Yasmin Nair

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

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date May 7, 2014

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. …

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

Why Now? Introducing the Allen-Farrow Series

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date May 1, 2014

Capitalism, Class, Inequality

On Cravings, Illness, and Chana Masala

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date April 24, 2014

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.

Chicago Chronicles Feminism Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

Statue stolen from HBHC Peace Garden again

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date April 13, 2014

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.

Yasmin's Media Appearances

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

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date April 7, 2014

Chicago Chronicles Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

As Munar leaves, John Peller discusses taking over AFC

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date April 2, 2014

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

Scabs and the Seduction of Neoliberalism

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date March 19, 2014

Excerpt: 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.

Capitalism, Class, Inequality Feminism On Books and Publishing Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

My Review of Sex Workers Unite!

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date March 16, 2014

The history of urban centers is, in palpable ways, the history of their sex workers.

Sex Workers Unite: A History of the Movement from Stonewall to SlutWalk by [Chateauvert, Melinda]

Immigration On Books and Publishing

Jacobinned: The Story Behind the Story Jacobin Refused to Publish

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date March 15, 2014

Our work and analyses face the greatest obstacles not from the familiar bogey-man, the Right, but from a Left which is terrified of being called racist because it has painted itself into the corner of identitarianism, where politics is judged solely by the history of oppressions that can be claimed.

Immigration Labour

“Undocumented”: How an Identity Ended a Movement

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date March 13, 2014

Excerpt: Capital and capitalism flow unimpeded through the body of the “Undocumented and Unafraid” immigrant figure, whose only purpose is to solidify the presence of a benevolent neoliberal state through a litany of affective narratives.