A despicable political ad exploiting a rival’s childhood sexual abuse draws a cheer of “Thank God” from America’s corrupter-in-chief, illustrating how low he and his party have sunk.
Thank God for Child Sex Abuse Read More »
The Cow, Michel Foucault, and Our Society: A Critical History of an Innocent Animal
গরু, মিশেল ফুকো ও আমাদের সমাজ; একটি নিরীহ প্রাণীর অনিরীহ ইতিহাস Read More »
Backlash means something more than an organised reaction against political change. When it infringes on the person, it becomes deeply personal.
Backlash Never Left Me! Read More »
When the LGBT+ community, who seek the same rights and protections enjoyed by non-LGBT+ people, is equated with those who believe in and carry out terror attacks, this ends up eroding and erasing rights as a generality.
The Year I Became a Terrorist: Criminalization and Re-Criminalization of LGBT+ Identity Read More »
Calling something backlash assigns a reactive nature to the target, reducing an incredibly nuanced and intricate position to a black-and-white issue.
When Doubt is Read as Defiance: What We Miss by Calling It Backlash Read More »
In Sudan, a revolution raised the banner of freedom to topple an authoritarian regime. But its opponents used perceptions entrenched under authoritarianism to stir fear of and backlash against that very freedom.
Don’t Climb the Ladder: Sudan’s December Revolution and the Backlash Within Read More »
Western discourse that belittled the democratic struggles during the Arab Spring may have been a backlash in itself.
Western Discourse’s “Backlash” from the Arab Spring Perspective Read More »
Backlash is not defined by a battle between progress and reactionism, but by how an individual might be affected by the entanglement of multiple strands of power, each claiming to represent the truth.
Backlash: The Body Remembers Read More »
Again and again / I will write the same; / I love this world /and it’s insane / that we don’t do it justice
Poetry is Political Read More »
Building solidarity and being always right are not the same project and often drive exclusion and marginalization, weaponizing discourses that thrive on hate.
The Distance We Make: the Politics of Language and Belonging Read More »
In Afghanistan, behind every girl kept out of school or university are years of opportunity, education, and hope, and behind every woman pushed out of work are knowledge and experience that cannot easily be replaced.
From Opportunity to Restriction: Afghan Women and the Cost of a Reversed Path Read More »
