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On Buzzfeed and misogyny

It seems like only yesterday that, at least in my friend circles, mocking Buzzfeed was a spectator sport. Then came writers (several of whom I count as friends) like Hayes Brown and Tom Gara, Sara Yasin and Jina Moore and Sheera Frankel, and I could no longer ignore their news section. And many of their […]

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I am a migrant, but.

I am a migrant amongst migrants but I don’t have to beg borrow or prove myself I don’t have to stand in the cold waiting with hope for someone to let me pass   I am a migrant but I walked right in blue passport in hand while they welcomed me with nothing more than […]

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On “Memories”

One nifty effect of Facebook’s “Memories” feature is that, because I’ve posted a lot about news and issues related to my work over the years, I can see what was happening in a given week over the past ten(!!) or so years that I’ve had a Facebook account. Of course, this is ultimately depressing, because […]