Trans Defense Fund LA (henceforth abbreviated to TDFLA or just TDF) is a Los Angeles-based mutual aid fund and grassroots organization dedicated to raising money to provide self-defense kits to BIPOC trans folks and specifically…
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Defying Historical Stereotypes: Women Claiming Power in the Medieval Period
Of all the stereotypes that obscure the truth of the Middle Ages, one primary example is the extent of the power women held in society. While being a woman in the Middle Ages was no…
Sexual Freedom and the Case for Police Abolition
Last year’s George Floyd uprisings have not just impacted the United States, but have drawn attention to and inspired calls for police abolition across the world. But why do so many global progressive activists have…
Rebellions, Resistances, and Revisions – Disney’s Star Wars and Revolutionary Anti-Fascist Culture
As a work of art and a piece of popular culture, the Star Wars films have always been political. This has never been more apparent than in recent years, where in online circles an individual’s…
‘Kuhle Wampe’ and 2021 in the United States, or, “Where Are We Now?”
At the time of writing this paper, a dark and dismal fog seems to swallow the entire world in the form of unchecked late-stage capitalism, growing fascism and other forms of authoritarianism, climate change, and…