“Feminist Constitution”

Title“Feminist Constitution”
Year for Search2015
AuthorsCross, Katherine
Secondary AuthorsBrodsky, Alexandra, and Nalebuff, Rachel Kauder
Secondary TitleThe Feminist Utopia Project: Fifty-Seven Visions of a Wildly Better Future
Pagination62-72
Date Published2015
PublisherThe Feminist Press at the City University of New York
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsLatina author, Transgender author, US author
Annotation

Reflections on what a utopian feminist constitution would include. Clauses include “We the people, in Order to Defend Our Humanity” (63), “Establish Justice, Ensure Freedom from Violence, and Freedom to Be” (65), “The Right of a Person to Have Sovereignty Over Their Body Shall Not Be Infringed” (66), “And Liberty of Kith and Self Shall be Secure” (69), “These Rights Shall Not be Subject to the Vagaries of the Market or Depravation” (70), and “All Shall Have a Right to the Conditions Necessary For Life and Dignity” (71).

Info Notes

The book includes a number of other utopias and much additional material related to utopianism. 

Illustration

Illus. Ruth Tam.

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

Latina transgender author.

Full Text

2015 Cross, Katherine. “Feminist Constitution.” Illus. Ruth Tam. The Feminist Utopia Project: Fifty-Seven Visions of a Wildly Better Future. Ed. Alexandra Brodsky and Rachel Kauder Nalebuff (New York: The Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2015), 62-72. The book includes a number of other utopias and much additional material related to utopianism.  PSt

Reflections on what a utopian feminist constitution would include. Clauses include “We the people, in Order to Defend Our Humanity” (63), “Establish Justice, Ensure Freedom from Violence, and Freedom to Be” (65), “The Right of a Person to Have Sovereignty Over Their Body Shall Not Be Infringed” (66), “And Liberty of Kith and Self Shall be Secure” (69), “These Rights Shall Not be Subject to the Vagaries of the Market or Depravation” (70), and “All Shall Have a Right to the Conditions Necessary For Life and Dignity” (71). Latina transgender author.