Jina’s Uprising: A Feminist Look at Two Years of Struggle and Resistance, Developments and Dynamics
On the second anniversary of the “woman, life, freedom” uprising, Feminists for Jina, a transnational Iranian feminist network, held a panel discussion reflecting on the lessons and lasting impacts of this unprecedented, mass feminist revolt. While the events that precipitated the uprising are well known outside Iran, they nonetheless bear repeating because they crystallize the […]
Chache Konn Dwa W / Know Your Rights
BCRW’s Transnational Feminisms Initiative continues our collaboration with Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees, a Brooklyn-based organization that has been working for over thirty years to respond to the needs of Haitian refugees and immigrants fleeing persecution. The organization combines direct service, organizing, and political education in the movement to defend Black migrants, stop anti-Black deportation, […]
Marriage Institutes Inequality and Violence: Lessons for Queer and Trans Liberation Movements
In October 2013, BCRW and The Engaging Tradition Project at The Center for Gender and Sexuality Law at Columbia Law School co-convened a conference called Queer Dreams and Non-Profit blues to examine the critiques emerging from queer and feminist activists and scholars about the impact of funding on social movement agendas and formations. During the […]
Amber Hollibaugh and Laura Flanders on Making Desire Political
Over at GRITtv, Laura Flanders interviews Queers for Economic Justice Co-Director Amber Hollibaugh about politics, desire and activism. Amber shares her radical vision for re-setting the agenda around sexuality: “Being respectful of the extraordinary work that’s happened in the last 30 years is not the same thing as it reflecting my values…I didn’t want us to have wars, […]