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Lil Nas X Turns Dolly Parton's "Jolene" Into Haunting and Soulful Tale of Queer Heartbreak, and We're Here For ...
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(Music)
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... explored everything from homosexuality as a “sin” to sexual anxiety in prisons, redefining what it means to be queer in America today.
“[People always say] go where you’re accepted and stuff like that, ...
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Created on 23 September 2021
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Paperboy Prince is Changing the Face of New York Politics
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(Feminism)
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... they volunteered in prisons. “What can we do beforehand to make sure that people don’t end up here [in prisons]?” Prince muses. Their approach is to attack the issue with activist energy and fearless positivity. ...
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Created on 28 May 2021
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Ahed Tamimi Challenges International Women's Rights Organizations To Support Palestinian Women Amid Escalating Violence In Gaz
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(Feminism)
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... are denied proper medical treatment in Israeli prisons.
“If what happened here was in another country, they would look at it differently,” Tamimi declared, referring to the inadequate response from international ...
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Created on 18 May 2021
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Another Black Trans Woman Was Murdered. Here Are 10 Black Trans-Led Organizations To Support Right Now.
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(Feminism)
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... and gender variant/non-conforming people in prisons, jails, and detention centers. They provide both legal service work and peer legal advocacy programs to work towards fighting against police violence, ...
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Created on 15 April 2021
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Noname Is Making Headlines With Her Newest Book Club Announcement
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(Books)
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... to individuals who are incarcerated, according to its official website. The prison program was introduced last year as a way to provide people in prisons across America with access to books. The selected ...
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Created on 03 March 2021
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Roe v. Wade Doesn't Actually Make Abortion Accessible For Everyone. This Short Film Explains Why
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(Movies)
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... abortions. This staggering number includes individuals on Medicaid, in the military, in the Peace Corps, enrolled in Indian Health Services, and in federal prisons, among others. Illinois congressman Henry ...
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Created on 03 March 2021
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Social Impact Fashion Startup Oluna Is Fighting Period Poverty, One Pair Of Pants At A Time
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(Style)
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... beyond homeless shelters to public schools and prisons across the nation and internationally.
Head to Oluna’s site to shop the cause.
Image courtesy of Oluna
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Created on 08 January 2021
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Canadian Judge Challenges Justice System in Case of Indigenous Women Charged with Drunk Driving
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(Feminism)
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... and generational trauma.
With the country’s history in mind, Justice Gibson’s comparison of prisons to residential schools is not out of line.
The sentence for the six women has yet to be decided. ...
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Created on 06 October 2020
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Virginia Bill Will Finally Ban Sex Between Detainees and Police Despite Claims of Consent
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(Feminism)
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... According to the bill, at least 13 percent of the inmates have been sexually assaulted in prisons in the United States.
While it protects inmates from sexual abuse by guards in prison, the law does not ...
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Created on 05 October 2020
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Petra De Sutter Is The Highest Ranking Transgender Government Official in Europe
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(Living)
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Meet Petra De Sutter, the highest senior ranking transgender official in Europe. Ms. De Sutter is a 57-year-old Belgian gynecologist and Green party member. The Green party in Belgium is led by ...
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Created on 05 October 2020
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UK Government Has Halted Progression For Trans Rights on Gender Recognition Act Reform
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(Feminism)
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...
California To Allow Trans Inmates To Serve Time In Prisons Based On Gender Identity
A Black Trans Woman Was Attacked, And Cis Women Need To Open Their Purses
Trans Woman Whose Beating Went Viral ...
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Created on 30 September 2020
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California To Allow Trans Inmates to Serve Time in Prisons Based on Gender Identity
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(Feminism)
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California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Saturday allowing transgender inmates to be placed in prisons based on their gender identity. Advocates say prisons are particularly dangerous for anyone ...
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Created on 28 September 2020
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Your Feminism Isn't Intersectional If It Doesn't Include Prison Aboliti
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(Feminism)
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... early 1700s, the U.S. Prison System continues to perpetuate slave labor and is upheld by racism. According to the NAACP, there are 3 million people in U.S. jails and prisons today, making up about 25 percent ...
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Created on 16 July 2020
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You Should Know These 5 Queer Womxn Fighting for LGBTQ+ Rights Today
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(Feminism)
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... May is a Black queer womxn living as an organizer, educator, and abolitionist in Chicago. Page began her activist work around agriculture and food in Chicago and then focused her activism around prisons ...
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Created on 30 June 2020
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Don’t Understand #DefundThePolice? Here Are 8 Online Activists and Resources That Might Help
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(Feminism)
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... movements like LGBTQ+ liberation. For example, @globalgirlhood made a great infographic on how police and prisons are not just racist institutions, but anti-feminist institutions as well:
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Created on 12 June 2020
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Ditch Your White Savior Complex: 10 More Documentaries To Watch About Racism Instead Of “The Help”
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(Movies)
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... discrimination and inequality in America, focusing on the fact that the nation's prisons are disproportionately filled with African-Americans because of a loophole in the 13th Ammendment after the abolishment ...
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Created on 10 June 2020
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How A Woman Helped Deliver Over 500,000 Masks To Healthcare Workers: BUST Interview
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(Living)
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... prioritized?
Basically it’s a mix of the high need. We’re finding that a lot of the places with the highest need were smaller clinics, the EMS, the assisted living homes, Indian Health Services, prisons ...
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Created on 29 May 2020
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I Support The Girls: This Organization Reminds Us That ‘Periods Don’t Stop For Pandemics’
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(Feminism)
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... refugee agencies and more. I Support The Girls has also provided products to high schoolers, prisons, LGBTQ+ centers, and people affected by natural disasters. Just recently, I Support The Girls provided ...
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Created on 20 April 2020
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Elizabeth Warren And Ayanna Pressley Advocate For Reduced Prison Population In Light of Coronavirus
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(Feminism)
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... a setting, where a product like hand sanitizer isn’t even allowed to prisoners because alcohol isn’t permitted in prisons.
In their letter to Trump, the two Massachusetts officials highlight the impact ...
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Created on 24 March 2020
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Corona’s a Bitch! Weinstein Tests Positive for COVID-19
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(Feminism)
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... symptoms.
And, what is Wende Correctional Facility going to do when the inevitable happens and more are infected in prison? Even without a dangerous pandemic, prisons already have dismal healthcare and ...
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Created on 23 March 2020
