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1. This Queer, Female Comedian Went Topless in NYC During PRIDE Month, and The Experience Was Empowering: (Feminism); ... crazy how backwards American culture is when it comes to policing women's bodies." Jiaoying Summers, viral Chinese comedian, agreed: "Free the nipple is a woman’s god damn choice and should be respected ...; Created on 07 July 2022
2. A Tale of Two Murders: How the Deaths of 2 Women Lead to a Racial Reckoning in the UK: (Feminism); ... according to the BBC. Police were sent to stop the vigil, claiming that the attendees were breaking lockdown rules. An article in The Guardian notes that the policing of this vigil was criticized by some ...; Created on 29 November 2021
3. Inside Job: Rosa Brooks Wanted To Shed Light On Problems In Policing—So She Became A Cop: (Books); ... experience in her 2021 book, Tangled Up in Blue: Policing the American City. Brooks had previously researched the paramilitary roots of police culture for her 2016 book, How Everything Became War and ...; Created on 21 September 2021
4. Don't Forget Your Story: Why Kink Will Always Belong in Prid: (Living); ... specifically various forms of sexual pleasure is vital, especially when these desires have historically been criminalized and shunned. Bringing queer life into the light without policing it is the point ...; Created on 03 June 2021
5. What We All Can Learn From Lizzo’s 10-Day Cleanse: Leave Her (And Everyone Else's) Body TF Alon: (Entertainment); ... and vegetables. What was supposed to be a well-needed challenge for Lizzo, turned into a gaslighting and body-policing nightmare from both fat shamers and anti-diet activists which prompted Lizzo to turn ...; Created on 17 December 2020
6. Michelle Buteau Balances Screwball Comedy and Painful Honesty in "Survival of the Thickest: (Books); ... the racial microaggressions she’s battled as a Black woman, the relentless body policing she’s endured, and her sometimes-strained relationship with her mom are not shied away from, either. That Buteau ...; Created on 03 December 2020
7. Could The War On Drugs Finally Be Coming To An End?: (Living); ... truly right the injustices of over-policing and imprisonment of Black and brown people as a result of the war on drugs. Top Image via Unsplash/@lgnwvr More from BUST: 5 Ways To Take Care Of Yourself ...; Created on 04 November 2020
8. And The Winner Is... Naomi Osaka: (Entertainment); ... Rice. This statement is not new to Osaka who has invested her three years of tennis fame into bringing awareness to injustices in the United States policing system. In July, she wrote an op-ed for Esquire ...; Created on 14 September 2020
9. “It Is What It Is”: Michelle Obama Pulls No Punches at the Democratic National Convention: (Living); ... Michelle pulled no punches in calling out President Donald Trump for coddling white supremacists, refusing to acknowledge the racism in American policing, and the fact that Black Lives Matter as a statement ...; Created on 18 August 2020
10. Meet Alyy Patel, Founder of Queer South Asian Womxn’s Network (QSAW): BUST Interview: (Feminism); ... and we should find ways to support these people. Yes, I think finding ways to support and being more culturally conducive in the ways in which we create spaces instead of policing sexuality. It can ...; Created on 31 July 2020
11. Your Feminism Isn't Intersectional If It Doesn't Include Prison Aboliti: (Feminism); ... in 1789, banned all forms of slavery and involuntary servitude except in the form of punishment for crime. On top of the fact that the modern-day policing system derived from the “Slave Patrol” of the ...; Created on 16 July 2020
12. The U.N. to Host Special Session Next Week to Investigate Police Brutality in America: (General); ... in policing. And, the aim, of course, is to prevent such abhorrent acts.” U.N. human rights spokesman Rolando Gomez told Voice of America. Burkina Faso led the request on behalf of the 54 other African ...; Created on 15 June 2020
13. Don’t Understand #DefundThePolice? Here Are 8 Online Activists and Resources That Might Help: (Feminism); ... policing and has seen the violent crime rate drop by 42 percent. What does community-oriented policing look like, though? And how can there be a world without police? These are questions many are struggling ...; Created on 12 June 2020
14. “This Is A Moment of Possibility:” Angela Davis Appears On UK News Channel to Speak on Black Lives Matter Movement: (Feminism); ... that police are often asked to respond to situations that should by no means be attended to by armed people, looking to the recent actions of the Minneapolis City Council, who disbanded their current policing ...; Created on 10 June 2020
15. 10 Documentaries and Movies About Police Brutality and Racism White People Must Watch: (Movies); ... 7. Frontline Episode: Policing the Police (PBS) A crucial episode in PBS' documentary series Frontline is “Policing the Police,” which aired in 2016 and addresses police brutality and racial disparities ...; Created on 03 June 2020
16. The CROWN Act Takes 3 More Victories — Here's What It Is & Why It's Importa: (Feminism); ... dreadlocks in order to meet their standard of acceptable hair length. The policing of Black bodies is absolutely nothing new and yet it’s still a matter that has to be battled out in legislation state ...; Created on 20 February 2020
17. Let Them Sit On Cake: Professional Cake Sitter Lindsay Dye On Art, Camming, And The Decriminalization of Sex Work: (Arts); ... of color, migrants, and LGBTQ-GNC folk. The policing of sexual content ushers sex workers offline and onto the street. The wildest part about the bills is that they hide what they are trying to find. ...; Created on 06 December 2019
18. What The Public Outcry Over Sulli’s Death Tells Us About Toxic K-Pop Media and Fans: (Feminism); ... and political opinions, South Korea’s pervasive mental health stigma and intensely strict K-pop industry standards create a culture in which female idols like Sulli are subject to daily policing over nearly ...; Created on 18 October 2019
19. A Brief History Of Flappers, Some Of The Original Rule-Breakers: (Style); ... the average American salary in 1925 was $1236 per year. Of course, it wasn’t long before people began policing flappers’ style. The YMCA distributed this pamphlet, comparing “proper” and “improper” ...; Created on 24 July 2019
20. 12 Women and Non-Binary Asian Americans You Should Know About: (Feminism); ... in the policing and criminalization of sex workers, particularly within vulnerable immigrant and low-income communities. In New York City, the arrests of Asian and Asian American sex workers increased ...; Created on 31 May 2019

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