Yasmin Nair

Capitalism, Class, Inequality

What’s REALLY Weird About This iPhone Story?

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date September 21, 2013

iPhones are apparently the Beanie Babies – remember them? – of the phone world.

On Books and Publishing Queer Politics, Culture, and History

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore’s The End of San Francisco

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date September 13, 2013

“We were the beginning of the end and we didn’t know what to do because we’d just found the beginning.”

Chicago Chronicles Feminism Prison industrial complex Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Reporting

Angela Davis on Guns, Violence, and History

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date September 9, 2013

Prison abolitionist and activist Angela Davis was in Chicago Sept. 7, as the keynote speaker at “Bending the Arc,” a new symposium series in honor of late civil-rights attorney and activist Robert Howard.

Updates

Summer Update

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date August 30, 2013

Bathers (Summer Scene), 1869 - Frederic Bazille

Chicago Chronicles Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

Questions surround Howard Brown’s transition

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date August 26, 2013

After a particularly rocky period with the controversial Jamal Edwards at its head, Howard Brown Health Center (HBHC) seemed poised, if somewhat uneasily, to transition into a new period towards the end of 2012. After nearly a year, questions remain as projects have stalled and a new, permanent CEO has yet to be announced.

Prison industrial complex Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Reporting

Kaitlyn Hunt update: more controversy

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date August 25, 2013

Kaitlyn Hunt, the Sebastian, Fla., teenager who was charged with having sex with a minor girl, has recently found herself in more controversy and in jail. On August 19, Hunt was brought to the Indian River County Jail by her bail/bond agent and booked, according to reports.

Chicago Chronicles Hate Crime Legislation Prison industrial complex Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Reporting

Event looks at Trayvon Martin case through queer, feminist eyes

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date August 21, 2013

In the wake of the Trayvon Martin verdict, Chicago has seen several public events and workshops exploring its aftermath. On Aug. 15, queer and feminist scholars gathered at the famous Hull House for a panel titled, “Transformative Justice and The Trayvon Martin Case: A Consideration.”

Yasmin's Media Appearances

I’m on This List – And Not Blacklisted, for a Change!

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date August 13, 2013

Prison industrial complex Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Bars For Life: LGBTQs and Sex Offender Registries

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date August 5, 2013

“Within the next couple of years, we’re going to have a million sex offenders, people found guilty or who plead guilty. That’s an enormous population we’re going to isolate from mainstream society.”

Chicago Chronicles Prison industrial complex Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

Activists protest sexual abuse of incarcerated youth

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date August 4, 2013

On July 30, approximately 50 people gathered outside the Bilandic Building, 160 N. LaSalle St., to participate in a silent protest against the sexual abuse of incarcerated youth. The event, which began at 8:30 a.m., was scheduled before the Illinois House Restorative Justice Committee held a hearing in response to response to a recent Department of Justice (DoJ) report and findings.