By Beth & Laurian
We are archive-hunting as part of a grant we received from the Leeway Foundation. Our goal? To find documentation about cross-racial and cross-class feminist organizing in Philadelphia during the 70s and 80s. We are interviewing feminist and womanist activists from that time too, and immersing ourselves in their rich and complicated stories.
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I am tired of fuckers fucking me over
By Beth U
Shot April 7 while watching Another Look at the Miami Convention, a film made by the Women's Video News Service for Manhattan cable television.
A group of people singing a protest song at the '72 DNC in Miami: "I am tired of fuckers fucking me over."
According to the Institute of Contemporary Art: "Another Look was shot using Portapaks at the 1972 Democratic National Convention...
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The Fight Continues: Our Movements Will Not be Silenced
By Lucy Gleysteen
On Monday May 4th and 5th, Decarcerate PA and its allies occupied the capitol steps in Harrisburg for 24 straight hours to share the words of individuals currently incarcerated in Pennsylvania’s prisons. This protest was originally a response to the Revictimization Relief Act (The Silencing Act), a law designed to silence prisoners by allowing the DAs, victims, and Attorney General the power to sue people convicted of personal injuries...
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