Religious and Political Silence on India’s LGBTQ Decision Speaks Volumes
The images of LGBTQ rights advocates celebrating in India—embracing one another, holding rainbow banners, and…
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To Fight White Supremacy We Must Resist Essentialism: The Author Responds
In February of this year, I wrote on RD that Fox News journalist Caleb Parke…
Read MoreTo Fight White Supremacy We Must Resist Essentialism: The Author Responds
I do not aspire to be a gatekeeper here. On the contrary, I think it is simply worth asking the question: how can we open the gate and connect with the public in a way that best achieves our shared goal of dismantling capitalist and white supremacist orthodoxies?
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Fox News Controversy on Yoga and White Supremacy Reveals Problem of Yoga Discussion
A recent Fox News headline, “Americans who Practice Yoga Contribute to White Supremacy, Michigan State…
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The Revolution Will Not Be Fetishized: Taking Resistance Beyond the Spiritual Industrial Complex
There is a difference between gestural subversion and collective resistance.
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Trump and Hindu Nationalism: A Match Made in Bollywood
Trump declares himself a fan of “Hindu,” as Bollywood dancers enact terrorist attack.
Read MoreLet’s Stop Calling Rape and Harassment by Bikram Yoga Founder Just Another “Guru Scandal”
When Bikram Choudhury was first teaching yoga in the 1970s at his yoga studio in…
Read MoreNo, It’s Still Yogaphobia
The conversation continues: a response to Kyle Garton-Gundling
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Pat Robertson Warns Yoga Will Have You Speaking Hindu
Pat Robertson, the notorious and influential television evangelist and founder of the Christian Coalition of…
Read MoreIs Pope Francis Yogaphobic?
As Luke Coppen noted in a recent piece in The Spectator, Francis “has been spun…
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