Yasmin Nair is a writer, academic, and activist. She’s an editor at large at Current Affairs, on the editorial board of the Anarchist Review of Books, co-founder of the radical queer editorial collective Against Equality and the (Volunteer) Policy Director of Gender JUST. She’s currently working on her book Strange Love: A History of Social Justice And Why It Needs To Die. Her writing can be found at www.yasminnair.com.
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Thomas Friedman Is a Dinosaur, and a New World Is Here
"Ultimately, Friedman’s latest op-ed isn’t really a criticism of Israel’s actions—it’s a plea that Israel please, please make sure people don’t think badly of its actions."
Yasmin Nair
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On Lizzo and Sex and Bananas, Oh My!
At the end of the day, the Lizzo story is not about sex: it’s about labor.
Yasmin Nair
Culture
What Succession Teaches Us About Capitalism
The HBO hit series reminds us capitalism cannot be reformed, it must be destroyed.
Yasmin Nair
Culture
Succession Series Finale: Here Be No Monsters
On Succession and the mobility of capitalism.
Yasmin Nair
Culture
Sex and the City's Soft White Supremacy
The new non-white BFFs just serve as accessories (to the white women at the center of the show)
Yasmin Nair
Culture
The New Judge Judy Is As Classist As Ever
How a TV justice extends contempt for the poor.
Yasmin Nair
Culture
The Feminist Utopia Project Isn’t Utopian Just Yet
What's missing? Age diversity and an economic analysis.
Yasmin Nair
Feature
The Reign of Whitey Is Never Over
Orange Is the New Black's second season still falls flat on class and race.
Yasmin Nair
Feature
Laverne Cox: Transforming Hollywood
The trailblazing Orange is the New Black star has become a powerful voice for trans people, including CeCe McDonald.
Yasmin Nair
Feature
The Same-Sex Marriage Trap
'The Marrying Kind?' dances around queer critiques of gay marriage.
Yasmin Nair
Feature
When XXX Doesn’t Mark the Spot
What censoring online porn means for queer youth (and everyone else)
Yasmin Nair
Feature
No More City on a Hill
San Francisco isn't some carefree utopia for queer people, says trans activist Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore.
Yasmin Nair
Culture
Saints and Sinners
Stephen Jimenez's new book, The Book of Matt, aims to de-mythologize Matthew Shepard.
Yasmin Nair
Culture
Are We Fabulous Yet?
The tyranny of queer beauty.
Yasmin Nair
Feature
White Chick Behind Bars
Netflix's Orange is the New Black gets an 'A' on queer issues, a 'C' on race and an 'F' on class.
Yasmin Nair