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always a "workaround". In the "1908 Act to Create of System of Parole" codified the gendered logic of slavery into an incarceration framework designed to replace the convict leasing system. The state of Georgia forced paroled Black women to do (cont)
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Chain Gangs and the Domestic Labor of Black Women Convicts
In a 2013 article for Signs, Sarah Haley, an associate professor of African American Studies and Gender Studies at UCLA, examines Black women on Georgia’s chain gangs to articulate how race a…
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February 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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(This is a core principle of standpoint theory - here’s a brief explainer, happy to share more in depth articles if you’re interested. https://blackfeminisms.com/standpoint-theory/)
May 7, 2023 at 12:54 AM
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Because Black women in particular have 500 years of experience sussing out danger and calling those dangers out before most of the rest of us see it coming.

See also: feminist standpoint theory https://blackfeminisms.com/standpoint-theory/
What Is Feminist Standpoint Theory?
Feminist philosopher Sandra Harding lays out themes and concepts that characterize feminist standpoint theory in the introduction of a 2004 volume she edited titled The Fem…
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May 7, 2023 at 1:06 AM
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#10 BLACK WOMEN AND SEX WORK – RECENT RESEARCH

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(This one is FULL of fabulous book recommendations by Black female sex workers. Adding all to my wishlist)
December 3, 2023 at 2:49 AM
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