Show threadVIMay 3, 2024

And the foregoing, and the desire-for-and deployment of "power" both as manifestation and being synonymous with "agency", "change" "ability" is why" every marginalised population *is* marginalised.

#disability #ableism #disablism #carcerallogic

Aoife Greenham IllustrationsNov 8, 2022
continuing the #introduction here, i'll repost some stuff i've been working on over the last while. First up is an essay about #abolition #CarceralLogic in #PictureBooks . I was thinking about goodies and baddies, locking people up, throwing away the key, and how these stories might impact communities that are overpoliced and overincarcerated. It's a long read, and probably just shows how important a good editor is :D #KidLit #IrishChildrensBooks https://abolitionistfutures.com/latest-news/cops-in-culture-5-the-police-and-prisons-in-our-picture-books
Cops in Culture #5: The Police and Prisons in our Picture Books — Abolitionist Futures

Children’s picture books help young people grow their understanding of self and the world that surrounds them. In doing so, they may replicate prevailing notions of power, policing, punishment and irredeemability. But they can also create space for radical alternatives.

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