The women behind "The Feminist on Cellblock Y," which chronicles a classroom of male prisoners as they wrestle with vulnerability and the confines of masculine norms, speak with WMC Women Under Siege about their process, and what the broader public can learn at this critical moment from the men of Success Stories.
“Violated! Women in Holocaust and Genocide,” on view until May 12, explores violence and degradation suffered by women worldwide through works made by victims, their relatives, witnesses, and others.
Her father helped her escape. He knew if she stayed in Ivory Coast, she’d be married against her will as a teenager, her genitals ritualistically cut, raped by her husband, and forced to bear his children. Her life as she knew it would end. She left for New York, where her father thought she would be safe. Now the U.S. immigration system wants to send her back. She is 16 years old.















