One of the concepts I was having trouble illustrating was the concept that administrative systems create narrow categories … - Dean Spade

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Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.

Dean Spade

One of the concepts I was having trouble illustrating was the concept that administrative systems create narrow categories of gender and force people into them in order to get their basic needs met - what I call "administrative violence. " I had images of forms with gender boxes and ID cards with gender markers, but I also wanted an image that would capture how basic services like shelters are gender segregated.

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