an ebook called We Should All Be Feminists. Stay tuned for a review next week!

Why are women in prison?

The NYPD “Rape Cop” is now suing his accuser.

“Elite populism doesn’t threaten the elites.”

Meet the feminists on one of the most evangelical campuses in the U.S.

 

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie just published an ebook called We Should All Be Feminists. Stay tuned for a review next week!

Why are women in prison?

The NYPD “Rape Cop” is now suing his accuser.
By Verónica Bayetti Flores • 9 years ago

#KnowYourHistory: Women of color have been moving beyond “pro-choice” for decades

On Tuesday, the New York Times published a feature on reproductive health advocates moving away from the language of “choice.” An important and interesting topic, the potentially illuminating piece instead served to obscure the history of the move away from choice language, completely erasing women of color’s crucial role in developing the reproductive justice framework that set the stage for this move by the larger and more well-funded (and, ahem, white-lady-led) reproductive health organizations. Since then, women of color in the reproductive justice movement have been hollering a collective WTF. 

On Tuesday, the New York Times published a feature on reproductive health advocates moving away from the language of “choice.” An important and interesting topic, the potentially illuminating piece instead served to obscure the history of ...