Recommended Reading #202: Politics, Pt. VI
“Male politicians and their paternalistic abortion laws deserve a fight like this” by Jessica Valenti (Reproductive Freedom, Health and Body, Politics, U.S. Public Policy) 5/14/14
Beautifully written, and of course I’m appreciative to learn of and support the endeavor of the activists participating in the “women’s filibuster.”
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“Why the European Parliament Shouldn’t Criminalize Buying Sex” by Maddy French (Sex Work, European Public Policy) 2/25/14
While this is technically outdated, substantively, I found it an informative overview of the European Union’s debate earlier this year regarding a report recommending the criminalization of sex work clients. (Update: The vote did not go the way that would have supported sex workers, and a subsequent statement from the ICRSE is here.)
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“Poverty Is Not a State of Mind” by Charles Blow (U.S. Public Policy, Sociology, Economics) 5/18/14
This is the kind of piece I found so awesome I felt my adrenaline increasing as I read it. Yes, yes, and YES…and thank you, Mr. Blow, far articulating it.
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