Jordy Cummings
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Jordy Cummings
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Cultural critic and theorist, Toronto. Adjunct Faculty at York University.
July 4, 2023 at 12:52 PM
confusion over another family member labelling themselves an "abolitionist" in general, wondering what it meant and why people would say that without specification. Yet this kind of stuff - never - confuses my gen. z students. Family/police/prison abolition = common sense OFC! (3/3)
July 3, 2023 at 8:34 PM
A few people who I count as cothinkers were perhaps taken aback by the declarative articulation of "abolition" with one declaring it a "hard sell". These were all academics and intellectuals in their thirties and forties. Similarly, that same day, a progressive relative expressed (2/3)
July 3, 2023 at 8:32 PM
A little anecdote for my small little network here. So right now I'm in a reading group for O'Brien's "Abolish the Family". I adore the book. I've taught the Endnotes article that informs a lot of it and count myself a sympathizer with the book's arguments. (1/2)
July 3, 2023 at 8:29 PM
July 3, 2023 at 5:54 PM