Category: Capitalism, Class, Inequality

On Cravings, Illness, and Chana Masala

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date April 24, 2014

I’ll be the first to admit that chana masala, like good or even decent pound cake, is best made from scratch but there’s a time and place for that, and a time and place for simply throwing everything into a pot and crossing your fingers that you end up with something edible.

My Review of Sex Workers Unite!

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date March 16, 2014

The history of urban centers is, in palpable ways, the history of their sex workers.

Sex Workers Unite: A History of the Movement from Stonewall to SlutWalk by [Chateauvert, Melinda]

Capitalism, Class, Inequality Labour

Nonprofit Housing: The Soup Kitchen Approach to “Social Justice”

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date January 9, 2014

“Why does a willingness to accept lower wages (much lower wages than for-profits) seem to be an indicator or qualification for one’s job in the nonprofit sector?”

Tags Nonprofits

Academia Capitalism, Class, Inequality Film, Art, Television, and Media Labour On Books and Publishing

On Writers as Scabs, Whores, and Interns, And the Jacobin Problem

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date December 11, 2013

Left publishing will increasingly be filled with lots of timid writing that doesn’t require the hard skills that experienced writers might bring to their work.

Tags Jacobin, Left Publishing

Capitalism, Class, Inequality Feminism Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Confession, Neoliberalism, and The Big Reveal

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date December 6, 2013

No tragic dramas? Make them up! But, always: Confess and Reveal.

Animals Capitalism, Class, Inequality On Books and Publishing

Review of Trash Animals

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date November 18, 2013

What makes a trash animal?

Capitalism, Class, Inequality On Books and Publishing Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Margot Weiss talks BDSM and sexuality

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date October 30, 2013

“I’ll leave this with Patrick Califia’s words: ‘I do not believe that we can fuck our way to freedom.'”

Capitalism, Class, Inequality Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Why Is America Turning to Shit?

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date October 30, 2013

Excerpt: If we are to truly reimagine the place of shit in our lives, we need to consider the harsh realities of who gets to shit in peace, and who gets to clean it up afterwards.