Sex Positivity and a Queer Commitment to Sex Worker Rights
While I was away for my sophomore year of college, a close friend of mine back at home started working as a dancer at a local strip bar. He was […]
Author Archives: Benji Hart
Being a Student Ally: Teachers as Necessary Voices of Protest
A few months ago I was teaching a somewhat uninspiring writing curriculum to a group of sixth graders as part of teacher training program. As young educators, participants in the […]
Happy Labor Day!
In honor of the Labor Movement, the rapid de-unionizing of labor occurring on a global scale, and the mainstream LGBT movement’s faltering commitment to workers’ rights and economic justice, I […]
We Are All Subversives: Femme Strength and Queer Solidarity
A friend of mine and I who both identify as femme were chatting the other day about the different ways our identities are understood in our various communities. She, who […]
Precious Knowledge: Knowing Your History Is a Radical Act
The remarkable film Precious Knowledge recounts the stories of the students and teachers who comprise the Raza Studies Program, a series of courses which focus on Mexican and Chicano history, […]
Why ‘Bad’ Kids Make Better Students
Having become more interested in pursuing education as a career while I was in college, I applied to work for an urban summer teaching initiative. This particular program recruited high […]
How Did We Learn to Hate the Hood?
A friend of mine and I recently co-led a poetry workshop with a group of 7th, 8th and 9th graders, all of whom qualified for the workshop because of coming […]
Criminal Queers, Camp and Rasquache: Reimagined Aesthetics for a Reimagined Social Order
In December of 1997, Luis Alfaro’s play Los Vecinos: A Play for Neighbors went up in a Chicano community center in Los Angeles. The piece was staged as a means […]
The Big Gay Distraction: What I Learned from NYC Pride
I was lucky enough to participate in the NYC Gay Pride parade this past summer, an event which has radical roots despite its current position as prime venue for corporate […]
Capitalist-Challenging, Pro-Hood Pinoy Hip Hop
Deep Foundation, a hip hop trio out of New York City and New Jersey, brings raw music back into the fold with sickening beats, top-notch flow and lyrics which always […]
Radical Faggot 