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It’s a Foetus, Not an Unborn Child

The mother is capable of making her own decisions and if she wants to abort a foetus, yes, a foetus for any reason whatsoever, she’s well within her rights to do so.  

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Feminism Film, Art, Television, and Media

Somaly Mam, Nicholas Kristof, and the Real Sex Trafficking Story

Excerpt: Nicholas Kristof’s collected work on sex trafficking constitutes a masturbatory text, allowing do-gooders everywhere to stroke and erect their unspoken desires about rescuing sad, tormented women.

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Chicago Chronicles Feminism Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

Statue stolen from HBHC Peace Garden again

A statue commemorating the late Mary York, the lesbian attorney and community activist who died of cancer in 2008, has been stolen from the Howard Brown Health Center ( HBHC ) Peace Garden.

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My Review of Sex Workers Unite!

The history of urban centers is, in palpable ways, the history of their sex workers.

Sex Workers Unite: A History of the Movement from Stonewall to SlutWalk by [Chateauvert, Melinda]
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On Malayalam and Melancholia

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Pratibah Parmar discusses Alice Walker’s ‘Truth’

Pratibha Parmar is an acclaimed filmmaker, among the first of a generation of queer British filmmakers who were also people of color. Among her many noteworthy films are Reframing AIDS (1987) and Khush (1991). In 1993, she made Warrior Marks, a film about female genital mutilation, based on a book by Alice Walker and Parmar. Warrior Marks was controversial amongst many who opposed Walker and Parmar’s political stance against FGM, but cemented a long-standing collaboration and friendship between the two women.

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Feminism Beyond the Hashtag, Or, Follow the Money

At the end of the day, nothing is about feminism if it isn’t also about dismantling the exploitation of capitalism.

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Confession, Neoliberalism, and The Big Reveal

No tragic dramas? Make them up! But, always: Confess and Reveal.

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Feminism Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Are We Fabulous Yet?

What happens to those who don’t transition so beautifully?

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Chicago Chronicles Feminism Prison industrial complex Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Reporting

Angela Davis on Guns, Violence, and History

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