Nostalgia Trap - Episode 302: Trauma Porn w/ Yasmin Nair

Published: Nov. 8, 2021, 6:53 p.m.

What is \u201ctrauma porn\u201d and what role does it play on the left? Yasmin Nair joins us to discuss her recent piece, \u201cAOC and the Weaponization of Trauma,\u201d which explores the uncomfortable dynamics of race, gender and class at play in the public thirst for graphic stories of trauma, abuse, and suffering, and the toxic place that \u201ctrauma\u201d holds in American political culture.\xa0

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