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In Memory of Adrienne Rich

Posted on March 27, 2014

Victorio Reyes is a poet and Executive Director of the The Social Justice Center of Albany. Three years ago, I decided to return to school to pursue an MFA in creative writing. As a poet, who came from the spoken word and Hip Hop schools, I was surprised by how many corners of the literary […]

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Posted in Activism, Creative Writing, Social Justice, Uncategorized Tagged adrienne rich, albany ny, amiri baraka, audre lorde, holding our own, langston hughes, margaret atwood, poetry, she breathes, social justice, sonia sanchez, speaking truth to power, victorio reyes, women 1 Comment

Rape and Mass Incarceration: Part 2, Naomi Jaffe

Posted on April 2, 2013

Note: In response to the (apparently male) poster who suggested castration for rapists: men’s preoccupation with revenge, punishment, and violence is the problem, not the solution. One more time: violence is the problem. “The master’s tools can never dismantle the master’s house.” (Audre Lorde) Also, thank you to the commenter who called on feminists to […]

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Posted in Prison Justice, Sexual Assault, Uncategorized Tagged audre lorde, male supremacy, mass incarceration, naomi jaffe, prison justice, rape, sexual assault, she breathes, women of color 5 Comments

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