Brittney Cooper is my favorite news commentator.
She spoke at the Y a few weeks ago, and they taped it, so I watched it.
Two (of the) things I learned from her:
(1) The sexual-abuse-to-prison pipeline. I knew that many, many people who are incarcerated -- especially women --- are survivors of sexual abuse, but I'd never heard that term before, and I think it's a brilliant way of naming that reality. Naming is so important.
(2) The critique of intersectionality coming from scholars arguing for assemblage as a more helpful construct. I don't exactly understand the distinction, but now I want to.
Also, at 59:30, she gets asked about the 2016 election, and the way she responds is so YEAH YEAH EXACTLY YEAH.
She spoke at the Y a few weeks ago, and they taped it, so I watched it.
Two (of the) things I learned from her:
(1) The sexual-abuse-to-prison pipeline. I knew that many, many people who are incarcerated -- especially women --- are survivors of sexual abuse, but I'd never heard that term before, and I think it's a brilliant way of naming that reality. Naming is so important.
(2) The critique of intersectionality coming from scholars arguing for assemblage as a more helpful construct. I don't exactly understand the distinction, but now I want to.
Also, at 59:30, she gets asked about the 2016 election, and the way she responds is so YEAH YEAH EXACTLY YEAH.
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