MAY 20, 2012

I stumbled upon my favorite piece at this year’s Whitney Biennial in the corner of the third floor. Unassuming and haphazardly arranged, Fluid Employment by Sam Lewitt consists of a series of brownish, stained ...]]> http://broadrecognition.com/arts/the-whitney-biennial-queer-art-and-inbetweenness/ BY CHAMONIX ADAMS PORTER

MAY 13, 2012

On June 5, 2011, CeCe McDonald, an African American transgender woman, was walking to a grocery store in Minneapolis with several friends, according to her support website. As the group passed a ...]]> http://broadrecognition.com/opinion/free-cece-trans-women-of-color-and-the-criminal-punishment-system/ By James Cersonsky

May 6, 2012

The “Purchase Bubble,” as students and faculty affectionately call their New York state college, rests peacefully in the Westchester County shade. Purchase is a reserve of liberal and fine arts, with a flair for the ...]]> http://broadrecognition.com/politics/the-genderless-war-on-women/ By Alexandra Brodsky

May 6, 2012

In May, the LAPD will open a separate module of its downtown jail for women designated to cage transgender arrestees. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Captain Dave Lindsay heralded ...]]> http://broadrecognition.com/politics/against-abuse-of-trans-people-against-prisons/ BY ISABEL ORTIZ

April 29, 2012

It seems like the ghost of Fiona Apple has been haunting the music world for some time now. Since her sudden disappearance from the pop scene seven years ago, her name has resurfaced across album ...]]> http://broadrecognition.com/arts/making-emotional-sense-of-the-fiona-apple-comeback/ April 23, 2012

Dear Readers:

Beginning today, April 23nd, Broad Recognition will enter its summer publishing schedule. Rather than publishing pieces daily, we will publish one longer, analytic piece the Sunday of each week, and shorter pieces intermittently in between. Regular publishing ...]]> http://broadrecognition.com/uncategorized/letter-from-the-editor-regarding-summer-publication/ By Andrew Wagner

April 22, 2012

Names are powerful and political. The act of naming is consistently informed by larger structures of power and hierarchy. On April 5th, Yale Pride held the event “Reclamation! Taking Back, Giving ...]]> http://broadrecognition.com/politics/reclamation-taking-back-giving-away-and-the-future-of-queer-language/ By Kathleen Powers

April 21, 2012

On April 27th, 2010, the Ying Yang Twins were paid to perform at Spring Fling. At the time, I was on the Board of Directors of the Yale Women’s Center. I spent the great majority ...]]> http://broadrecognition.com/yale-new-haven/the-state-of-our-union-what-t-pains-impending-arrival-reveals-about-yales-sexual-culture/ By Katherine Orazem

April 20, 2012

At least since the DKE chanting fiasco last year, if not before, the Yale Daily News and the undergraduate feminist community have had an uneasy relationship. While some of the paper’s actions—for example, the publication ...]]> http://broadrecognition.com/yale-new-haven/not-in-our-stars-feminist-writing-in-the-ydn-opinon-pages/