Of course, main reason didn’t think to tell anyone: shame. But also, if being honest—good to be honest—fantasy of violence. Something bad happening, disruption to usual order of life, threat of bodily harm, if not actual thing.
— Elena Comay del Junco
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This may end up being the defining political moment of our lives. Act like your legacy depends on it. Speak out. Show up. Do something. Now is the time for courage
Philosophy professors across North America, Latin America, and Europe call to support the academic and cultural boycott of Israeli institutions, and to speak out fearlessly to advance the cause of Palestinian liberation and justice for all.
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Truly an epochal failure that almost nobody in the media suffered even minor, reputational consequences for parroting the lies that led to the Iraq invasion. Not the most important thing but—we really can’t let that happen again
Almost too obvious to be stated, but tying Jewish safety to support for the pariah state circling the drain of fascism into a black hole of death and destruction doesn’t seem good for Jewish safety
it's also important to note that a lot of Germans have very limited everyday experiences with Jewish people, and so both Jewish life and anti-Semitism are mystified, mythic abstractions—hence the official phrasing about Jewish life as "a sacred gift among us"
"There is no point in pretending that the critique of desire is easy. It is not. This doesn't mean it can be ignored — at least, if we don't want to end up in 2005 again," observes Elena on the messy legacy of Bush-era sexual politics and aesthetics. post45.org/2024/06/neithe…
“It was, intellectually and politically, a dark time: 2005…Crusaders for sexual morality never can seem to help veering into lurid fantasy, as titillating as it is terrifying.” Elena post45.org/2024/06/neithe…