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Politics

A Socialist Alderman for Chicago?

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You might ask: What is the political agenda of the average Chicago socialist?  That, my friends, is a mystery.


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Film, Art, Television, and Media Queer Politics, Culture, and History

My review of the Queer Art Show, “Strange Bedfellows,” Chicago Reader

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It leaves open the many questions it raises: What do we mean by queer art today? Who makes it? Do we still need it?


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Chicago Chronicles Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

Howard Brown terminates several staff

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Following whispers that Howard Brown Health Center is set to hire a new leader of the organization, as reported last week in Windy City Times, comes news of employment terminations at the agency.


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Capitalism, Class, Inequality Labour

Nonprofit Housing: The Soup Kitchen Approach to “Social Justice”

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“Why does a willingness to accept lower wages (much lower wages than for-profits) seem to be an indicator or qualification for one’s job in the nonprofit sector?”


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Chicago Chronicles Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

HBHC could see new director soon

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Howard Brown Health Center is due to make significant changes in the following weeks, including possibly hiring a new leader, according to sources contacted by Windy City Times.


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Film, Art, Television, and Media Queer Politics, Culture, and History

When XXX Doesn’t Mark the Spot: What censoring online porn means for queer youth (and everyone else), In These Times

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Ultimately, neoliberal controls will make access limitless for the affluent and miserly for the rest.


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Gay Marriage On Books and Publishing Queer Politics, Culture, and History

My Review of “The Battle over Marriage” Is Just Out in the Chicago Reader

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She takes their claims at face value.

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Academia Capitalism, Class, Inequality Film, Art, Television, and Media Labour On Books and Publishing

On Writers as Scabs, Whores, and Interns, And the Jacobin Problem

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Left publishing will increasingly be filled with lots of timid writing that doesn’t require the hard skills that experienced writers might bring to their work.


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Capitalism, Class, Inequality Feminism Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Confession, Neoliberalism, and The Big Reveal

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No tragic dramas? Make them up! But, always: Confess and Reveal.


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On Books and Publishing

Writing and Wanking

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We’re all such a bunch of pretentious wankers anyway.


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