Yasmin Nair

Larry Kramer, The Imitation Game, and the Gay Obsession With Exceptionalism

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date January 27, 2015

No one person, not even a fictionalised heroic gay genius, was responsible for “winning” a war whose convoluted political stakes have long been drowned out in public blather about the forces of good and evil.

Gay Marriage Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

The Gay Marriage Campaign Shamelessly Exploits Martin Luther King

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date January 19, 2015

As gay marriage becomes legal everywhere in the United States, marriage activists will eventually drop their pretenses at being inclusive.

Academia Labour

Solidarity without Affect: The MLA Subconference Enters Its Second Year

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date January 6, 2015

“Our struggle needs to be understood as capable of generating material and theoretical gains for us all, not less for the few through a misguided ‘race to the top.'”

Animals

Season’s Greetings, Love, and Molecules

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date December 24, 2014

“Did I make you happy?” is what I would ask him, and I think, I hope, I trust the answer would be yes.

Feminism Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Liberal Feminists and the Runaway Train of “Statistics”

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date December 11, 2014

Statistics are like Rorschach tests; they can be made to reveal anything at all.

Academia Feminism Film, Art, Television, and Media Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Rolling Stone Now Has “Reservations” about Its UVA Rape Story

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date December 5, 2014

I want us to think about rape as it happens situationally, not as “rape culture.”

Gay Marriage Queer Politics, Culture, and History

Charles Manson and Gay Marriage

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date November 18, 2014

“Seems oddly appropriate since marriage is a prison sentence.”

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

Introverts and the Kinsey Scale

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date November 9, 2014

Excerpt: Introverts are not Magical and Special People; they can be assholes like everyone else.

Chicago Chronicles People and Places to Support

Support Chicago Freedom School for A Better World!

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date October 28, 2014

I’m writing to ask people to support an organisation that is one of the few near and dear to my heart: Chicago Freedom School. On November 6, 2014, CFS will be hosting its Moments of Justice event, in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act.

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

On the Scent of Cum, Steam, and Gentrification

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date October 15, 2014

Excerpt: Every neighbourhood needs its bathhouse, and there was nothing like jizz in the air to make me feel at home.

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