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this day’s history goes back to 2001, when over 25,000 sex workers gathered in India for a festival despite efforts from prohibitionist groups who tried to prevent it taking place by pressuring the government to revoke their permit. the event was organised by Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee...
Like so many others, I couldn’t help but get caught up in the groundswell of support for Kamala Harris. Then, when I found a way to livestream the Democratic National Convention, I was extra all in. It seemed like all the groups that were marginalized before were now in the center, ...
During the first years of COVID, lagging government funds for outreach to farmworkers and other historically marginalized groups led to a disproportionate toll of the disease among people of color. Kevin Griffis, director of communications at the CDC, said the agency worked with the National ...
and it is often used to marginalize even with the best intentions. A stronger way to express someone’s sense of self is to show the struggle over that negotiating space of someone’s identity. By making it extremely particular to the people involved; what does it mean for someone to perce...
I titled this post as if this is something I’m doing (I’m not). Or that I know how to address in a didactic way (I don’t). Some of you may know thatmy partner died recently. “It hasn’t been long,” you say, a little over two months. And that’s true. “Go easy on...
What is the best way to implement it? Do we raise or lower the bar? Do we open the door wider or close it tighter? With a millennial generation that does not seem to value institutional membership, do our answers to these questions even matter?
Since October 2017, when The New York Times published the Harvey Weinstein story, the hashtag #MeToo became a popular way to express solidarity with girls and women who experienced sexual assault. Little attention is paid to the fact that, ten years earlier, the activist Tarana Burke coined ...
the government didn’t need to take them into account. He said that what people were doing on the ZAD was putting their lives and their bodies in the way, against the airport and the concept of zoning and for community self-determination, so they couldn’t be swept aside or ignored. By...
Sir Samuel Baker was eventually granted ships and man power to return to Uganda and overtake Fort Patiko,with Florence at his side every step of the way. I imagine this was a personal cause for her, having experienced the inhumanity of being bought and sold herself. ...