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Ayaan Hirsi AliOn the Outside
Somali-born Ayaan Hirsi Ali got political asylum in The Netherlands fleeing a forced marriage and became a leading politician and filmmaker, plus an outspoken critic of injustice in the name of Islam. We’ll speak with Ayaan Hirsi Ali about her new memoir and her religious and political journey. Also, being gay in the Dominican Republic.
Resolving to Resolve
First, Anthony Weiner, U.S. Congressman (D-NY 9)
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Scott Garrett , U.S. Congressman (R-NJ 5) each comment on resolutions on Iraq and the federal budget.
In and Out
Maja Horn, assistant professor of Spanish and Latin American Cultures at Barnard College, questions whether looking at gay cultures in other countries through the lens of U.S. identity politics misses some of its vibrancy and strength. She will be joined by Jacqueline Jiménez Polanco, an activist and attorney who is a consultant & teacher at the Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights (NMCIR) and Associate Researcher Abroad at the Latin American Social Sciences Faculty (FLACSO) in the Dominican Republic. She is the editor and a contributor to the book Divagaciones bajo la Luna/Musing under the Moon: Voces e Imágenes de Lesbianas Dominicanas/Voices and Images of Dominican Lesbians (FLACSO, 2006).
Event:
Maja Horn will give the "lunchtime lecture” at Barnard College on February 14th at noon entitled Between Colonial Legacies And Global Impulses:
Contemporary Queer Dominican Cultures
Exhibit:
Still Musing: Dominican & Latina Lesbian Artists and Writers Depict the Sight of Discrimination and Acceptance
January 13-February 10
Rio II Gallery
583 Riverside Drive
Corner of 135th Street, 7th Floor Gallery
On the Outside
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, former member of Parliament in the Netherlands, fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and author, Infidel (Free Press 2007) and The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam (Free Press 2006)
discusses her life so far.
Infidel is available for purchase at Amazon.com
The New "U"
Sara Horowitz, founder and executive director of Freelancers Union, talks about reinventing the traditional labor union structure--and taking it nationwide.
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Don't Say That, Literally
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John Flansburgh of the band They Might Be Giants discusses the running list the band keeps of "things we can no longer say." (a few examples: "my bad" "don't go there" "one hundred and ten percent" and "voted off the island")
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Squatting, Then and Now
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