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

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Curated Essays for the

Week of October 21

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