All posts tagged "body politics"
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Those Poor Muslim Women
By Josh Shahryar For the past several months, I’ve been bombarded by questions about what I think of Femen’s work in Tunisia. This happened after...
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Angelina Jolie’s Breast Removal: How One Woman’s Bravery Was Met With White, Male Arrogance
By Bill Patrick Straight, white guys often seem to think that we know what’s best for everyone else. We love to go around telling people...
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from Narrative & Nest by Danielle Vogel
from Narrative & Nest by Danielle Vogel Toward Untraumatizing the Sentence— If anything comes through in spite of all this, it is...
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Feminists We Love: Kristen E. Nelson
Kristen E. Nelson is the author of Write, Dad (Unthinkable Creatures Press, 2012). She has recently published work in The Volta, Denver Quarterly, Drunken Boat, Tarpaulin Sky Journal, Trickhouse, and Everyday Genius, among...
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Diana by Lisa O'Neill
This piece was written in the liminal space after the Boston Marathon bombings had occurred, during the initial firefights and manhunt, during the time when...
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Poems by Kristen Nelson
A selected catalog of my altar from left to right The body is an instrument which only gives off music when it is used as...
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4 Poems by Pooja Garg Singh
anatomy of a rape there are ways and ways to love a woman a 101-ways book can be found, open to page 51 ...
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OpEd: The Science of Love Behind the Science of Rape
By: Angela Willey “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” Todd Akin’s now infamous...
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Ovary
I left my ovary on the subway last night. Stepped out. Felt light. Heard the doors close behind me, and realized I’d left my ovary...
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TFW Interviews an Expert in the HIV Prevention Field: Dr. David Malebranche
TFW: The theme for World AIDS Day from 2011-2015, which is “Getting to Zero: Zero new HIV infections. Zero discrimination. Zero AIDS related deaths,” is a...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Porn Industry Threatens to Sue over Condom Law
Voters want actors in adult films to wear condoms, but the industry is threatening to sue and shift production elsewhere. Nearly 56% of Los Angeles County voters...
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Siempre En Mi Mente: On Trans* Violence
By Francisco J. Galarte For Gwen This month marks the ten-year anniversary of the death of Gwen Amber Rose Araujo, a Mexican American transgender woman...
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Using Ketamine for Depression
In any given year, 7% of adults suffer from major depression, and at least 1 in 10 youth will reckon with the disorder at some point...
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Court: Namibia HIV Sterilization Violated Rights
Three women of Namibia who have been diagnosed as HIV positive were coercively sterilized in violation of their basic rights, the High Court in Windhoek found...
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Ugandan Women Address Court Over Maternal Mortality
More than 100 women die during childbirth each week in Uganda, a heartbreaking statistic that has energized activists to go to the Supreme Court in...
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Human Flesh Pills: China to Investigate Dead Baby Capsule Claims
China will reinvestigate allegations that Chinese-made drug capsules containing powdered remains of dead babies are being smuggled into South Korea, state media reported Tuesday. Ministry of...
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Woman Who Sold Suicide Kits Will Be Sentenced For Tax Crimes
A 92-year-old woman who sold $40 kits for people to kill themselves faces sentencing in San Diego for failing to file federal tax returns. Sharlotte Hydorn faces...
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Planned Parenthood Worried It's The Target Of New Undercover Sting
A string of suspicious incidents at Planned Parenthood clinics across the country has given the organization reason to believe that anti-abortion activists are targeting it...