The DifferenTakes Issue Papers Series

The DifferenTakes Issue Paper Series is designed to bring alternative feminist analysis to the media, policymakers, advocacy organizations and activists. Every issue is available for public download below.

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Abortion and Reproductive Justice
Eugenics
Environment and Climate Change
Health and Development
Immigration
Militarism and National Security
Population Control
Reproductive Technologies
Violence and the Prison Industrial Complex 

DifferenTakes Collections

Abortion and Reproductive Justice

No.71: Forced Sterilization and Romani Women's Resistance in Central Europe
No. 70: The Return of Population Control: Incentives, Targets and the Backlask Against Cairo
No. 69: Reproductive Agents: The Right-Wing Vilification of Immigrant Women's Fertility
No. 66: The Welfare Family Cap Policy: Fertility Restriction as Poverty Prevention
No. 63: Lessons From The Front: Abortion And The Battle For Health Care Access
No. 52: 10 Reasons to Rethink Reproductive Choice
No. 49: Decriminalizing Abortion in Mexico City: A Victory for Women's Health and Rights
No. 38: The Politics of Abortion and Reproductive Justice: Strategies for a Stronger Movement
No. 23: Conflict of Interest: Maternal-Fetal Conflict and the Politics of Conservation
No. 20: Ten Reasons Why Militarism is Bad for Reproductive Freedom

Eugenics

No.71: Forced Sterilization and Romani Women's Resistance in Central Europe
No. 47: Old Roots, New Shoots: Eugenics of the Everyday
No. 34: Quinacrine Sterilization in India: Women’s Health and Medical Ethics Still at Risk
No. 33: Egg Donation for IVF and Stem Cell Research: Time to Weigh the Risks to Women's Health
No. 17: Maternal Mortality, Population Control, and the War in Women's Wombs: A Bioethical Analysis of Quinacrine Sterilizations
No. 4: The New Eugenics: The Case Against Genetically Modified Humans
No. 2: Cracking Open C.R.A.C.K.: Unethical sterilization movement gains momentum

Environment and Climate Change

No.73: Panic Over 7 Billion: Letting The 1% Off The Hook
No. 72: Justice for All? Youth Environmental Activism and the Framings of Social Justice
No. 67: In the Climate Change Race, Who Wins and Who Loses?
No. 64: Beyond the Apocalypse: A Letter for Young Activists
No. 60: In Climate Politics, Follow the Money
No. 58: Sustaining Everyday Life: Bringing Together Environmental, Climate and Reproductive Justice
No. 57: 10 Reasons Why Population Control is not the Solution to Global Warming
No. 56: Why a Nuclear Renaissance Threatens Our Bodies, the Environment and Our Future
No. 43: Colonizing the Future: “Scarcity” as Political Strategy
No. 39: Population-Environment Programs: Problematic Assumptions and Contradictory Approaches
No. 27: Conserving Racism: The Greening of Hate at Home and Abroad
No. 22: Ten Reasons Why Militarism is Bad for the Environment
No. 12: Pollution, Communities, and Schools: A Portrait of Environmental Justice on Southern California's "Riskscape"
No. 8: Is Inequality Bad for the Environment and Bad for Your Health? 

Health and Development

No.71: Forced Sterilization and Romani Women's Resistance in Central Europe
No. 65: At What Price? Gardasil Research Targets Girls from Vulnerable Communities
No. 63: Lessons From The Front: Abortion And The Battle For Health Care Access
No. 11: Britain's Man-made BSE Disaster: Boundless and Without Borders
No. 1: Ten Reasons Why Genetically Engineered Food Won't Feed the World

Immigration

No. 69: Reproductive Agents: The Right-Wing Vilification of Immigrant Women's Fertility
No. 68: Social Justice Movements Standing Strong Against Anti-Immigrant Inroads
No. 59: 10 Reasons to Rethink the Immigration-Overpopulation Connection
No. 51: Choosing Nativism: What the Christian Right's Strange Alliance with the Anti-Immigrant Movement Means for Women
No. 29: The Huntington Challenge: Why The Hispanic Challenge Should Be Discredited
No. 26: The War Against Immigrants
No. 6: Gendered Assaults: The Attack on Immigrant Women    

