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The Atlanta shooter comes from a culture that connects Asian women to sex and violence. It has its origins in U.S. wars—particularly the Korean War—and is fueled by our continued military presence in Asia.
A woman’s body is both a site of exploitation and a site of resistance. It is out of this vexed space that the witch is conjured.
“Megafires” are now a staple of life in the Pacific Northwest, but how we talk about them illustrates the tension at the heart of the western myth itself.
Trump has promised a Korean "peace regime." But whose peace is being insured? And who is subject to its imposition?
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