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“They Call Them Camisoles”: The Short Life and Tragic Death of Wilma Wilson

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

They Call Them Camisoles is a tantalizing document– Wilma Wilson’s first-person account of her 1939 commitment for alcoholism to the Camarillo State Hospital in California. Published in 1940, the book had recently been out of print.  I learned of it myself … Continue reading →

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Victorian Women on Drugs, Part 4: The Female Addicts of Deadwood

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

Today, Points presents the final installment of guest blogger Kristina Aikens’ four-part series on Victorian women and drugs. Today, Kristina looks at the constructed reality of drug use in the HBO series Deadwood. For my last blog post, I turn from … Continue reading →

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Victorian Woman on Drugs, Part 3: Visual Representations

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

Points is pleased to present the third installment of guest blogger Kristina Aikens’  four-part series on women’s drug use in Victorian England. Today, Kristina looks at – among other things – visual representations of women’s drug use and the male … Continue reading →

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The Points Interview: Gina Barreca

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

Editor’s Note:  Continuing the attention to gender and drinking that we mustered up for women’s history month, Points is excited to welcome feminist author Gina Barreca as our twenty-second interview, talking about her recent anthology of writings by women on … Continue reading →

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Lessons of the Narcotic Farm, Part Three: The Jenny Barn (continued)

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

Editor’s note: Today, we present the second half of Nancy’s Campbell’s “Lessons of the Narcotic Farm, Part Three: The Jenny Barn.”  You can find the first half of this post here.  Part One and Part Two of the series make … Continue reading →

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The Mule

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

In 2004, the role of women as mules entered the popular imagination with the release of the film Maria Full of Grace that depicts the life of a young Colombian woman who swallows cocaine and smuggles it into the United … Continue reading →

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Lessons of the Narcotic Farm, Part Three: The Jenny Barn

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

Editor’s Note: Today, Points presents the third part in an ongoing consideration of the Lexington Narcotic Farm’s history and legacy.  Readers may wish to have a look at Part One and Part Two of the series, authored by JP Olsen. … Continue reading →

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Documents: “A Female Junkie Speaks”

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

Editor’s Note:  A few days ago I articulated my interest in uncovering the radical feminist position on drug use and abuse—or in figuring out why radical feminists didn’t have one.  Now in the document-gathering phase, I’ve come across one early … Continue reading →

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Feminist Anti-Addiction Discourse: Towards a Research Agenda

Posted on March 13, 2012 by

Devoted Points readers may recall that over the last year contributing editor Michelle McClellan and myself have mused on the odd relationship—or lack thereof—between addiction studies and women’s studies. Given the high correlation between alcohol/drug abuse and a variety of … Continue reading →

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The Women of Narco B-Movies

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

Roosevelt Avenue in Corona, Queens is known for its money-sending “chops,” gold and silver vendors, ethnic markets, and great Argentine, Colombian, Ecuadorian, Mexican, and Peruvian restaurants, all conveniently tucked under the 7 trains.  The doorway I sought led up a … Continue reading →

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