The Humiliation Of Reading This Essay Published By The Atlantic
The essay, “The Humiliation of Aziz Ansari” published by The Atlantic this week is proof that white woman nostalgia egged on by internalized sexism (with no recollection of what actually happened in the past) is a danger to us all.
Where do I fucking start? I mean I don’t even know where to begin. I do know, though, that I’m not going to open an essay by saying that I don’t “get the tune” of contemporary sexual politics, but will power through in hopes that something will come to me as I go. Especially not when the topic of discussion is sexual assault. Maybe I would do that if I was writing about burning toast or tempting fate with a dairy sensitivity and an ice cream run, but never when it comes to a topic as important as sexual abuse. I won’t do that because survivors of sexual assault across the spectrum of gender, age, race, class, sexuality, etc., deserve way more than a half assed piece of writing that centers my ignorance at its core as if it’s some kind of badge of honor. And yet, that’s exactly what we get in Caitlin Flanagan’s piece “The Humiliation of Aziz Ansari,” published by The Atlantic this week, a piece which at first glance appears to be an essay about the recent allegation of sexual assault against Aziz Ansari (which he didn’t deny) but when looked at more closely is really the anti-women being free argument we’ve…
