Julia Serano (1967) transsexual American writer, spoken-word performer, trans-bi activist, and biologist
Leftist Critiques of Identity Politics (2018)
“Once a nation acknowledges publicly that it is corrupt, … there is a weakening. A listlessness, a nihilism, where personal appetites and longings for celebrity outweigh what was once understood as common virtue.”
"Hillary Clinton disqualifies herself," Chicago Tribune, (7 July 2016) http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-hillary-clinton-emails-comey-kass-0708-20160707-column.html
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