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“We can choose not to replicate the same patriarchal structures with ourselves inside, or to desire inclusion in a system built to oppress us, but to instead dream of other structures, other narratives, and other ways of being.”
“If the definition of what makes a man powerful shifts, but the equation in which power is tied to dominance over others doesn’t, then men can recuperate and assimilate without challenging the social structures that bestowed that power in the first place.”
“The myth that there is some essential truth that only parents who identify as men have access to actively puts children and people of other genders in danger.”
“While recent dystopias warn youth about over-reliance on computers, totalitarian rule, class warfare, pandemic panics and global warming, very few ask audiences to think deeply about sexism and racism.”
"The Will to Dream" - Seen (2025)
“The Battle That Never Begins” - Borders Beyond Borders (2025)
“Tides of Change” - Seen (2021)
"Ijeoma Oluo's Mediocre" - Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society (2021)
"Reality TV Dating Shows Peddle Surveillance as a Pathway to Love" - Bitch (2020)
"Imran Siddiquee on the Problem with 'New Masculinity'"" - Literary Hub (2019)
"How Traditional Ideas About The Ideal Father Can Mask Abuse" - Buzzfeed (2019)
"The Misguided Pursuit of 'Better' Manhood at American Fraternities" - Bitch (2019)
"Women Aren't 'Mysteries' -- And They Don't Need To Be Solved" - HuffPost (2018)
"The Casual Use of a Racist Logo in Philadelphia" - Bloomberg News (2018)
“How the East Passyunk logo misrepresents Philadelphia’s past“ - Philadelphia Inquirer (2018)
"The Other People in Springfield" - Longreads (2017)
”Why Do We Let "Genius" Directors Get Away With Abusive Behavior?” - Buzzfeed (2017)
”Why Are Brown Men So Infatuated With White Women Onscreen?” - Buzzfeed (2017)
"The Big Bang Theory is trying to fix the gender pay gap in all the wrong ways" - The Week (2017)
"Donald Trump in 'La La Land' - Salon (2016)
"How to Hurt Like a Man" - Medium (2016)
"Why a Black 'Annie' Is So Significant" - The Atlantic (2014)
"The Topics Dystopian Films Won't Touch" - The Atlantic (2014)