Featuring Siobhan Brooks’s essay “Innocent White Victims and Fallen Black Girls: Race, Sex Work, and the Limits of Anti-Sex Trafficking Laws” and a digital archive on sex work and sex trafficking.
Feminist Frictions is part of the Feminist Public Intellectuals Project. This installment of Feminist Frictions examines the concept of sex work, featuring an essay by Siobhan Brooks and a digital archive on the topic. Digital Archive: This digital archive extends the themes of Brooks’s essay to examine debates around sex work and trafficking. It collects links to essays, videos, […]
Liz Bucar, Maria Bustillos, Jaclyn Friedman, and Kaitlynn Mendes discuss Mona Eltahawy’s book The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls.
Activist, writer, and advocate Eesha Pandit and professor of English Paula Moya discuss the relationship between feminist scholarship and feminist activism, and how feminist activists and scholars can best support one anothers’ work. The conversation is facilitated by Signs editorial board chair Carla Kaplan and Signs editor in chief Suzanna Walters. Recorded live at the National Women’s Studies Association Conference.
Activist, writer, and advocate Eesha Pandit and professor of English Paula Moya discuss the relationship between feminist scholarship and feminist activism, and how feminist activists and scholars can best support one anothers’ work. The conversation is facilitated by Signs editorial board chair Carla Kaplan and Signs editor in chief Suzanna Walters. Recorded live at the National Women’s Studies Association Conference.
Byllye Avery, cofounder of the Black Women’s Health Imperative, speaks to historian Susan Reverby about her activist work, beginning in the 1970s, to increase women’s access to abortion. She discusses the state of reproductive rights before and after Roe v. Wade, the genesis of the “reproductive justice” movement, and the tactics that might be needed in a post-Roe future.
Byllye Avery, cofounder of the Black Women’s Health Imperative, speaks to historian Susan Reverby about her activist work, beginning in the 1970s, to increase women’s access to abortion. She discusses the state of reproductive rights before and after Roe v. Wade, the genesis of the “reproductive justice” movement, and the tactics that might be needed in a post-Roe future.
Carrie Baker, Alexandra Brodsky, Tara Conley, and Judith Levine discuss Linda Hirshman’s Reckoning: The Epic Battle against Sexual Abuse and Harassment, with a response from Hirshman.
Sarah Deer, Melissa Jeltsen, Qudsia Raja, and Natalie J. Sokoloff discuss Rachel Louise Snyder’s No Visible Bruises, with a response from Snyder.
How has feminism shaped US asylum law? Why and how is the Trump Administration trying to undo feminist gains? Hear asylum- and refugee-law expert Deborah Anker discuss the history and present of gender in the US asylum system in the latest episode of Ask a Feminist.
