Essence asks Maddie all about her favorite dystopian novels and movies, the evolution of dystopia over time, and why there has been a revival of dystopian literature among teens. Maddie asks Essence about #DefundthePolice, the goals of criminal justice reform, and why privileging marginalized experiences is essential for social movements!

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Episode’s resources and bonus material:

Dystopias:

• https://www.mindymcginnis.com/blog/why-do-people-find-dystopian-novels-so-appealing#:~:text=Dystopian%20novels%20are%20incredibly%20popular,people%20can't%20understand%20why 
• https://electricliterature.com/the-rise-of-dystopian-fiction-from-soviet-dissidents-to-70s-paranoia-to-murakami/
• https://www.abebooks.com/books/best-dystopia-books/
• https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/dystopian-movies/best-dystopian-movies-of-all-time-1/
• https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/oct/23/dystopian-fiction
• https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/06/05/a-golden-age-for-dystopian-fiction

Defund the Police:

• https://defundthepolice.org/
• https://civilrights.org/wp-content/uploads/Toolkit.pdf
• https://m4bl.org/defund-the-police/
• https://www.mpd150.com/
• https://www.nonewjails.nyc/
• https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/
• https://open.spotify.com/episode/2QlieFSgKl1zzdqrjNloUK
• https://open.spotify.com/episode/3rlXRvKMInY6siTVAKXmJ5?si=PM-aMcpwQzKS2i5NvrExEQ
• https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/14/democrats-suburbs-lets-fund-the-police-515966
• https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/10/us/dallas-police-defund.html
• https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2020/06/19/what-does-defund-the-police-mean-and-does-it-have-merit/
• 13th (Netflix Documentary)

Theory books to nerd out on abolition:

• Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punishment
• Angela Davis’s Are Prisons Obsolete?
• Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
• Alex Vitale’s The End of Policing As We Know It?