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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.

Spring 2008

No. 50: Flagging an Invisible Difference in a Cost-Benefit Analysis of Depo-Provera [PDF]
No. 49: Decriminalizing Abortion in Mexico City: A Victory for Women’s Health and Rights

Spring 2007

No. 48: India's Saffron Demography: So Dangerous, Yet So Appealing
No. 47: Old Roots, New Shoots: Eugenics of the Everyday
No. 46: From Explosion to Implosion: A Call for Population Skepticism
No. 45: Control Freaks: “Homeland Security” and “Interoperability”
No. 44: What's Wrong with the ‘Demographic Dividend’ Concept?
* Babies, Burdens and Threats Collection [pdf]

Fall 2006

No. 43: Colonizing the Future: “Scarcity” as Political Strategy
No. 42: Too Many Grannies? The Politics of Population Aging
No. 41: The Testosterone Threat: Sociobiology,National Security and Population Control
No. 40: 10 Reasons to Rethink ‘Overpopulation’
* 10 Reasons Color Pamphlet (in English) [pdf] | (en Español) [pdf] [Contact us for copies.]

Spring 2006

No. 39: Population-Environment Programs: Problematic Assumptions and Contradictory Approaches

Fall 2005

Reviving Reproductive Safety: Series 1, Fall 2005
No. 38: The Politics of Abortion and Reproductive Justice: Strategies for a Stronger Movement
No. 37: Ten Reasons Why Prisons are Bad for Reproductive Freedom
* Poster - Legal-size and ready to download. [pdf]

Summer 2005

No. 36: Beyond the Hype: What You Should Know About the Seasonale Birth Control Pill
No. 35: The U.S. Occupation and Rising Religious Extremism: The Double Threat to Women in Iraq

Spring 2005

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. 31: Ten Years After Cairo: The Resurgence of Coercive Population Control in India
No. 30: Reproductive Health and the FDA: Buffeted by Political Battles

Fall 2004

No. 29: The Huntington Challenge: Why The Hispanic Challenge Should Be Discredited
No. 28: A Decade After Cairo: Women’s Health in a Free Market Economy

Winter 2004

No. 27: Conserving Racism: The Greening of Hate at Home and Abroad
No. 26: The War Against Immigrants

Summer 2003

No. 25: Ten Reasons Why Militarism is Bad for Women
No. 24: Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis and Selection: From Disease Prevention to Customized Conception
No. 23: Conflict of Interest: Maternal-Fetal Conflict and the Politics of Conservation

Spring 2003

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

Spring 2002

No. 19: The "Youth Bulge": Defining the Next Generation of Young Men as a Threat to the Future
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

Winter 2002

No. 16: Vaccination" Against Pregnancy: What You Need to Know

Fall 2001

No. 15: Putting Community Back in the Domestic Violence Movement
No. 14: Human Security: A Gender Perspective
No. 13: The Scapegoating of America's Youth: Past and Present (Mis)Conceptions

Spring 2001

No. 12: Pollution, Communities, and Schools: A Portrait of Environmental Justice on Southern California's "Riskscape"
No. 11: Britain's Man-made BSE Disaster: Boundless and Without Borders
No. 10: The Presidential Election and the Collapse of the Media's Democracy Police
No. 9: U.S. High School Social Studies Textbooks: Perpetuating the Idea of Overpopulation
No. 8: Is Inequality Bad for the Environment and Bad for Your Health?

Fall 2000

No. 7: Viral Roulette: Malaria, Blood, and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
No. 6: Gendered Assaults: The Attack on Immigrant Women

Summer 2000

No. 5: Time to Take a Critical Look at Depo-Provera

Spring 2000

No. 4: The New Eugenics: The Case Against Genetically Modified Humans
No. 3: Why "Demographic Fatigue" Contributes Little to Our Understanding Of Contemporary Africa
No. 2: Cracking Open Crack: Unethical sterilization movement gains momentum

Fall 1999

No. 1: Ten Reasons Why Genetically Engineered Food Won't Feed the World