ldearing's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
Definitely worth reading if you’re interested in prison abolition and how it’s necessarily interconnected to the feminist movement. I liked learning about the specific organizations engaging in mutual aid and other abolitionist work for communities across the US
nermenazare's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
bookhails's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
stephanieridiculous's review against another edition
5.0
This book definitely deserves the praise it gets. I wish it was longer, for sure. This provides some great context on abolition movements past and preset, walks through how abolition and feminism must be connected, and lays a good foundation for understanding the changing nature of movements.
soupdumpling's review against another edition
5.0
Listened to this as an audiobook. Glad I finally got to read/listen to it.
The authors have great critiques on what is being shared on social media re: incarceration, "defund the police" vs "abolish the police", and how women/femme/BIPOC labor is constantly erased and/or not linked to abolition. Also appreciated learning about how although the "BLM movement" and "abolition movement" gained social media attention during COVID, the big critiques were that these movements were happening far longer but only got mainstream attention because suddenly EVERYONE could be impacted by COVID.
I would love to read this again in the future with others and imagine a future outside of borders, prisons, and detention centers.
The authors have great critiques on what is being shared on social media re: incarceration, "defund the police" vs "abolish the police", and how women/femme/BIPOC labor is constantly erased and/or not linked to abolition. Also appreciated learning about how although the "BLM movement" and "abolition movement" gained social media attention during COVID, the big critiques were that these movements were happening far longer but only got mainstream attention because suddenly EVERYONE could be impacted by COVID.
I would love to read this again in the future with others and imagine a future outside of borders, prisons, and detention centers.
filaughn's review against another edition
I'm definitely going to return to this one and finish it at some point.