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Visualizing the End of Human Captivity

October 23, 2020October 23, 2020 Felicia Denaud art, book review, carceral state, police violence, prisons, race, violence

What happens to contemporary art when we foreground conditions in which expressive autonomy incites repression, surveillance, and severe punishment? What

From Duvalier to Trump: Authoritarian Rule and Transfers of Power

October 22, 2020October 21, 2020 Patrick D. Bellegarde-Smith Donald Trump, Trumpism

My PTSD seems to be back. I can scarcely watch the news. In the day, I easily spent five to

Dealing with Mental Health Stigma during a Global Pandemic

October 21, 2020October 18, 2020 Areeba Zanub #Autoethnographies, #MentalHealth, class, COVID-19, Immigration, New York, pandemic, poetry, race

Editor’s note: This essay is part of our two-week blog series, featuring eight autoethnographies from students at Brooklyn College. Read

On the Edge: Living with Unemployment during a Pandemic

October 20, 2020October 17, 2020 Jamila Jahangir #Autoethnographies, class, COVID-19, immigrant, pandemic

Editor’s note: This essay is part of our two-week blog series, featuring eight autoethnographies from students at Brooklyn College. Read

From Ahuehuetitla to Brooklyn: Life under Trump and COVID-19

October 19, 2020October 17, 2020 Raúl Vaquero #Autoethnographies, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Immigration, New York, racism, Trumpism

Editor’s note: This essay is part of our two-week blog series, featuring eight autoethnographies from students at Brooklyn College. Read