Issues for the week of October 21, 2021 - Public Seminar

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Curated Essays for the

Week of October 21

Previous Weeks

End Times

A Conversation with Slavoj Žižek

Leonardo Caffo and Slavoj Zizek
The War on Trans

Did Judith Butler Really Say TERFs Are Fascists?

Hannah Leffingwell

PhD candidate in history, Institute of French Studies at New York University
Empty Consent

Unearthing the Complexities of Girlhood with Melissa Febos

Melissa Febos and Madeleine Janz

The Making of a Girl

Melissa Febos

Bestselling memoirist and Assistant Professor of Nonfiction Writing, University of Iowa
The Site of Trauma

Confronting Buried Sexual Trauma

Alexandra Kleeman and Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi

Savage Tongues

Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi

Author and PEN/Falkner Award winner
Only the Rich

“Opportunity Zones” Are a Game Only the Rich Can Play

Arlene Martínez

Communications Director at NGO Good Jobs First