Tag: Dissent
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Painting over the Landlord Special: Fireplace Edition
On undoing the aesthetic damage wrought by landlords’ overzealous painters.
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Sports and Religion, in Iran and in General: comments on comments made in a recent BBC show on the Protests in Iran
Two thought-provoking comments from an episode of BBC’s “Heart and Soul” on the protests in Iran: girls’ sports and religion from a historian’s perspective.
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What’s an Expat to Do?
Thoughts on anti-regime protests by Iranian expats at embassies around the world, and of the decision to stay or go that I’ve always known I’d have to make.
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Anyone for Lysistrata? Or, Towards a sex-strike for abortion rights, via Aristophanes’ Comedy
Proposing a sex strike for women’s rights, esp. reproductive care, following Aristophanes’ model, Lysistrata
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On My Palestinian Flag
Reflections on advocating for disadvantaged peoples who’ve faced oppression far worse than what’s being inflicted in Ukraine, but whose oppression comes with US-tax-dollar funding.
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Is It You or Is It The Systems?
An intervention: stop blaming yourself for systemic problems! Instead let’s remake the systems together!
Another Neurodivergent Queer Writes A Blog! 