The dignity, citizenship and humanity of young people have always been treated as unimportant or collateral in culture wars and both national and geopolitical conflicts. CW: r*pe, sexual assault By Kylie Cheung With the new school year around the corner, the Delta variant spreading rapidly among the unvaccinated, and no guidelines still on if and...
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A New Texas Abortion Law Highlights The Dangers of Citizen Policing
The law effectively legitimizes citizen policing of pregnancy and abortion, which have previously been policed primarily by the government and abusive partners. CW: lynching, anti-Black violence, miscarriage, feticide By Kylie Cheung A Texas abortion ban signed into law earlier this year became one of dozens of disastrous, dehumanizing abortion bills in the state, and could...
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Reproductive and Disability Justice Demand Abolition
It’s not just history — reproductive coercion by the government and criminal justice system is an ongoing reality. CW: mentions of miscarriage, reproductive violence/coercion, and sexual violence/r*pe By Kylie Cheung In a world dominated by celebrity, few cultural moments can be more eye-opening to the oppressions of marginalized people than a horror story of someone...
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COVID-19 Vaccine Inaccessibility Highlights Barriers To Abortion Access
It’s not a coincidence that both barriers to the vaccine and abortion access have disproportionately affected communities of color. By Kylie Cheung Throughout the United States, many COVID vaccine appointments have been made available to everyone over the age of 16. By April 19, all adults throughout the US became eligible for the vaccine. But...
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Re-Framing Reproductive Rights and Justice: A Reading List
The debate over reproductive healthcare and bodily autonomy continues as the possibility of another conservative supreme court justice puts Roe v Wade at risk. This week, mainstream media’s news cycle was overwhelmingly focused on Christian Cult Karen’s supreme court nomination hearings. The fascists in the white house and senate are pushing through her nomination proceedings...
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For Black And Native Women, Doulas Can Prevent Deaths
Black and Native doulas are already addressing maternal and post-partum healthcare inequities through their community work. Disclaimer: At various points throughout this article, the author uses gendered language. This is because most studies done about birthing people only include or refer to cisgender women. Whenever possible, gender-neutral language is used. By Nylah Burton For Black...
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10 Things BoJack Horseman Kept It Real About
BoJack Horseman took its place in pop-culture very seriously. It made us laugh, cry and challenged us to be better people thanks to and despite our trauma. This article contains spoilers for Netflix’s “BoJack Horseman” I’m not going to lie. I was completely devastated when it was announced that the sixth season of Netflix heavyweight...
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The United States War with Iran is a Reproductive Justice Issue
The reproductive justice framework necessarily compels us to be anti-imperialist. By Lily Bolourian The framework of reproductive justice tells us that when we are looking to plan our families and choose our destinies, we have the inherent “human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, not have children, and parent the children we have...
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Marshae Jones and how the Criminalization of Miscarriages Fits In With Abortion Laws
What is happening to Marshae Jones is yet another reminder that the pro-choice movement must move towards reproductive justice. TW/CW: This essay discusses miscarriage, abortion, pregnancy loss, and gun violence. Marshae Jones was taken into custody in Birmingham, Alabama on Wednesday after being indicted by a Jefferson County grand jury on manslaughter charges for the...
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Wear Your Voice’s Sherronda J. Brown Wins Planned Parenthood 2019 Media Excellence Award
Planned Parenthood celebrates journalists and Missouri abortion providers at the 2019 Media Excellence Awards. On Monday evening, we gathered with other writers, journalists, and activists at the Planned Parenthood Federation of America Media (PPFA) Excellence Awards to celebrate our Managing Editor, Sherronda J. Brown, as she received an award for her article, “‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ And...