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The Feminist Utopia Project Isn’t Utopian Just Yet

The problem here is that greed is situated as an emotional and cultural value, rather than as what it is: a structural component of capitalism.

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Oscars: Diversity Is Not the Problem

The Academy operates like a corporation, and like every corporation it will work hard to maintain its facade of diversity.  

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I’m a Freelance Writer. I Refuse to Work for Free.

You’re not doing it for the money, but you’re making it impossible for me to earn a living.

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How to Be Poor

Excerpt: When we berate the poor for their “waste” or, for that matter, the rich for their “excess,” we are simply engaging in personalised narratives that do nothing to explain or even reveal the larger systems of power at work.

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The Irony of Writing About Poverty On Medium

Excerpt: What is it about writing that we don’t see it as something that deserves compensation as labour?  And why do we think that it’s okay to pay millionaires and billionaires with our labor instead of demanding that they pay us?

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How Gay Money Became Gay Wealth: A Fable

Excerpt: This is not a woman who was hit hard by the taxes but, rather, someone angry that she had to pay them in the first place.

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Twitter Trials: Why I Am Writing about Suey Park

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Weekly Roundup: November 22

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On Power Couples

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Weekly Roundup: November 11, 2015

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