Militarism and National Security

No. 61:Intimate Partner Abuse: Sexuality, Gender Identity, Feminism and Growth
No. 45: Control Freaks: “Homeland Security” and “Interoperability”
No. 41: The Testosterone Threat: Sociobiology,National Security and Population Control
No. 35: The U.S. Occupation and Rising Religious Extremism: The Double Threat to Women in Iraq
No. 25: Ten Reasons Why Militarism is Bad for Women
No. 22: Ten Reasons Why Militarism is Bad for the Environment
No. 21: Ten Reasons Why Militarism is Bad for Queer People
No. 20: Ten Reasons Why Militarism is Bad for Reproductive Freedom
No. 19: The "Youth Bulge": Defining the Next Generation of Young Men as a Threat to the Future
No. 14: Human Security: A Gender Perspective
No. 10: The Presidential Election and the Collapse of the Media's Democracy Police

Population Control

No.73: Panic Over 7 Billion: Letting The 1% Off The Hook
No. 72: Justice for All? Youth Environmental Activism and the Framings of Social Justice
No.71: Forced Sterilization and Romani Women's Resistance in Central Europe
No. 70: The Return of Population Control: Incentives, Targets, and the Backlash Against Cairo
No. 69: Reproductive Agents: The Right-Wing Vilification of Immigrant Women's Fertility
No. 64: Beyond the Apocalypse: A Letter for Young Activists
No. 40: 10 Reasons to Rethink "Overpopulation"
* 10 Reasons Color Pamphlet (in English) [pdf] | (en Español) [pdf] [Or contact us for copies.]
No. 48: India's Saffron Demography: So Dangerous, Yet So Appealing
No. 46: From Explosion to Implosion: A Call for Population Skepticism
No. 44: What's Wrong with the ‘Demographic Dividend’ Concept?
No. 43: Colonizing the Future: “Scarcity” as Political Strategy
No. 42: Too Many Grannies? The Politics of Population Aging
No. 34: Quinacrine Sterilization in India: Women’s Health and Medical Ethics Still at Risk
No. 31: Ten Years After Cairo: The Resurgence of Coercive Population Control in India
No. 28: A Decade After Cairo: Women’s Health in a Free Market Economy
No. 17: Maternal Mortality, Population Control, and the War in Women's Wombs: A Bioethical Analysis of Quinacrine Sterilizations
No. 9: U.S. High School Social Studies Textbooks: Perpetuating the Idea of Overpopulation
No. 3: Why "Demographic Fatigue" Contributes Little to Our Understanding Of Contemporary Africa
No. 2: Cracking Open C.R.A.C.K.: Unethical sterilization movement gains momentum 

Reproductive Technologies

No. 50: Flagging an Invisible Difference in a Cost-Benefit Analysis of Depo-Provera
Reviving Reproductive Safety: Series 1, Fall 2005
No. 36: Beyond the Hype: What You Should Know About the Seasonale Birth Control Pill
No. 34: Quinacrine Sterilization in India: Women’s Health and Medical Ethics Still at Risk
No. 33: Egg Donation for IVF and Stem Cell Research: Time to Weigh the Risks to Women's Health
No. 32: Depo-Provera: Old Concerns, New Risks
No. 30: Reproductive Health and the FDA: Buffeted by Political Battles
No. 24: Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis and Selection: From Disease Prevention to Customized Conception
No. 18: Science, Politics, and Reproductive Rights: The Case of Ultrasound Technology
No. 17: Maternal Mortality, Population Control, and the War in Women's Wombs: A Bioethical Analysis of Quinacrine Sterilizations
No. 16: "Vaccination" Against Pregnancy: What You Need to Know
No. 7: Viral Roulette: Malaria, Blood, and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
No. 5: Time to Take a Critical Look at Depo-Provera 

Violence and the Prison Industrial Complex

No. 61:Intimate Partner Abuse: Sexuality, Gender Identity, Feminism and Growth
No. 55: Ten Reasons Why Homelessness & Incarceration are Queer Rights Issues
No. 54: The Prison Citizen No. 53: Prison Abolition: Families in Strategies for Change
No. 37: Ten Reasons Why Prisons are Bad for Reproductive Freedom
* Poster - Legal-size and ready to download. [pdf]
No. 15: Putting Community Back in the Domestic Violence Movement
No. 13: The Scapegoating of America's Youth: Past and Present (Mis)Conceptions

DifferenTakes Collections

* Babies, Burdens and Threats Collection [pdf]Reviving Reproductive Safety: Series 1, Fall 2005

SPECIAL EDITION: 10 REASONS WHY MILITARISM IS BAD…
No. 22: Ten Reasons Why Militarism is Bad for the Environment
No. 21: Ten Reasons Why Militarism is Bad for Queer People
No. 20: Ten Reasons Why Militarism is Bad for Reproductive Freedom