Cynthia Weber is an American academic and Professor of International Relations at Sussex University. She also works as a documentary filmmaker, and is the author of ‘I am an American’: Filming the Fear of Difference.
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Published in: HomeBrexit, racial and religious hate crimes and homo-, bi- and trans*phobia – why they are all linked
It’s time to get over our surprise and get on with this difficult work.
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Published in: HomeFiguring (out) Omar Mateen
Mateen killed 49 people, wounding 53 others, in a mass shooting at the Pulse gay bar in Orlando, Florida, before...
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Published in: HomeUniting States of Americans: Are we the 99%?
Internationally, we should all be concerned by how the unifying discourse of the 99% occludes important differences...
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Published in: HomeUniting States of Americans: We are the 99%!
A year ago this month, 'the 99%' changed the discourse of US politics. But did this call to action for 'American...
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Published in: Home‘I am an American’: living September 11, 2001, ten years on
An American professor of international relations who is also a documentary film-maker invites us to share in her...
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Published in: HomeDefine ‘Meltable’ American
The legalisation of same sex marriage in New York and Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas’s...