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Judith Levine is the author of five books and countless articles exploring politics, policy, and public emotion, especially at the intersection of sex and justice. She lives in Brooklyn, NY and a small town in northeastern Vermont.
A long line of films tracks the solidarities that arise when prohibition makes friendship too perilous.
“Don’t Say Gay” laws can be traced to the Reagan-era crusade to put “parents' rights” before the interests of children.
The right to reproductive health and agency is a compelling state interest.
Instead of deterring sexual violence, criminalization has empowered policing and punishment.
The artist exploded the idea of what a book can be. For him, it was not a thing, but an instrument—something to do something with.
Linda Hirshman’s new book Reckoning poses a false dichotomy between two kinds of feminism: those fighting for sexual liberation and those fighting for equality. We don’t have to give up one for the sake of the other.
#MeToo must go beyond the demand for punishment.
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