Fires Everywhere
James Baldwin, a gender reveal party and a new ebook from the New School Histories seminar
Race
Justin A. Joyce and Dwight A. McBride, “James Baldwin and the Fire This Time: Good trouble and the courage to hope.” (Sptember 9, 2020)
Thomas A. Foster, “Who Owns the Evidence of Slavery’s Violence? A lawsuit against Harvard University demands the return of an ancestor’s stolen image.” September 10, 2020)
Rogers Brubaker, “The Danger of Race Reductionism: Two prominent Black leftists warn that simplistic views about “white supremacy” will undermine the fight for social justice.” (September 10, 2020)
Politics
John Stoehr, “White Liberals Must Face the Truth: Donald Trump represents all Republicans: The GOP isn’t a deranged cult. It’s a party of dangerous politics.” (September 10, 2020)
Stefania deKennessey, “When Empires Implode: Does the collapse of the Inca empire teach a lesson about the contemporary United States?” (September 10, 2020)
Sex & Gender
Emily Rutherford, “Can We Talk About Sex? Please? A review of Jennifer Hirsch’s and Shamus Khan’s Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus.” (September 10, 2020)
Benjamin Bernard, “What the “Gender Reveal” Reveals: And what the party that caused California’s El Dorado fire was really all about.” (September 10, 2020)
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Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela and Neil J. Young, “Ron Jeremy and the Adult Film Industry’s #MeToo Problem: Past Present, Episode 245.” (September 8, 2020)
New School Histories
Julia Foulkes and Mark Larrimore, “Realizing The New School: A downloadable collection of essays documents lessons from the past as a university looks to its future.” (September 10, 2020)