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Calling South Asian Youth: Apply for DC Desi Summer
I will be part of the team this summer in Washington D.C. Last year, I spoke at the Bay Area Solidarity Summer, the sister program on the West Coast. Please spread the word to your friends and family members, and Read More …
A Queer Theory Approach to On Dharun Ravi, Tyler Clementi and “It Gets Better”
“So Clementi’s suicide quite predictably, occasioned a vicious Anti-Asian backlash that was replete with overdetermined notions of Asian homophobia and predictable calls to go back to your country. This is all the more ironic because they came from New Jersey.” Read More …
Living the Dream
My take on Marco Rubio and the GOP’s sudden desire to have their own version of the DREAM Act is here. Mohammad and I were quoted in Florida Independent as being open to Rubio’s proposal, which is causing some heart-burn Read More …
Guest Lecturing at Swarthmore
I turned up at Swarthmore College on Saturday afternoon, just in time for my lecture workshop on “Regulating Bodies: Queerness, Immigration and the State.” A live blog is here. I particularly wanted to move beyond talking about our lives in Read More …
Battling HisPANICization
“I am Retired Republican conservative senior and I believe in your cause… but I want to make a comment you need to pass on to others…Do not use signs in Spanish [or] Mexican flags [or] español. If you want to Read More …