Mary GansterFoucault’s Principles for Living an Antifascist LifeIn his foreword to Giles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s A Thousand Plateaus, Michel Foucault asserts fascism lives inside all of us. The…Dec 3, 2022Dec 3, 2022
Mary Ganstermother of exilesno prop for your storied pomp, her silent lips assumed consent to signifying nothing. don’t mistake this new colossus for just any old…Jul 14, 2019Jul 14, 2019
Mary Gansterre][unificationtwo letters one R, and one E imply return, a going-or-coming-back-to an original state unified, wholeJul 12, 2018Jul 12, 2018
Mary Ganstericiclei grew up in western new york. you wanna know what happens when snowflakes melt?Jun 29, 2018Jun 29, 2018
Mary Gansterat the groceryremember. you were little. little enough to feel big when mama looked at her list, then at you, and said: run get a loaf-a bread and come…Jun 23, 2018Jun 23, 2018
Mary Ganster“America will not allow her children to love her”: Emotion and the Boundaries of US Citizenship in…PrefaceJun 17, 2018Jun 17, 2018
Mary GansterThe conditions of our environments reflect who we are, and we are broken.This started as a Tweet, and I’m just riffing.Nov 29, 2017Nov 29, 2017
Mary GansterRachel Dolezal is The Worst™ of White American WomanhoodIt’s April, 2017, and I’ve just finished reading Ijeoma Oluo’s brilliant piece for The Stranger, in which she spends four hours with Rachel…Aug 1, 2017Aug 1, 2017
Mary GansterVisibility and the Primacy of SightWhenever it’s a day of visibility or awareness, I think about the primacy of sight/the visual in our culture. Seeing is believing. A…Jul 30, 2017Jul 30, 2017
Mary GansterExploring Whiteness II’ve been wanting to write about whiteness (especially white femininity) for awhile now. But my thoughts aren’t as ready for consumption as…Feb 20, 2017Feb 20, 2017