Patreon Preview 191. Family Policing Services

Published: Sept. 14, 2022, 12:01 a.m.

b'We discuss a powerful new essay on the multiple violences \\u2013 domestic, data, administrative, racial \\u2013 wrought by the state family police, aka \\u201cchild protective services,\\u201d which uses an array of tools to terrorize and tear apart families, particularly targeting those that are Black and Brown. But first, we pour one out for Real Life Magazine and reflect on its importance \\u2013 and the huge loss \\u2013 for the tech media landscape.\\n\\nSome stuff we reference:\\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 Birthing Predictions of Premature Death | J. Khadijah Abdurahman https://logicmag.io/home/birthing-predictions-of-premature-death/ \\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 The Time Tax https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/07/how-government-learned-waste-your-time-tax/619568/ \\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 I Have Studied Child Protective Services for Decades. It Needs to Be Abolished. https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2022/04/abolish-child-protective-services-torn-apart-dorothy-roberts-book-excerpt/ \\n\\nSubscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! www.patreon.com/thismachinekills \\n\\nGrab TMK gear: www.bonfire.com/store/this-machine-kills-podcast\\n\\nHosted by Jathan Sadowski (www.twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (www.twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (www.twitter.com/braunestahl)'