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Author Archives: Angi Becker Stevens

We Are the 99%, too: Creating a Feminist Space Within Occupy Wall Street

October 25th, 2011 | Posted by Angi Becker Stevens in Articles & Essays | Writing by Our Members - (Comments Off)
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This is not about—as many within the movement fear—just trying to piggy-back a bunch of unrelated “social issues” onto a movement for economic justice. It’s about recognizing that all of the various forms of oppression in our society are so interwoven that it would be impossible to truly fight one without fighting the others. Read more

Some Thoughts on the Response to the Assange Case

December 22nd, 2010 | Posted by Angi Becker Stevens in Papers - (Comments Off)

But I believe what we need is to approach this situation with a holistic analysis and recognize that this does not have to be a case of either/or; that it is possible—and, I would argue, necessary—to stand in solidarity with the WikiLeaks project while at the same time refusing to perpetuate a patriarchal rape culture. Read more

Critique of Pure Relationships: On Consent and Compulsory Monogamy

December 11th, 2010 | Posted by Angi Becker Stevens in Papers - (Comments Off)

A truly liberated sexuality is one in which all aspects of our sexual identities—from our gender expression to our specific nuanced fetishes and desires, from our sexual orientation to our choice of which (if any) sexual acts we wish to engage in—are a result of active consent, not a result of passive submission to the coercive structures of society. Read more