Writer, Academic, Activist, Commentator

Category: Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Whose Gay History?: Review of Queer Clout

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date August 25, 2016

Segregation in this city is not some genteel agreement between the races and ethnicities to quietly live away from each other.

Animals Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

My Piece on “Racism and the American Pit Bull” Is Now Online at Current Affairs

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date August 11, 2016

The links between “animality” and race have always been vividly present even if never explicitly discussed.

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

Ghostbusters, Hillary Clinton, and Faux Feminism

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date August 6, 2016

We’re not obliged to prop up faux feminism: We can and should expect films that actually make strong feminist statements embedded in excellent writing and character development.

Capitalism, Class, Inequality Feminism Gay Marriage Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Yasmin's Media Appearances

“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.”

Chicago Chronicles Prison industrial complex Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Reporting

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.