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Reading and Rioting

Posted onAugust 23, 20112 Comments

My dear law school friend Sam Ames, tells all current and budding lawyers to read Tips for Communicating with Transgender Clients in Prisoners’ Rights Cases that was published by the Sylvia Rivera Law Project. If you are starting law school Read More …

CategoriesEducationTagsLaw school, riots, transgender, Undocumented, violence

Violence

Posted onAugust 1, 2011Leave a comment

We have a right to be angry when the communities we build that are supposed to be the model for a better, more just world harbor the same kinds of antiqueer, antiwoman, racist violence that pervades society. Recommended reading for Read More …

CategoriesGender, Politics, RacismTagspeace, state violence, violence

Critique of Professional

Posted onJuly 13, 20112 Comments

Warning: This blog post is not professional. But it is real. Can you deal with it? You say I’m “not professional enough.” I hear “you are not white enough.” Profession-al. It’s such a capitalist word, imbued in the disciplining of Read More …

CategoriesDiscourse Studies, Law school, Neo-LiberalismTagsburkha, ethics, hijab, Law school, professional, terrorism, unprofessional, violence, work

"If war breaks out between India and Pakistan, who would you support?"

Posted onJanuary 25, 2009Leave a comment

It wasn’t a serious question. It wasn’t something that he had considered. It was a hypothetical statement, maybe made in jest to get some conversation going with an otherwise quiet companion. I considered it for a second and answered: “First, Read More …

CategoriesDesiTagsdesi, India, Pakistan, violence, war

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