Categories Capitalism, Class, Inequality Gay Marriage Hate Crime Legislation Prison industrial complex Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality On Kink at Pride Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date June 8, 2021 Excerpt: The really radical act is to question the idea that any sexual act is somehow in itself transgressive. Continue reading “On Kink at Pride”
Categories Capitalism, Class, Inequality Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Jolene, Jolene, Jolene: On Blackness in Queen’s Gambit Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date June 4, 2021 Excerpt: But what if a more nuanced portrayal of their relationship, one that acknowledged that initial shock, existed? Continue reading “Jolene, Jolene, Jolene: On Blackness in Queen’s Gambit”
Categories Capitalism, Class, Inequality On Books and Publishing The Publishing World Is Like Fyre Fest Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date June 3, 2021 Excerpt: It’s a lifestyle many writers yearn for: unhurried, complacent, lots of manufactured insouciance, and lots of money to write about it all. Continue reading “The Publishing World Is Like Fyre Fest”
Categories Film, Art, Television, and Media Zombie Breasts Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date May 23, 2021 Excerpt: There need be no ponderous moments of tenderness or human connection. Continue reading “Zombie Breasts”
Categories Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Updates Yasmin's Media Appearances A Plan A Podcast on Celebrity, Adoption and Power Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date May 17, 2021 Continue reading “A Plan A Podcast on Celebrity, Adoption and Power”
Categories Capitalism, Class, Inequality Politics Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Adoption and the Burden of Whiteness Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date May 17, 2021 Excerpt: The problems facing adoptees of colour and white adoptees are different in many ways but no matter their colour, adoptees inevitably face the burdens of race. Continue reading “Adoption and the Burden of Whiteness”
Categories Labour Politics On Israel Killing Children Post author By Yasmin Nair Post date May 17, 2021 Excerpt: The killing of children is the point. Continue reading “On Israel Killing Children”
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”
