Categories Film, Art, Television, and Media On Books and Publishing Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date July 4, 2007 “I’d been upstaged, demoted from protagonist in my own drama to comic relief in my parents’ tragedy.” Continue reading “Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic”
Categories Film, Art, Television, and Media On Books and Publishing Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Rupert Everett’s Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins: The Autobiography Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date April 25, 2007 Now, to be a celebrity was to become a logo. Continue reading “Rupert Everett’s Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins: The Autobiography”
Categories Feminism Film, Art, Television, and Media Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality The Two Stories of Mukhtaran Bibi Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date July 1, 2005 Over and over again, history is forgotten in favor of narratives about “cultural difference.” Continue reading “The Two Stories of Mukhtaran Bibi”
Categories Film, Art, Television, and Media Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality What if Buster Bunny Became a Reggae Star? Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date April 1, 2005 Censorship might stop the expression of unpopular ideas but it short-circuits real political change. Continue reading “What if Buster Bunny Became a Reggae Star?”
