Liz Scheer, Author at Public Seminar

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Being an Activist, Having Privilege

Thoughts from inside the university

September 25, 2017 • by Liz Scheer

On the one hand, this line of thinking makes a great deal of sense to me. "The conversation" will never be "about me" (my own privilege will figure prominently in this essay), nor those like me, since we will never know what it is like to move through an anti-Black ...

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Black Bachelorette, White Mask

The Patterns of Subjugation and Oppression in Reality TV

July 28, 2017 • by Liz Scheer

There is no more popular culture, only ways of seeing populations as nothing. -- Nina Power, Thirty-one Theses on the Problem of the Public Like many faithful members of Bachelor Nation, I have long watched my favorite television show, The Bachelorette, with a healthy dose of irony. The sheer premise -- thirty-five ...

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Remember the Bastille

Terror, Terrorism, and Jihadist Capitalism

July 18, 2017 • by Liz Scheer

Introduction: Terror and Terrorism On Friday, June 19th, a man rammed into a police car on the Champs Elysses. Though the driver died before he could carry out further violence, it was evident that his intention was to commit a larger-scale attack; inside the incinerated vehicle, investigators found explosives, ammunition, and ...

‘Resistance’ and Liberal Activism

The problems with using the word ‘Resist’

April 7, 2017 • by Liz Scheer

The word “resist” has become a common term in progressive politics. Protesters and activists of all stripes take to the streets and to social media with this one-word rallying cry on their lips: “resist.” Resist the Trump Administration. Resist its attending ideology. Resist the country’s seemingly imminent “End of Days.” ...