As the discussions about defunding and abolishing the U.S. police forces gain greater recognition, some people continue to ask "Who will protect you from sexual violence?" A thread #DefundThePolice #WeKeepUsSafe @FirecrackerFdn
For many #survivors, going to the #police is yet another #trauma. Cops are meant to represent and respect “The Law,” not the victim/survivor. #DefundThePolice #WeKeepUSSafe @FirecrackerFdn
When feminists (often #whitefeminists) uphold the idea that the policing and #prison system are the best way to protect people from sexual violence, they are practicing what is called #CarceralFeminism #DefundThePolice #WeKeepUSSafe @FirecrackerFdn
According to writer activist Victoria Law, “#CarceralFeminism describes an approach that sees increased policing, prosecution, and imprisonment as the primary solution to #violenceagainstwomen. This stance does not acknowledge that police are often purveyors of violence and…
…that #prisons are always sites of #violence. #Carceralfeminism ignores the ways in which race, class, gender identity, + immigration status leave certain women more vulnerable to violence and that greater criminalization often places these same women at risk of state violence.”
To learn more about #CarceralFeminism, and alternatives, checkout transformharm.org/carceral-femin…. The Transform Harm website also collects articles, media, and curriculum about #Abolition, Community Accountability, and Transformative, Restorative & Healing Justices.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with Eunisses Hernandez

Eunisses Hernandez Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @TigNotaro

May 20, 2020
A lot of people don't know the extraordinary history of Tig's life, so I thought I would take an opportunity to tell you a little more about the woman we've all come to love.
No one knows the exact year Tig was born, but we know it was some time during the 1100s A.D., when people were dressing like this and carrying baskets.
The world was also still fighting the scourge of small pox, an extremely contagious, horrible disease that caused unbearable rashes, flu symptoms, and for many people, death.
Read 17 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

:(