Episode 9: What Now? Blunt Endings and Next Steps
In this final episode, we summarize the recurring narratives evident through this history. We also expand our feminism to show that an analysis of rac...
What the F Presents: Blunt History
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What the F Presents: Blunt History is a podcast that documents the war on crime and drugs in modern America told, well, bluntly! The U.S. is in a state of mass incarceration. But do you know how we got here? Each episode, we examine a different era in American politics that contributed to our current carceral state. Blunt History aims to provide insight on how women fit into the history of criminalization in America. At the same time, it seeks to broaden the definition of feminism to make clear that systems of domination and oppression are inherently feminist issues.
Episode 8: Clinton's 1990's CRACKdown
Crack cocaine becomes the target of Reagan and Clinton's tough on crime politics. The 1986 Anti Drug Abuse Act is a quintessential example of how drug...
Episode 7: Tough on Crime Wins 1970's and 80's Elections
People love to target the 1970s as the period in time in which the war on crime and drugs in modern America really heats up. There is some validity to...
Episode 6: Stop the Robberies Enjoy Safe Streets
S.T.R.E.S.S.(Stop The Robberies Enjoy Safe Streets)was a 1971 police task force created in Detroit to decrease crime rates following the riots. The ta...
Episode 5: Riots or Rebellion? 1960's Liberalism Fails Black Radicalism
On this extended episode of Blunt History we sit down with University of Michigan Professor Matthew Lassiter. Lassiter is a distinguished scholar on D...
Episode 4: The 1950's Suburban Delinquent
In episode 4, we examine two competing narratives in the war on crime and drugs during the 1950s. As suburbia sees an alleged increase in drug use and...
Episode 3: A New Deal for the FBI
In episode 3, we look at the expansion of the FBI under FDR's New Deal politics. We examine the killing of the next Public Enemy Number 1 and the begi...
Episode 2: Prohibition (Control, Control, Control)
In episode 2, we examine prohibition: who called for it, why it was implemented, and who it targeted. Prohibition outlawed the sale and consumption of...
Episode 1: A Beginning? San Francisco Opium Den Ordinance
In our first episode, What the F Editor in Chief Natalie Brennan and Assistant Editor Stina Perkins examine the current state of mass incarceration in...