Writer, Academic, Activist, Commentator

Category: Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

“The Political Is Political”: I’m Profiled in Salvage

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date July 25, 2016

“But, as compelling and scandalising as her campaigning around gay marriage with Against Equality is, it is far from the only place she’s causing a stir.”

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Talking with prison abolitionist Mariame Kaba

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date May 11, 2016

Film, Art, Television, and Media Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Maurice Sendak on Tomi Ungerer, and The King’s Speech

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date May 2, 2016

“Like we give a shit whether he stuttered or not. And you know, that’s just dumb. That’s just so dumb.“

Capitalism, Class, Inequality Feminism Film, Art, Television, and Media Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Suey Park and the Afterlife of Twitter

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date April 4, 2016

Excerpt: Twitter is not merely a symptom of a public sphere but a platform that is bound up with the primary dictate of neoliberalism: Make yourself or die.

Capitalism, Class, Inequality Feminism Film, Art, Television, and Media Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Suey Park: Images

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date April 3, 2016

This document is a collection of images referenced in “Suey Park and the Afterlife of Twitter.” It will be constantly updated with more as the series progresses.

All images are screencaps from public Instagram and Twitter accounts.