Reality Behind Pimp Culture
LREI Feminism Class With Rachel LLoyd My journey learning about the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) started with a very eye-opening documentary, Very Young Girls. This documentary...
View ArticleCommercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: America’s Contemporary Form of...
In 1865, under President Abraham Lincoln, the United States of America adopted the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution. The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude,...
View ArticleCommercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Stockholm Syndrome: Why It’s...
While I was sitting in my living room talking to my mom, somehow the topic of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) came up. “Do you know that this is going on in our own city? In the...
View ArticleHow a Pimp Catches his Prey
The Prey “Pimps prey upon the most vulnerable girls and young women; girls who are runaways and homeless, girls who have been victims of child sexual abuse, low-income girls, often girls of color, who...
View ArticleGirls Are Not For Sale Benefit for GEMS Highlights Girls’ Empowerment
Girls who have been helped by GEMS on stage during the benefit (photo credit: Miral Rivalta). A few weeks ago, I attended a benefit for GEMS, Girls Educational and Mentoring Services. GEMS is an...
View ArticleDiscovering Why I Need to Tell Myself I Am a Feminist Every Day
This is only one of the many reasons that I NEED feminism. Photo Credit: Ileana Jimenez I need feminism because my gender should not stop me from doing anything that I could possibly want to do or...
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