All posts tagged "Politics"
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Un-occupy my/our Sexisms: In Solidarity with Tamura Lomax and all Women
Tamura Lomax has rightly called for an interrogation of (and action in response to) the sexist, misogynist, and violent resonances lurking within some iterations of...
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The Language of War
The last few months have been received by most as a foreign policy boon for our fledgling sitting President. In a global climate dominated by...
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Security/Safety Concerns about Occupy Wall Street
By Linda Martín Alcoff The Oakland occupation was shut the last week of October, albeit temporarily, on the grounds of concerns about safety and...
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Preventing the Undesirables: Forced Sterilization & Eugenics in the US and Abroad
If you enjoy the luxury of living under a rock, you may have missed the news that the planet’s population has reached (and now exceeded)...
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The Christian Fascists’ Personhood Campaign
Taking its dangerous “life begins at conception” assault from State Legislature to State Legislature, one of the most dangerous political forces in the United States...
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Mississippi's Initiative 26 Challenges Women's Personhood
By Kalen Young “Alabama’s got me so upset, Tennessee made me lose my rest, and everybody knows about Mississsippi Goddam…” Little did anyone assume...
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Hypothetical Women, Real Violence
By Wanda Kolomyjec and Monica J. Casper Some disturbingly familiar scenes from the campaign trail… “Governor, if Kitty Dukakis were raped and murdered, would you...
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Reproductive Justice Forum on TFW
Today in TFW, we begin a series of articles about reproductive justice, one of the most urgent issues of our time. Indeed, few issues so...
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It’s About Time: FBI Begins Process to Redefine Rape
By Ally Karsyn Countless cases of sexual assault are excluded from federal statistics each year. Since 1927, the FBI has been using the same definition...
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Soup Maker for the Masses
By S. Buchalter There was a time, that I was on the front lines or behind the fences, in the dark, at night, climbing over...
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SlutWalk from the Margins
By Destiny Birdsong, Donika Ross, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, and Nikki Spigner On October 2, 2011, in Nashville, Tennessee, hundreds of people gathered for SlutWalk Nashville. Merely one...
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Good and Proper Affect in a Broken World: Heartbrokenness as Feminist Practice
On the night Troy Davis was murdered by the state of Georgia, I watched a girl, who appeared to be about twelve years old, cry....
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Scott Olsen injuries prompt review as Occupy Oakland protests continue
The Occupy Oakland movement took a turn toward violence the past Tuesday night, when members of the Oakland Police Department conducted a predawn raid of...
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Rap & Wall Street
Critics from Fox News to feminist groups have argued that the violence, blatant sexism and idolization of drugs and criminal behavior found in rap lyrics...
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“We Are More Loved Than We Know”: Masculinity, Feminism and the Love that Will Save Our Lives
June Jordan teaches that: “Love is lifeforce.” And the healing power of love has saved my life more than once. In the name of this...
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Taking It to the Streets
For those of us who are not able to travel to New York City because we are fortunate enough to have jobs and must attend...
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America's Autumn: A Time for Growth Amidst Struggle
By Darnell L. Moore These are the times to grow our souls. Each of us is called upon to embrace the conviction that despite the...
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Dispatch from Occupy Wall Street
By Jennifer K Uleman Tuesday, October 11, 2011: I went back down to Occupy Wall Street today. I’d been down on Saturday, for the first...