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Airplane!’s Creators Reveal the Origins of ‘Don’t Call Me Shirley’

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By Abraham Josephine Riesman
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This article was originally published on February 1, 2016. Jim Abrahams, one of the three writer-directors of Airplane!, died on November 26, 2024.
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Welcome to Neokayfabe — Abraham Josephine Riesman // Writer

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By Abraham Josephine Riesman
This essay was originally published in The New York Times on February 26, 2023. What shall we call contemporary Republican ideology? Is it conservatism? Libertarianism? Authoritarianism? Trumpism? Fascism? How about kayfabe? It’s a term that emerged from the sweaty, steroidal locker rooms of that most American of art forms, professional wrestling — but it’s a philosophical rubric that can be used to understand a wide range of phenomena: entertainment, business, religion and, especially, politics.
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The Left-Wing Priority That Kamala Harris Has Been Very Progressive on for 20 Years Original

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By S.I. Rosenbaum, Abraham Josephine Riesman
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Politics As Kamala Harris rose to national prominence over the years, lawyer and lifelong LGBT advocate Shannon Minter felt a growing sense of alarm. Not about Harris’ success—but about what was being said about her by Minter’s fellow transgender activists and writers. “Harris’s work has contributed to some of the most violent conditions faced by trans people,” wrote ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio in 2019, during Harris’ presidential primary run.
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