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Weaponizing Disability

Liat Ben-Moshe

The above image shows a Palestinian man who is a double leg amputee (as a result of being shot by the Israeli Defense Forces) who is sitting on the ground in a sandy area with barbed wire behind him. His … Continue reading “Weaponizing Disability”

October 25, 2018 | Features

Ecologies of Sex, Sensation, and Slow Death

jasbir puar

There are many things lost in the naming of a death as a “gay youth suicide.” I want to focus on two aspects of this naming: one, what is contained in the category of sexuality and two, what … Continue reading “Ecologies of Sex, Sensation, and Slow Death”

November 22, 2010 | Features