Categories On Books and Publishing Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Can We Talk?: Censorship, Pedophilia, and Panic Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date November 16, 2005 A system that sees “predators” as beyond repair and thrusts them to the outermost regions of society also deeply pathologizes the “victims.” Continue reading “Can We Talk?: Censorship, Pedophilia, and Panic”
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 Prison industrial complex Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Who Needs Hate? Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date June 1, 2005 The concept of hate crimes and hate crime legislation can never be part of a progressive agenda for social justice. Continue reading “Who Needs Hate?”
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?”
Categories Capitalism, Class, Inequality Feminism Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality How Trafficking Became Sexy Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date September 1, 2004 Continue reading “How Trafficking Became Sexy”
