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Donald’s Dick

A Man Against the Institutions

November 4, 2016 • by Roger Friedland

This election is about the sex of state. In the eyes of millions of his supporters, particularly the men who would make him President, America’s manhood is at stake. Donald Trump is running as an erect phallus, a sexually aggressive man who can break through the forms, crush our enemies ...

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The Postcoloniality of Gender

October 27, 2016 • by Esther Franke

This post is part of the Bodies, Gender, and Domination OOPS Series. To elucidate further the connection among (post)colonialism, gender, and domination, two texts in particular come to mind: Chandra Mohanty’s “Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses” from 1984 and M. Jacqui Alexander’s “Not Just (Any)Body Can Be A ...

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Trump and the End of America’s Dreaming

October 26, 2016 • by Christopher Lebron

The other day as my son and I walked to his school, he began riffing -- as 5 year-olds are wont to do -- on the wonder of the police. As most kids do at some point, he has developed an interest in uniformed public servants. The police interest him ...

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Prince’s Little Red Corvette

October 21, 2016 • by Julia Ott

This submissions was part of the #PurpleReigns: A Tribute to Prince event hosted at the New School, Friday, September 23rd. My Facebook feed filled with amazing stories after Prince died. Revelations sparked by his songs; his mystique. Transformations sparked by fleeting encounters with the enigmatic Artist. But I hesitated to share my ...

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Presidential Debates, Stop and Frisk, and Fat Shaming

Past Present Episode 53

October 6, 2016 • by Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela and Neil J. Young

In this week's episode, Niki, Natalia, and Neil discuss the presidential debates, the constitutionality of stop and frisk, and obesity and medical care. Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: Do presidential debates change election results? Natalia pointed to research that showed debates had only small electoral ...

Presidential Debates, Stop and Frisk, and Fat Shaming

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Football and Protesting: America’s Pastimes

October 4, 2016 • by Kathy Smith

With the start of autumn in the United States comes apple pie, fall foliage, and football season. The National Football League’s (NFL) 2016 season was kicked off by an unusual symbolic protest that has spurred a national conversation. Colin Kaepernick, a biracial quarterback on the San Francisco 49ers, decided to ...

Football and Protesting: America’s Pastimes

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Mother Teresa, the Alt-Right, and Taco Trucks

Past Present Episode 50

September 29, 2016 • by Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela and Neil J. Young

In this week's episode, Neil, Niki, and Natalia debate the canonization of Mother Teresa, the rise of the alt-right, and the menace of taco trucks. Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: Mother Teresa has been declared St. Teresa by Pope Francis. Natalia noted the controversy that has ...

Mother Teresa, the Alt-Right, and Taco Trucks

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Against Exceptionalism, Beyond Triumphalism

A Review of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture

September 24, 2016 • by Jay Driskell

On 13 April 1943, on the 200^th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson’s birth, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt dedicated the Jefferson Memorial to the nation’s third president. Facing a sharp wind blowing in from the Potomac, the president admired the heroic statue and read the famous words that grace the interior walls of ...

Against Exceptionalism, Beyond Triumphalism

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Regarding the Violence in Charlotte

September 24, 2016 • by Zachary Sunderman

An open letter to those with misplaced priorities. You're not honest. You act like you're so disgusted by protests and violence, but there's something that disgusts you even more, and that's admitting and addressing the scourge of racism that exists all throughout our cities and, quite possibly, in your own mind. Otherwise, ...

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Presidential Health, Free Pre-K, and Star Trek

Past Present Episode 51

September 22, 2016 • by Neil J. Young, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela and Nicole Hemmer

Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: Hillary Clinton’s team announced she has pneumonia after she fell ill at the 9/11 commemoration. Neil argued anxiety over Clinton’s health was really partisan politics, fueled by internet conspiracies like the “Hillary Clinton Parkinson’s” videos. Natalia responded the Hillary ...

Presidential Health, Free Pre-K, and Star Trek

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Rap’s Civility Game

September 9, 2016 • by Lisa Aslanian

What we can do as artists is inspire people to give a fuck -Vic Mensa, from “16 Shots,” a song about the killing of Laquan McDonald by Chicago police. I should start this letter with a disclaimer. I am not a student of music, rap, or Black activism. All that I ...