Recent Issues

Features, Op-ed

Heteronormativity as a Historical and Social System

The claim that heterosexuality is “natural,” this essay argues, persists not because it is self-evident, but because it is continually reproduced as such. What often appears as common sense – that men and women are inherently different, that they are naturally drawn to each other, and that society is organized […]

Cinema

Would I Go Back?

There are, to me, two kinds of speculative readers: those who are driven by plot, and those who are driven by character. The distinction is not absolute; both elements exist in any meaningful story, but most of us lean instinctively toward one. I find myself, almost stubbornly, on the side […]

National, Op-ed

Few Points on Delimitation

Lately, I’ve noticed that delimitation has become a topic many people are  discussing, but not everyone sees it in the same way. On the surface, it sounds  administrative – redraw boundaries, adjust constituencies, move on. But once  you sit with it a little longer, it doesn’t feel that simple. It […]