
A Reckoning Inside the Domestic-Violence Movement
By Zoë Carpenter Original article found here. Domestic abuse presents a deadly threat to millions of people across America. But as concerns about police misconduct
“Carceral Feminism describes an approach that sees increased policing, prosecution, and imprisonment as the primary solution to violence against women. This stance does not acknowledge that police are often purveyors of violence and that prisons are always sites of violence. Carceral feminism ignores the ways in which race, class, gender identity, and immigration status leave certain women more vulnerable to violence and that greater criminalization often places these same women at risk of state violence.” – Victoria Law
“Carceral Feminism describes an approach that sees increased policing, prosecution, and imprisonment as the primary solution to violence against women. This stance does not acknowledge that police are often purveyors of violence and that prisons are always sites of violence. Carceral feminism ignores the ways in which race, class, gender identity, and immigration status leave certain women more vulnerable to violence and that greater criminalization often places these same women at risk of state violence.” – Victoria Law
By Zoë Carpenter Original article found here. Domestic abuse presents a deadly threat to millions of people across America. But as concerns about police misconduct
By Maia Hibbett Original article found here. A NEW YORK CITY MARCH descended upon a jail in mid-June, with protesters pumping fists and waving signs at
By Emily L. Thuma Original article found here. Lydia Pelot-Hobbs The “Free Joan Little” campaign became a coalitional space for Black liberation, feminist and prisoner
By Aya Gruber Original article found here. In response to widespread demands to “defund the police,” a specific question repeatedly crops up: “What about domestic
Original article found here. What Follows Punishment? Aviva Stahl When people convicted of sex offenses in the United States finish their criminal sentences, they generally
Original article found here. How Feminists Resisted Prisons and Policing in the 1970s Emily L. Thuma Emily L. Thuma is an assistant professor of American
Original article found here. Locking people up won’t help combat sexual violence We need look beyond individual punishment to tackle a crisis which pervades the
Original article found here. The political whiteness of #MeToo We need to confront how the movement is shaped by the power of whiteness, write Alison
By Beth E. Richie Original article found here Sometimes we learn our most profound political lessons in the contours of our everyday activism. This is
By Angela P. Harris Original article found here
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