“This firsthand learning showed me how to be an independent thinker and that the state will stop at nothing to try to criminalize our minds and bodies.”
Author: erinmalone
Degrowing the Future
“Why is the future assumed to be the continuation of growth? What if it’s degrowth?”
The 19th Amendment Did Not Give All Women The Right To Vote
In an effort to correct the narrative that the 19th Amendment gave all women the right to vote, here’s a glimpse into when the (written) law actually allowed other women to vote.
Everyone Loves Someone Who Had an Abortion: The Ms. Q&A with Eveline Shen and Yamani Hernandez
“Everyone loves someone who had an abortion.”
Reproductive Justice Disrupted: Mass Incarceration as a Driver of Reproductive Oppression
We describe how mass incarceration directly undermines the core values of reproductive justice and how this affects incarcerated and nonincarcerated women.
Why We Cannot Trust DNA Companies Like Ancestry and 23andMe
Biometric identification — of which DNA testing is a form of along with fingerprinting, facial recognition, etc. — was not created in a race-neutral vacuum.
Sex, Explained Was a Lot of White Noise and Mansplaining
There cannot be spaces or talk about advancing sexual liberation without the stories and experiences of marginalized people.
How fast food “became black”
In her new book, Franchise, Marcia Chatelain explains how black franchise owners became the backbone of the industry.
More to Love? 5 Partners Sound Off on Juicy Pregnancy Sex
With black women already fighting for our lives during pregnancy and childbirth, we now have to find the capacity to fight for our pleasure too?
Voting On the Future of Abortion Access
For the first time, presidential candidates are talking in depth about abortion—and we’re still not asking the right questions.