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My Review of “Resisterectomy” in the Chicago Reader and Chicago Sun-Times

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“Resisterectomy” locates gender not as a finite end but as a more fraught series of questions.

Mary Bryson, from "Resisterectomy"

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Margot Weiss talks BDSM and sexuality

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“I’ll leave this with Patrick Califia’s words: ‘I do not believe that we can fuck our way to freedom.'”


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Why Is America Turning to Shit?

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If we are to truly reimagine the place of shit in our lives, we need to consider the harsh realities of who gets to shit in peace, and who gets to clean it up afterwards.

Toilet in Uganda, by Sustainable Sanitation.


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No More City on a Hill: Interview with Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

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Because it’s when you really believe in people, that’s when they can really let you down.


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Review of Stephen Jimenez’s new book, The Book of Matt

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In the annals of vengeance disguised as justice, the point, it seemed, was not to condemn the murders committed by the state, but to celebrate innocence. 


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Feminism Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Are We Fabulous Yet?

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What happens to those who don’t transition so beautifully?


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

Trans activist Dean Spade holds court at DePaul

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Noted trans activist, attorney, Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) founder and author Dean Spade was in Chicago presenting on his book, Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics and the Limits of Law. The event took place Sept. 24 in the DePaul Student Center.


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Angela Davis on Guns, Violence, and History

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Prison abolitionist and activist Angela Davis was in Chicago Sept. 7, as the keynote speaker at “Bending the Arc,” a new symposium series in honor of late civil-rights attorney and activist Robert Howard.


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Kaitlyn Hunt update: more controversy

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Kaitlyn Hunt, the Sebastian, Fla., teenager who was charged with having sex with a minor girl, has recently found herself in more controversy and in jail. On August 19, Hunt was brought to the Indian River County Jail by her bail/bond agent and booked, according to reports.


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Event looks at Trayvon Martin case through queer, feminist eyes

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In the wake of the Trayvon Martin verdict, Chicago has seen several public events and workshops exploring its aftermath. On Aug. 15, queer and feminist scholars gathered at the famous Hull House for a panel titled, “Transformative Justice and The Trayvon Martin Case: A Consideration.”


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