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The Rise and Fall of Yashar Ali

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The Rise and Fall of Yashar Ali

On Jealousy, Networking, Schadenfreude and Self-Pity

Hugo Schwyzer
Jun 10, 2021
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The Rise and Fall of Yashar Ali

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My greatest trouble is jealousy.

-       Sylvia Plath

In early 2010, I gave a talk at a feminist conference at Santa Monica College.  Afterwards, a scruffy young man in a Depeche Mode t-shirt came up, shook my hand, and asked if I had a moment to offer some advice.

His name was Yashar, he said, and he was a political activist and aspiring male feminist wr…

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