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An Anthropologist at the Women’s March on Washington, Part 2: The Posters

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In my first post about the Women’s March of January 21, 2017, I chronicled the social and emotional ties I saw created in this space of massive communitas, feminist style. Here, I offer a textual analysis of some of the many moving, clever, and brilliant posters I observed. Photo by

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The Power of Menstrual Politics

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The latest in the abortion wars: “One Indiana woman recently created the Facebook page Periods for Pence where she encourages others to call the governor’s office to report their periods, since they could technically be having a miscarriage.”   A new generation of feminists is defying classic menstrual taboos by the simplest possible

Abortion rights, Feminism, Governor Mike Pence, Indiana, Menstrual politics, Menstrual taboos, Menstruation, Social justice, Social Shaping of Bodily Experience, Women, Women's activism Read more