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Reorienting the discussion about sex work

(03/17/14 6:19am)

We are Duke faculty members who engage in research and teaching related to sex, sexuality and sex work. The recent revelations regarding a Duke student’s decision to work in pornography have unleashed distressing attacks on her person, and we want to join with other members of the Duke community who have supported her against this onslaught of hate. These attacks include vicious name-calling, threats of sexual violence and outing her to family and friends. Many attackers hide under the cloak of anonymity, amplified by social media. While she is the current target, the toxic and derogatory words used to describe her are sadly familiar and part of a long history of shaming women involved in sex work. Our obligation as Duke faculty is to help shift the focus from moral judgment to an examination of the larger social issues at stake.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2014/03/reorienting-discussion-about-sex-work

SAS's work pays off

(02/21/06 5:00am)

We, the undersigned want to express our profound appreciation to members and supporters of Students Against Sweatshops who, through dogged perseverance, creativity, optimism and savvy have scored a major victory in helping to make Duke "sweat free." We are proud of you, and of the administration, for the new apparel agreement signed Tuesday, Feb. 13. This is an important step in making the ideals of justice and fairness that Duke promotes at the intellectual level, an integral part of the inner workings of our University. The next step is to ensure a living wage and good working conditions for all employees-both those outsourced and those here at home-who make "Duke in Durham" the place it is. This action reminds us that the abstract concepts of labor, trade and globalization are made through the concrete daily interactions of human relations and that ethical ways of doing this are available. It reminds us that, indeed, another world is possible.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2006/02/sass-work-pays

Guest Commentary: To Nathan, my fellow provocateur

(03/22/04 5:00am)

Dear Nathan, in response to your column of March 16, no, I don't feel shame that's always seemed like such a Puritan response. I mostly feel flattered. Who knew I would become the DCU poster girl? If I'd been aware that every letter I signed and every protest I went to was under surveillance I'd have paid more attention to my accessorizing.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2004/03/guest-commentary-nathan-my-fellow-provocateur

Letter: Survival dependent on making alternative histories

(01/28/03 5:00am)

Making meaning of history is always an active process. I'm intrigued by the way this axiom has been materialized in The Chronicle's pages the past few days. For example, the headline "Students criticize 'terrorist' speaker" makes meaning very differently than a possible alternative like "Students seek to censor what you can learn at Duke." Jenny Neidermeyer's comparison of 1939 and 2003 in a column also seems apt, but I read the analogy in a directly opposite way. Massive unprovoked attacks on a sovereign nation, killing soldiers and civilians alike, were carried out by Germany against Poland and Austria and by Japan. These attacks were used to justify the use of weapons of mass destruction - firebombing and nuclear bombs - against these aggressors by the United States. I don't know how the SAT would grade my analogic thinking, but it seems vital to the survival of life on earth to actively make alternative histories to these.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2003/01/letter-survival-dependent-making-alternative-histories