Posts tagged Subaltern

Prop. 8 and Straight White (Male)...

By Prerna on November 12, 2008
Prop. 8 and Straight White (Male) Politics

What is up with the Keith Olbermann video doing the rounds? You would think someone delivered a sermon or message from Jesus the way people are raving about it on Digg. Why does it take a straight, white male ally to talk about ‘gay marriage’ in... [+]

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12Nov

The Invisibles that Made the Beijing...

By Prerna on August 19, 2008
The Invisibles that Made the Beijing Games – Dark Side of the Olympics

I mentioned earlier that the computer-generated 55-second video footage of giant fireworks on film at the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics was pure simulacrum–with no relation to ‘reality.’ It turns out that there was more “staging” than meets the eye at the 2008 Beijing... [+]

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19Aug

Deportation Delayed for Arthur...

By Prerna on June 11, 2008
Deportation Delayed for Arthur Mkoyan

It really wouldn't come down to this last minute gamble, if Congress had demonstrated some leadership and enacted the DREAM Act. Arthur Mkoyan and his family are no longer being deported thanks to Senator Feinstein who filed a private bill on their behalf. Yet, their... [+]

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11Jun

Documenting my thought processes -...

By Prerna on June 5, 2008
Documenting my thought processes – Guidelines for research

After finishing a review for a journal, I am still in an academic mode. I thought I would share my thought processes here. These are mere guidelines I use when researching, writing or trying to understand all sorts of phenomenon.  I suppose it is an... [+]

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05Jun

If history is indeed written by...

By Prerna on May 13, 2008
If history is indeed written by victors…

I take great inspiration from this quote by Jennifer Beals at an NAACP event a few years ago: “It has been said, ‘History is written by the victors.’ I take this to mean we can make ourselves victorious by writing, and then rewriting our own stories.... [+]

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13May