Yasmin Nair

“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.

On Books and Publishing

Scabs: Academics and Others Who Write for Free

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date March 11, 2014

Excerpt: Those who write for free or very little simply because they can afford to are scabs.

Machinery Painting - South Wall Of A Mural Depicting Detroit Industry by Diego Rivera

Tags Scabs, Writers

Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

The Refusal to Fuck

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date March 4, 2014

Politics

“Yes, But What’s YOUR Solution?”

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date February 26, 2014

The fact is that there can be no remedy without a proper diagnosis.

Chicago Chronicles Feminism Immigration

On Malayalam and Melancholia

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date February 21, 2014

Yasmin's Media Appearances

Corey Robin’s Generous Shout-Out to Me

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date February 21, 2014

Film, Art, Television, and Media Prison industrial complex Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

My Interview with Laverne Cox in In These Times

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date February 21, 2014

“I’d be doing myself and my community a disservice if I didn’t speak in an intersectional way.”

Gay Marriage On Books and Publishing

My Review of “The Marrying Kind?” Is in In These Times

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date February 13, 2014

No amount of fisting, fucking, fellatio, cunninglus or S/M…actually shifts the meaning of marriage within the state itself.

Chicago Chronicles Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

David Munar will head Howard Brown center [includes video interview]

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date February 12, 2014

Longtime AIDS and LGBT health advocate David Munar will take over the troubled Howard Brown Health Center ( HBHC ) as its new president and CEO starting April 1.

Feminism Film, Art, Television, and Media Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Reporting

Pratibah Parmar discusses Alice Walker’s ‘Truth’

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date February 5, 2014

Pratibha Parmar is an acclaimed filmmaker, among the first of a generation of queer British filmmakers who were also people of color. Among her many noteworthy films are Reframing AIDS (1987) and Khush (1991). In 1993, she made Warrior Marks, a film about female genital mutilation, based on a book by Alice Walker and Parmar. Warrior Marks was controversial amongst many who opposed Walker and Parmar’s political stance against FGM, but cemented a long-standing collaboration and friendship between the two women.