Nostalgia Trap - Episode 302: Trauma Porn w/ Yasmin Nair

What is "trauma porn" and what role does it play on the left? Yasmin Nair joins us to discuss her recent piece, "AOC and the Weaponization of Trauma," which explores the uncomfortable dynamics of race, gender and class at play in the public thirst for graphic stories of trauma, abuse, and suffering, and the toxic place that "trauma" holds in American political culture.

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