Alia is an Australian immigrant who has made a home in Staten Island. She is a fiber artist, has a B.A. in English, and often rants about the anti-heroes of classical Greek poetry and mythology.
International Women's Day
What is the value of celebrating the few women who break the glass ceiling if the other 99 percent are hurt by shattered glass in the process? Especially when this day was created by and for working-class women.
Nicole Malliotakis
On September 14, 2020 whistleblower Dawn Wooten, a former nurse at Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC), a Georgia ICE facility, reported that a doctor at the facility has been performing forced sterilizations on detained migrants, specifically removing all or parts of people’s uteruses. The disturbing reports of non-consensual sterilizations