Christine Kelley, Author at The Stony Brook Press

Author

Christine Kelley

Browsing

In Opinions Jan 27, 2022

Stony Brook’s recognition of Turning Point USA enables the far right and endangers students

This isn’t some niche of Republicans with Nazi-sympathetic ideologies. Turning Point has national traction in conservative and libertarian politics as well as an alliance with Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr. On Jan. 6, 2021, Turning Point Action, a TPUSA affiliate, deployed seven buses with about 350 people total to the Capitol rally. Stony Brook permitting members of the Capitol rally to organize on campus is like having a Stony Brook Proud Boys club.

In Culture Jan 23, 2022

The Matrix Resurrections shows the quiet sadness and joy of queerness

Merely existing is insufficient. Resurrections argues that complacency and watching events unfold without acting is spiritually fatal. We lock away our desires and trauma ostensibly to free ourselves, but inevitably trapping ourselves in another prison. In the movie’s words: “Are memories turned into fiction any less real?”