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Feminism Film, Art, Television, and Media

Somaly Mam, Nicholas Kristof, and the Real Sex Trafficking Story

Excerpt: Nicholas Kristof’s collected work on sex trafficking constitutes a masturbatory text, allowing do-gooders everywhere to stroke and erect their unspoken desires about rescuing sad, tormented women.

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

Is Your Reading Material Ethically Sourced?

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Academia Film, Art, Television, and Media

Paul Krugman, CUNY, and the fallacy of “The 99%”

The problem can only be resolved if we do away with adjuncts entirely.

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On Books and Publishing

My Review of Jo Becker’s Controversial New Book on Gay Marriage

An epic tale of a band of brave heroes and the foolish combatants who dared to try to vanquish them, a kind of gay “Lord of the Rings,” but with men in dark bespoke suits instead of magic armor and cloaks. …

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

Why Now? Introducing the Allen-Farrow Series

This shit’s complicated

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Capitalism, Class, Inequality

On Cravings, Illness, and Chana Masala

I’ll be the first to admit that chana masala, like good or even decent pound cake, is best made from scratch but there’s a time and place for that, and a time and place for simply throwing everything into a pot and crossing your fingers that you end up with something edible. 

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Chicago Chronicles Feminism Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

Statue stolen from HBHC Peace Garden again

A statue commemorating the late Mary York, the lesbian attorney and community activist who died of cancer in 2008, has been stolen from the Howard Brown Health Center ( HBHC ) Peace Garden.

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Yasmin's Media Appearances

“Scabs” Is Mentioned in The Nation’s Julia Wong Column

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Chicago Chronicles Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

As Munar leaves, John Peller discusses taking over AFC

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

Scabs and the Seduction of Neoliberalism

If you’re going to be a working writer or any kind of “creative professional,” demand the same kind of respect you would give to someone who fixes your plumbing.  

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