Categories Prison industrial complex Against Humanity: On Ma’Khia Bryant and George Floyd Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date April 23, 2021 A world where we believe that anyone deserves to die is a world devoid of humanity. Continue reading “Against Humanity: On Ma’Khia Bryant and George Floyd”
Categories Capitalism, Class, Inequality Chicago Chronicles Hate Crime Legislation On Adam Toledo As A Child Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date April 16, 2021 How different would our responses be if Toledo had been an adult facing the police and dropping the gun in exactly the same situation? Continue reading “On Adam Toledo As A Child”
Categories Capitalism, Class, Inequality Chicago Chronicles Pandemic On Guilt and Vaccinations Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date April 5, 2021 Guilt? We have no time for it. Continue reading “On Guilt and Vaccinations”
Categories Capitalism, Class, Inequality Film, Art, Television, and Media Pandemic WeWork, Or Give People Money Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date April 4, 2021 Money is a construct. Continue reading “WeWork, Or Give People Money”
Categories Politics No, Neera Tanden Was Not Cancelled over Her Tweets Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date March 3, 2021 The point of politics is to keep its ugliness hidden, not out in open view. Continue reading “No, Neera Tanden Was Not Cancelled over Her Tweets”
Categories Capitalism, Class, Inequality Feminism Politics Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality AOC and the Weaponisation of Trauma Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date February 27, 2021 Excerpt: It is a particular irony of the times we live in that a woman of colour helps to suspend any ongoing awareness of the deathliness of American history by retelling her personal trauma. Continue reading “AOC and the Weaponisation of Trauma”
Categories Feminism Politics What Does Your Politician Mean to You? Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date February 17, 2021 What should your politician do for you and what should your politician be to you: those are two entirely separate questions. Continue reading “What Does Your Politician Mean to You?”
Categories On Books and Publishing Buy That Book! Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date February 17, 2021 Continue reading “Buy That Book!”
Categories Feminism On Books and Publishing On Jane Austen’s Frederic and Elfrida Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date January 19, 2021 As if marital forms and not marriage itself were the problem… Continue reading “On Jane Austen’s Frederic and Elfrida”
Categories Film, Art, Television, and Media Yasmin's Media Appearances Current Affairs Podcast: The Arts Industry, In Two Parts Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date December 18, 2020 Continue reading “Current Affairs Podcast: The Arts Industry, In Two Parts”
