moejustice

Maureen is a passionate writer and activist for prisoner and women's rights. She is also interested in body politics and sexuality. She is currently hurdling through graduate school, on her way to getting her M.S.Ed. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. In her free time, she enjoys reading, writing, and making crafts, She lives in Albany, NY with her partner Jon, their hilarious three-year-old son Max, and their cat Arya.

Posts Written by Maureen
By moejustice • 8 years ago

‘But I have lots of black friends’: Educating other white folks about their privilege

I recently attended a local Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) meeting in Albany. There were between sixty and seventy white folks of all ages crammed into a tiny unventilated church on a 90 degree day, all there to talk about race, white privilege, and how white people can help in the fight for racial justice. You can imagine that with that many people, structuring the discussion was difficult. The white folks there were coming from many different angles and various stages of understanding their own privilege.

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By moejustice • 8 years ago

Complicating Female Body Hair: Consent, Gender Violence and Feminism

I am thirteen years old and hiding in my grandmother’s bathroom with my cousin. With one of my grandfather’s bic razors in one hand and musky smelling shaving cream in the other, my cousin shaves my legs for me. We sneak out of the bathroom thinking we were so suave. I am officially a woman!

I am thirteen years old and hiding in my grandmother’s bathroom with my cousin. With one of my grandfather’s bic razors in one hand and musky smelling shaving cream in the other, my cousin shaves my legs ...