Sublime
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“Drag artist don’t always want to become activists, we often become so accidentally. gay bars, balls and private parties may start as sites of escapist utopia and fantasy, but they cane become revolutionary in the face of arrest, violence, and erasure.”
Sasha Velour, The Big Reveal
“From one white person to another its [sic] on US to end White Supremacy #whitework.” Her name was Heather Marie Scholl, and McInnes’s interview with her went so viral that it has more views than all of his other episodes combined (despite other guests including such heavy hitters as Tucker Carlson and Ann Coulter).
Michael Malice • The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics
While we still seem to be caught in the treacherous segue between stories, those cast as victims in old master narratives are writing themselves anew.
Ruha Benjamin • Imagination: A Manifesto (A Norton Short)
Analyzing sexism through female celebrities is a catnip pedagogical method: it takes a beloved cultural pastime (calculating the exact worth of a woman) and lends it progressive political import.