Comments on: Ms. Magazine exploits women in prisons and domestic violence shelters to fundraise http://eminism.org/blog/entry/43 Putting the Emi back in Feminism Mon, 26 Mar 2012 05:04:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: SueBee http://eminism.org/blog/entry/43#comment-774 SueBee Sat, 14 Aug 2010 02:28:56 +0000 http://eminism.org/blog/?p=43#comment-774 I never read this letter as being an exploitation, especially as I have known several people who have ended up in jail and/or prison over the decades. It gets boring there, and for women who are likely to return to an abusive situation because of a lack of support, or for those who are feminists w/out much sympathy or reading material, I HIGHLY believe reading MS. - or any pro-woman, pro-family reading material -- can be a wonderful experience. As a pagan priestess, I've also met a number of non-Abrahamic religious practicioners, and like other women facing a similar sentence, they need the help of women who care more about them than the way a bulletin is worded. Sending them letters of support and reading material is really helpful, especially as there are so many forces at work against them. Please, reconsider your comment, and take into account the level of distrust, pain, hatred, disgust and poor treatment women in prison (or those who have had to rely on shelters) can experience. Also take into account the lack of education of some of the inmates, who could greatly benefit from having their rights -- the rights of all women and indeed all humans -- explained to them in a dignified manner. I never read this letter as being an exploitation, especially as I have known several people who have ended up in jail and/or prison over the decades. It gets boring there, and for women who are likely to return to an abusive situation because of a lack of support, or for those who are feminists w/out much sympathy or reading material, I HIGHLY believe reading MS. – or any pro-woman, pro-family reading material — can be a wonderful experience.

As a pagan priestess, I’ve also met a number of non-Abrahamic religious practicioners, and like other women facing a similar sentence, they need the help of women who care more about them than the way a bulletin is worded. Sending them letters of support and reading material is really helpful, especially as there are so many forces at work against them.

Please, reconsider your comment, and take into account the level of distrust, pain, hatred, disgust and poor treatment women in prison (or those who have had to rely on shelters) can experience. Also take into account the lack of education of some of the inmates, who could greatly benefit from having their rights — the rights of all women and indeed all humans — explained to them in a dignified manner.

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