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Nurture, Pleasure and Read and Resist!: Abolition Feminist Methodology for a Collective Recovery?

Emmerich, F; Adams, F

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F Adams



Abstract

COVID-19 has magnified intersecting inequalities that are central to the functioning of capitalism. At the height of the crisis, the value of an economy based on the exchange of goods and services faded away to expose the importance of care across the public and private spheres. Undervalued and underpaid labour suddenly became critical to the survival of many. Drawing on Abolition Feminism, we argue for the need to seize this revaluation of labour to centre nurture and pleasure within our post-pandemic recovery. We apply an Abolition Feminist framework that conceptualises the prison as part of a network of violence that deflects attention from the root causes of harm. We reflect on the development of our Abolition Feminist web-platform, Read and Resist!, a space where theory meets reflection on praxis. We consider how activist strategies within Abolition Feminism may support us in reimagining our relationships with law and justice post-COVID-19.

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 3, 2021
Online Publication Date May 31, 2021
Publication Date 2021-11
Journal Feminist Legal Studies
Print ISSN 0966-3622
Publisher Springer Verlag
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 29
Pages 399–410
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10691-021-09463-5
Keywords Abolition feminism; Black lives matter; Care; COVID-19; Erotic; Resistance
Publisher URL https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10691-021-09463-5

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