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Cracked Lenses: the Visual Exploitation of Crack Mothers
by Alexandra Cox

In this article, Alexandra Cox discusses the use of images of "crack mothers" and “crack babies” to reinforce sexism and racism.

 media  reproductive-rights  substance-abuse