Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. I. Reconceptualizing Antiviolence Strategies
6. 1 Rethinking Antiviolence Strategies 13
7. 2 Disability in the New World Order 25
8. 3 Federal Indian Law and Violent Crime 32
9. 4 Feminism, Race, and Adoption Policy 42
10. 5 The Color of Choice 53
11. 6 Heteropatriarchy and the Three Pillars of White Supremacy 66
12. 7 A Call for Consistency 74
13. II. Forms of Violence
14. 8 The Color of Violence 81
15. 9 Four Generations in Resistance 88
16. 10 The War to Be Human / Becoming Human in a Time of War 92
17. 11 The Forgotten "-ismn 97
18. 12 Reflections in a Time of War 113
19. 13 Don't Liberate Me 118
20. 14 "National Securitys and the Violation of Women 119
21. 15 The Complexities of "Feminicide" on the Border 130
22. 16 INS Raids and How Immigrant Women are Fighting Back 135
23. 17 Law Enforcement Violence Against Women of Color 138
24. 18 Crime, Punishment, and Economic Violence 157
25. 19 Pomo Woman, Ex-Prisoner, Speaks Out 164
26. 20 The War Against Black Women, and the Making of NO! 170
27. 21 Medical Violence Against People of Color and the Medicalization of Domestic Violence 179
28. III. Building Movement
29. 22 Unite and Rebel! 191
30. 23 Sistas Makin' Moves 196
31. 24 Disloyal to Feminism 208
32. 25 Gender Violence and the Prison-Industrial Complex 223
33. 26 Trans Action for Social and Economic Justice 227
34. 27 "The Personal is the Private is the Cultural" 231
35. 28 An Antiracist Christian Ethical Approach to Violence Resistance 243
36. 29 Taking Risks 250
37. 30 poem on trying to love without fear 267
38. Endnotes and Works Cited 270
39. Index 305
40. About the Contributors 321