My American Concubine
My American concubine gives me everything I need. She is sexy, soothing, and so so sweet. I like the way her nails scratch my scalp. How she traces the shell of my ear and whispers that I am loved. that…
Anonymous
After Mosab Abu Toha
I saw the best minds of your generation squished like flies between headlines. Above: Sofia Coppola’s Latest Release? A Lip Balm. Below that: Three days after the Israeli military announced it was conducting “extensive strikes” on Hamas targets, the death…
Hunger for Holiness
I was born from hunger to feed your appetiteUnited from rib to make you wholeTear me to pieces until I satisfyChew my bones and eat my fleshFeast upon my insidesAbuse my creation From clay I was molded by the creatorGranted…
O Holy Night
Jesus is alongside us, a partner in fighting for a better world. Jesus is relational, Jesus is radical. “Chains shall He break, for the slave is our brother/And in His name, all oppression shall cease”. May we follow his example in our own work.
Indianapolis City Council Refuses to Call for a Ceasefire
On Monday night there was a council meeting to introduce a ceasefire proposal for the city of Indianapolis. A member took a vote to completely remove it off the agenda for the 5th month in a row, completely ignoring the crowd that gathered for the event and even threatening the audience into silence.
Open Letter to the Irish Radical Community
In the troubling times the US is going through, I ask for your time to reflect on our next steps in search of a more egalitarian society under the Trump administration. Hopefully, our community will be able to continue fighting for change through our mobilization and unification. I ask you to engage, study, learn, and teach politics as your civic duty: not because it’s fun, not because we like it, but because we care.
What Rough Beast
This poem takes a golden shovel poetic form, inspired by W.B. Yeats’s 1919 poem, “The Second Coming”. Reading the last word of each line will reveal Yeats’s original poem
Cyborg Park
Recently, I attended a performance in Tai Kwun Contemporary, an art museum in Hong Kong’s Central. “Cyborg Park” by Taiwanese artist Jun-yu Chen explores “constructed nature”.
Solidarity and Radical World-Building: An Encampment Reflection from Students Across the Nation
I talked with six different students from around the country––from Los Angeles to New Orleans to New Haven––to gather their insights and perspectives on how the Palestinian solidarity encampments have affected them, with the hope of painting a broad, yet still very incomplete, picture of the general trends, patterns, and conclusions that can be taken away from this specific and powerful moment in American history.
Decolonizing Knowledge and Power Experience
From July 1-5, I took classes on decolonizing knowledge and power in Barcelona. It was the prime environment for pursuing intellectual curiosity and discovering what exactly I want to be more curious about.