[Don't] Stop Snitchin’
This week, News One is reporting that a community group comprising mostly males and calling themselves the “Detroit 300″ has been mobilizing within their community to help catch rape suspects....
View ArticleThe effects of unchecked criminalization: Teen charged with felony for...
When we talk about the criminalization of communities and people of color, especially African Americans and Latinos in America, we often talk about the criminal justice system in America that...
View ArticleIn Timor-Leste, communities mobilize to confront domestic violence
Cross-posted at the Community Blog, from UN Women. “If the dispute is not that serious, if it is just slapping and there is no blood, we just let the family work it out,” says an elderly customary...
View ArticleQuick Hit: Transforming community responses to rape
Rebecca Nagle of FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture has a great post at Everyday Feminism about the challenges of publicly supporting survivors of sexual violence. She writes: Currently, we have plenty of...
View ArticleBring Feministing to your school!
Do you love reading Feministing and want to bring that magic to your campus? Are there feminist issues in your community that you want to inspire action around? Are you and your friends the future of...
View ArticleDo as I say, not as I do: On language for SOME of us
From Paula Dean to athletes Riley Cooper and Roy Hibbert, 2013 has been the year of the celebs getting caught using discriminatory language. While all of the aforementioned have received their...
View ArticleTODAY: Support restaurant workers who are #LivingOffTipsNY
One of my first jobs was at a restaurant inside a beat up casino in South Jersey that doesn’t exist anymore. I was one of two or three women who worked front of the house in a variety of shifts with a...
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