Tag archives: nonfiction

No More Police: A Case for Abolition

by Mariame Kaba, Andrea J. Ritchie

Police in the U.S. consume [close to] $130 billion a year…Carceral logics normalize policing and punishment in response to social problems rather than collective care and mutual support.

Police violence is not counted in the crime stats periodically trotted out to justify their existence—even though … Read more

King Kong Theory

by Virginie Despentes

A shambles, outside of writing about her personal history. Misogynist yardsticks aren’t reclaimable and don’t depose the male gaze. Exudes not-like-other-girls vibes in distorting consequence for cause in prizing masculinity and maligning femininity. Haphazard groundless arguments including aligning with MRA posturing, plural Julie Delpy-style white woman statements (‘It’s … Read more