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You Exist Too Much and the Politics of Otherness
Photo by Ali Ahmadi on Unsplash Not all novels that wrestle with race do so explicitly. Some, like Zaina Arafat’s You Exist Too Much, move through themes of gender, sexuality, religion, and mental health—revealing how deeply they intertwine with the politics of race and belonging. At the center of Arafat’s debut is a Palestinian-American narrator…
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Why Black, Queer, and Feminist Politics Are Essential for Radical Change
Photo by Christian Agbede on Unsplash One of the most common questions people ask in movement spaces is: why do we need to talk about race, gender, and sexuality all at once? Isn’t that too much to hold? In her powerful book, Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements, Charlene A. Carruthers…
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Existentialism, Bad Faith, and the Trap of Comfort in Gender and Sexuality
Photo by Teslariu Mihai on Unsplash Existentialist philosophers remind us that human beings often choose comfort over conflict. To live in bad faith, as Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir argue, is to surrender freedom for the security of familiarity. Instead of embracing responsibility for our choices, we cling to patterns and roles that feel…