Judith Levine writes on politics, sex, and justice. Her latest book, with Erica R. Meiners, is The Feminist and the Sex Offender: Confronting Sexual Harm, Ending Sexual Violence.
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Judith Levine writes on politics, sex, and justice. Her latest book, with Erica R. Meiners, is The Feminist and the Sex Offender: Confronting Sexual Harm, Ending Sexual Violence.
A long line of films tracks the solidarities that arise when prohibition makes friendship too perilous.
“Don’t Say Gay” laws can be traced to the Reagan-era crusade to put “parents' rights” before the interests of children.
The right to reproductive health and agency is a compelling state interest.
Instead of deterring sexual violence, criminalization has empowered policing and punishment.
The artist exploded the idea of what a book can be. For him, it was not a thing, but an instrument—something to do something with.
The dichotomy between two kinds of feminism—one fighting for sexual liberation and one fighting for equality—is false.
#MeToo must go beyond the demand for punishment.
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