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(psst. The Violence Against Women Act is how Democrats send more money to cops under the guise of helping victims. it's a great example of carceral feminism that celebrates tiny reforms and treats certain victims as expendable.)
If you read Biden's 1993 Senate report on VAW, you'll notice the language is very pro-policing. It discusses domestic violence and rape as a serious crime, and recommends funding for more policing and surveillance. http://library.niwap.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/VAWA-Lghist-SenateJudiciary-6.93.pdf
i mention this now because, as I said, a Biden presidency will strengthen neoliberal and carceral feminisms. people who don't learn from their history are doomed to repeat it.
also Mariska Hargitay is friends with Linda Fairstein, the prosecutor behind the Exonerated 5's case.
so...... yeah......
so...... yeah......
also calling the problem a "rape kit backlog" is
1. propaganda to obscure police's active role in messing up rape cases
2. a way to keep survivors emotionally invested in a corrupt legal system designed to protect rapists.
3. yet another excuse to give cops more money
1. propaganda to obscure police's active role in messing up rape cases
2. a way to keep survivors emotionally invested in a corrupt legal system designed to protect rapists.
3. yet another excuse to give cops more money
backlog suggests that cops are working tirelessly to solve rape cases and they're simply behind.
no.
cops are disproportionately rapists and have rapist friends and are misogynist and don't think rape is that big of a deal. giving them more money won't fix that.
no.
cops are disproportionately rapists and have rapist friends and are misogynist and don't think rape is that big of a deal. giving them more money won't fix that.
well, well, well. lookee here. his rape kit backlog solution involves giving more money to cops. $120 million/year.
https://joebiden.com/vawa/
https://joebiden.com/vawa/
and boom. his DV plan includes expanding "lethality assessments by law enforcement"âwhere police are the first responders to domestic violence and ask the victim 11 questions.
i...don't trust police to make these kind of calls. https://www.bwjp.org/resource-center/resource-results/maryland-s-lethality-assessment-programs.html
i...don't trust police to make these kind of calls. https://www.bwjp.org/resource-center/resource-results/maryland-s-lethality-assessment-programs.html
lmao. can't wait for the Biden campaign on how to properly treat survivors of sexual assault.
ok i'll end on a semi-positive note.
the plan is overly dependent on police and painfully neoliberal, but there's a notable shift in tone from his 1993 report, which is very "lock up the criminals" to offering more survivor-focused solutions.
there's def been *some* progress.
the plan is overly dependent on police and painfully neoliberal, but there's a notable shift in tone from his 1993 report, which is very "lock up the criminals" to offering more survivor-focused solutions.
there's def been *some* progress.
obviously it's not enough and we'll be fighting for more 
if you want to read about neoliberal feminism's role in disproportionately harming poor & WOC victims thru VAW policy, check out "In an Abusive State: How Neoliberalism Appropriated the Feminist Movement Against Sexual Violence" by Kristin Bumiller
https://bookshop.org/a/622/9780822342397
https://bookshop.org/a/622/9780822342397
and if you don't have the bandwidth to read a whole book, check out this open letter to the anti-rape movement zine from @projectnia with words from @prisonculture and @modernistwitch https://issuu.com/projectnia/docs/letter-to-the-antirape-movement
This just focuses on sexual violence, but the research here is damning https://twitter.com/wagatwe/status/1296479533143654400?s=19
