A Sigh of Relief: Talking About Justice & Accountability

A Sigh of Relief: Talking About Justice & Accountability

Resigned.

Why Is The Left So In Love With The Politics of Refusal?

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Dashka Slater
Apr 29, 2024
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Last week the writer Roxanne Gay published a piece in the New York Times  (gift link) headlined “The Age of the Open Letter Should End.” The essay, which I urge you to read in its entirety, zeroes in on something that I’ve been thinking about a lot lately: the way the Left has embraced Separation and Declaration as its d…

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