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Adopting Difference: Race, Sex, and the Archaeology of Power in the Farrow-Allen Case

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date January 7, 2020

Taking all these intertwining histories into account reveals an archaeology of power. This is not just a history of Farrow’s life, but a cultural history of the link between celebrity, adoption, and the idealisation of the nation-state. Originally published May 3, 2014

Tags Celebrity, Film, Hollywood, Mia Farrow, Television, Woody Allen

Capitalism, Class, Inequality Gay Marriage Politics Queer Politics, Culture, and History

American Gay: Pete Buttigieg and the Politics of Forgetting

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date June 18, 2019

Excerpt: The problem with Pete Buttigieg is not that he is homonormative or assimilationist, but that he represents a new will to forgetfulness on the part of the United States, a will embedded in a desire to recreate not just this country but the world in the cast of a new, gayer imperialism.

Capitalism, Class, Inequality Feminism Gay Marriage On Books and Publishing Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Polyamory Is Gay Marriage for Straight People

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date February 15, 2019

Excerpt: The problem with relationships is not that individuals engage in them in particular ways, but that systems compel individuals to relate to each other in particular ways.

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On Writing with Pain

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date June 28, 2018

The ongoing pain has forced me to reconfigure my schedule to prioritise the projects that need to get done—like finishing the proposal and producing work for my website and my supporters and subscribers—and to simply say no to anything that does not go towards all that.

Academia Film, Art, Television, and Media On Books and Publishing

A World of Shame: Time, Belonging, and Social Media

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date June 12, 2018

Excerpt: This is a murder mystery without a murder. Think of it like a Brian De Palma movie from the 1970s: a streetwalker is found dead in an alleyway, and the detective assigned to the case is about to write it up as another transaction gone awry until he begins to see the clues that […]

Capitalism, Class, Inequality Feminism Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Abortive Reasoning: What’s Wrong with the Reproductive Rights Debate

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date June 1, 2017

The tyranny of experience in abortion rights discourse has potentially disastrous consequences.

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Hammers and Nails and Cats, Oh My!

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date May 30, 2017

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Cat Ladies Rejoice!

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date May 23, 2017

Unless you’re an actual — and Western-based — doctor, please don’t write to me to ask what I have and to diagnose my conditions without seeing me, or to tell me which magical Eastern plant or some hour-long cooking regimen and meditation really worked for you; I’m really not interested (using a Neti pot is […]

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The GRANDMOTHER of All Updates

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date May 12, 2017

Remember the rule: Dance like you’re alone in your living room. Email like every word you spit out could one day become part of something like a Jenny Holzer series set in Times Square. With your name and address attached.

Capitalism, Class, Inequality Chicago Chronicles Labour Politics Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Bitches of Capitalism: My Speech on International Working Women’s Day, March 8

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date March 17, 2017