Categories Feminism Politics Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Anthony Weiner, Huma Abedin, and the Gender of Power Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date August 29, 2016 Continue reading “Anthony Weiner, Huma Abedin, and the Gender of Power”
Categories Capitalism, Class, Inequality Feminism Politics On the Current Paranoia about Trump vs. Clinton Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date July 29, 2016 I think those who criticise critics of HRC for possibly enabling a Trump victory are over-invested in presidential politics and elections to the extent they don’t see how work actually needs to happen in other arenas and levels. Continue reading “On the Current Paranoia about Trump vs. Clinton”
Categories On Books and Publishing Politics Review of Anthropology’s Politics: Disciplining the Middle East, in Electronic Intifada Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date May 25, 2016 Anthropology as a discipline has always been rooted in imperialism. Continue reading “Review of Anthropology’s Politics: Disciplining the Middle East, in Electronic Intifada”
Categories Politics If I Cannot Snark At Your Revolution Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date March 14, 2016 Continue reading “If I Cannot Snark At Your Revolution”
Categories On Books and Publishing Politics Review of Steven Salaita’s Uncivil Rites Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date November 4, 2015 “We ought to complicate academic freedom even as we vigorously defend it.” Continue reading “Review of Steven Salaita’s Uncivil Rites”
Categories Politics Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality What We Don’t Talk about When We Talk about Race Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date October 20, 2015 Continue reading “What We Don’t Talk about When We Talk about Race”
Categories Capitalism, Class, Inequality Politics The problem with Fixing Wall Street Is It Can’t Be Fixed Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date October 16, 2015 More than ever in the history of capitalism, capital’s force is most evident in its invisible workings. Continue reading “The problem with Fixing Wall Street Is It Can’t Be Fixed”
Categories Feminism Film, Art, Television, and Media Politics Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality It’s Fiorina and Clinton, not Carly and Hillary Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date September 16, 2015 Excerpt: Naming is power, and how the press names and refers to candidates has everything to do with what values it assigns to them. Continue reading “It’s Fiorina and Clinton, not Carly and Hillary”
Categories Politics Queer Politics, Culture, and History Stop Fetishising Youth Organisers Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date September 3, 2015 Why assume that age gives either wisdom to the old or energy to the young? Continue reading “Stop Fetishising Youth Organisers”
Categories On Books and Publishing Politics My Review of Joseph Massad’s Islam in Liberalism in Electronic Intifdad Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date August 21, 2015 This is a dense and densely argued book, in the best way. Continue reading “My Review of Joseph Massad’s Islam in Liberalism in Electronic Intifdad”
