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On Books and Publishing Yasmin's Media Appearances

My “The Politics of Publishing” Is Out in Current Affairs

Fixing the publishing industry will require eliminating exploitation, not just improving representation.

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Capitalism, Class, Inequality On Books and Publishing Yasmin's Media Appearances

I was on the Current Affairs Podcast, Talking about Publishing

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Politics

Every President Is a Sociopath

Official portrait of President Donald J. Trump, Friday, October 6, 2017. (Official White House photo by Shealah Craighead)
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Animals Pandemic

Piglet

Excerpt: I did a double take and checked: yes, a pig. 

Is that a small village or just a really big pig?
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Chicago Chronicles Pandemic

I’m Now on Instagram

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Pandemic

A Mask Is A Paper Bag for Your Eggs

Insert your nightmare here, and understand that it’s quite likely to happen.

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Queer Politics, Culture, and History Updates Yasmin's Media Appearances

I was on Montreal’s Queer Corps Radio Hour

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Pandemic

Shame

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Prison industrial complex Yasmin's Media Appearances

I Was Interviewed for an Elite Daily Piece on Abolition

Francisco Jose de Goya etching "Little Prisoner"

“There are forms of policing that have nothing to do with walls. We have to understand the brutality of the prison-industrial complex, and we have to understand that we have normalized the existence of the prison-industrial complex in our lives.”

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Animals On Books and Publishing Yasmin's Media Appearances

A “Min-terview” with Current Affairs, Where I Am Confronted about My Kitten-Eating Habits and I Also Take on the World of Publishing

A great book is like the memory of an excellent conversation: it lasts and returns in intangible ways for years and shifts your thinking. 

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