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Posted July 13, 2025 Guest Blog Posts

Unmasking Mask Hate: The Racial-Criminal Pathologization of Dissent

Unmasking Mask Hate: The Racial-Criminal Pathologization of Dissent Leah Harris and Liat Ben-Moshe Masking as a constitutional matter hit the news cycle once again on June 8 when … Continue Reading Unmasking Mask Hate: The Racial-Criminal Pathologization of Dissent

Image of Leah and two friends at a protest. One friend is a white, Greek/Irish femme person in her 40s with greying undercut brown hair wearing a black KN95 mask, they are holding a sign that says 50% OF GAZA IS UNDER 18 STOP KILLING KIDS. The second person is a Syrian masculine person wearing a green hat, a green and black flannel over a black t shirt with lilac lettering, holding a sign that reads CEASEFIRE NOW: FREE PALESTINE with two red black green and white Palestinian flags. Leah stands to the right leaning on their friend with their head on their shoulder, wearing a black leather jacket, black leather skirt, pink and white keffiyeh and lilac KN95 mask, holding a sign that reads, "Affirm life." Protestors can be seen in the background at a rotary in mid fall by a tree

Posted January 26, 2024 Guest Blog Posts

Palestine is Disabled

Palestine is Disabled Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha I am not the first or last person to say this, but: Everyone in Palestine is disabled right now. Whether it’s disabled … Continue Reading Palestine is Disabled

Many, many workers with picket signs reading "UAW: On Strike: Unfair Labor Practice". They are crowded together outdoors and in the sea of faces there appears to be only one worker wearing a surgical mask. Photo by: Ian Castro. 2022. Provided on FairUC Now Website for Press Use

Posted January 7, 2023 Guest Blog Posts

Shoved From the Ivory Tower

Shoved From the Ivory Tower: Disabled Graduate Students Crushed Between the University of California & Their Union Heather Ringo and Julia Métraux On November 29th, 2022, over 200 … Continue Reading Shoved From the Ivory Tower