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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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ViewpointIsrael & Palestine
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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ViewpointCulture
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
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Culture
What Succession Teaches Us About Capitalism
The HBO hit series reminds us capitalism cannot be reformed, it must be destroyed.
Yasmin Nair
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Culture
Succession Series Finale: Here Be No Monsters
On Succession and the mobility of capitalism.
Yasmin Nair
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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
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Culture
The New Judge Judy Is As Classist As Ever
How a TV justice extends contempt for the poor.
Yasmin Nair
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Culture
The Feminist Utopia Project Isn’t Utopian Just Yet
What's missing? Age diversity and an economic analysis.
Yasmin Nair
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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
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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
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Feature
The Same-Sex Marriage Trap
'The Marrying Kind?' dances around queer critiques of gay marriage.
Yasmin Nair
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Feature
When XXX Doesn’t Mark the Spot
What censoring online porn means for queer youth (and everyone else)
Yasmin Nair
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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
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Culture
Saints and Sinners
Stephen Jimenez's new book, The Book of Matt, aims to de-mythologize Matthew Shepard.
Yasmin Nair
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Culture
Are We Fabulous Yet?
The tyranny of queer beauty.
Yasmin Nair
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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