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Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex by Eric A. Stanley, Nat Smith
informative
5.0
Throughout this anthology, there are works from scholars, activists, and those who are incarcerated. They hit on the history of prisons in US and Canada as well as the current state of people in prisons now. Looking outside of traditional prisons, they also talk about institutions such as ICE as well as foster care and charities that increase surveillance and often bring in police.
The PIC has been used and continues to be used as a means to police queerness. Trans and gender nonconforming people, young and old, face violence from these structures. The writers also illustrate some possibilities of how to help, but also critique some efforts that only serve to expand the PIC and give more money to these institutions.
This is a must-read for anyone interested in activism or working towards liberation of any kind.
The PIC has been used and continues to be used as a means to police queerness. Trans and gender nonconforming people, young and old, face violence from these structures. The writers also illustrate some possibilities of how to help, but also critique some efforts that only serve to expand the PIC and give more money to these institutions.
This is a must-read for anyone interested in activism or working towards liberation of any kind.