Savage Inequalities: Building Injustice From the Classroom Out
There are a handful of books I’ve read in my life that have had a profound impact on me. One of them was Jonathan ...
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Social Justice Matters: Prison Labour and You
Hard labour, the concept of a prison sentence involving brutal work for no compensation, is often treated as a thing of the ...
Psychiatrisation: A Great Way To Silence Troublesome Women
Were you aware that there are tremendous disparities in mental health diagnoses? Well, there are. There’s a long ...
Social Justice Matters: Prison Visitation
How many of us have seen a movie or a television show with a prison visit scene? It’s kind of a staple whenever a ...
The Politics of Revulsion
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the politics of revulsion, because I think that they lie at the root of a lot ...
this ain’t livin’ Turns Five!
I know, I didn’t believe it either. What’s more, for the bulk of those five years, I have been writing something ...
But The Nice Officer Is Just Here To Help
Let me tell you about the time that I was presenting as male, was arrested, and was jailed with male prisoners. Actually, ...
Sundown Towns and Denial
Apropos of my discussion about historical contexts and the feminist movement, I’ve been thinking a lot more lately ...
Water, Water, Everywhere
Almost one billion people in the world lack access to safe drinking water, and around 39% of the global population does not ...
Social Justice Matters: Mental Health and the Prison System
Last month at FWD, I discussed the imprisonment of mentally ill youth in the United States. The issue of mental illness and ...