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Posted on November 8, 2018 December 7, 2018

An Inside Look At The Kick-Ass Establishment Online Community

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Written by
Nikki Gloudeman
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Arts+Creators
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community, The Establishment

Our exclusive Slack channel is, as one member puts it, a “small miracle.” Read more

Posted on October 11, 2018 October 5, 2018

Filing A Bystander Complaint Shouldn’t Be This Hard

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Written by
Lindsey Weedston
Posted in
Society+Politics
Tagged
abuse, community, police, police-violence
Four blue "Police Line" barricades

My problem wasn’t just with these police. It was with an entire system of policing that is failing to protect and serve those it claims to. Read more

Posted on September 14, 2018 September 6, 2018

How LGBTQ Yoga Can Heal A Community

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Written by
Lindsey Danis
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Brain+Body
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bodies, community, LGBTQIA, yoga

For LGBTQ people, mainstream yoga culture can be alienating. But a community-specific practice can heal more than the body. Read more

Posted on August 22, 2018 August 29, 2018

Listen To The Sound Of Gender Transforming: Five-Tracks Of Resistance

Ayesha Sharma
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Ayesha Sharma
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Arts+Creators
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art, community, gender, gender binary, music, nonbinary, queer, south africa, trans

We experience not only the in-betweenness of gender, but also the instability of ‘home.’ Read more

Posted on August 14, 2018 August 9, 2018

Sensing Danger Before It’s Visibly Apparent (And Other Useful Lessons In A World Rife With Destruction)

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Written by
July Westhale
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members-only, Society+Politics
Tagged
community, family, memory, Oakland, privelege, rape culture, revolution

Humans are repositories of composite knowledge, learned by rote because of necessity or habit, much of which sits below, glacially submerged. Read more

Posted on October 6, 2017 September 7, 2018

Why Should You Become An Establishment Member For $5 A Month?

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Ijeoma Oluo
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arts-creators, community, members, The Establishment

I’m here to answer all your burning questions about becoming an Establishment member. Read more

Posted on September 18, 2017 September 7, 2018

Introducing The Establishment Online Community!

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community, forum, membership, slack, The Establishment

Establishment membership just got better. Read more

Posted on June 23, 2016 October 12, 2018

Why The First Sex Shop Workers’ Union Is So Important

Sam Riedel
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Sam Riedel
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community, new-york-city, organizing, sex, unions

“A manager recently asked me why I was letting a coworker take a second 10-minute break. When I explained it was because a customer just threatened them, their first concern was checking the technical details to make sure I wasn’t breaking the rules — not my coworker’s safety.” Read more

Posted on June 22, 2016 October 12, 2018

Does Not Being A Mother Make Me A Bad Black Woman?

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The Establishment
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children, community, Mental Health, motherhood, society-politics

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