Graham Platner and the Left’s Misogyny Problem (w/ Yasmin Nair)

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Yasmin Nair is a writer, activist, and longtime contributor to Current Affairs. In this conversation with Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson, she discusses what Graham Platner’s rise reveals about misogyny on the left, why sexism is too often excused or minimized in progressive politics, and what the failures of liberal feminism can teach us about building a better left.

Some of Yasmin Nair's articles where she predicted the order of things:

🌹 “Graham Platner and the Left's Masculinity Crisis.”

🌹 “Kamala Harris Will Lose.”

🌹 See also her review of Harris’s book, “Kamala Harris’s Memoir Shows Exactly Why Her Campaign Flopped.”

🌹 On AOC: “AOC and the Weaponisation of Trauma.”

🌹 See also “What Does Your Politician Mean to You?” about parasociality and politicians, and several critiques of trauma discourse, as in, “Trauma and Capitalism or, Your Trauma Story Will Kill You.”

🌹 Given the many stories on plagiarism, “On Plagiarism” is a warning call about the endemic nature of the phenomenon in publishing.

🌹 “DACA Was Always DOA: Let’s End It Now,” on the Obama-initiated Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals executive order, which was doomed for failure from the start.

🌹 For more, see her website: www.yasminnair.com

🌹 Yasmin's Current Affairs articles: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/author/yasmin-nair

0:00-13:27 Yasmin’s Political Predictions and Why the Left Gets It Wrong
13:27-45:03 Graham Platner, Misogyny, and the Left
45:03-58:34 The Failures of Liberal Feminism and Obama
58:34-1:05:28 Prison Abolition and Restorative Justice
1:05:28-1:17:06 The Crisis in Writing and Publishing

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