Abolition. Feminism. Now. book cover atop a photograph a sunlight shining through prison bars
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Book Review: Abolition. Feminism. Now.

GOODREADS DESCRIPTION: An urgent, vital manifesto of intersectional, internationalist, abolitionist feminism, from leading scholar-activists Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica Meiners, and Beth E. Richie. As a politic and a practice, abolition increasingly shapes our political moment, halting the construction of new jails and propelling movements to divest from policing. Yet erased from this landscape …

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Putting Feminist Theory into Action with Abolition

What does feminism have to do with abolition? When I think about this question, I’m reminded of an art print I came across some years back, from a social media project by writer and organizer Mariame Kaba. The poster read, simply: PRISON IS NOT FEMINIST.  According to the Sentencing Project, the number of incarcerated women …

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