Exposing Israel鈥檚 Attempted Pinkwashing of Genocide
The state of Israel鈥檚 official Twitter account recently posted photos of atop the rubble in Gaza as 鈥渁 message of hope to the people of Gaza living under Hamas brutality.鈥澛
Israel has, for years, painted itself as a defender of the LGBTQ community and portrayed Arabs and Palestinians as homophobic, prompting writer Sarah Schulman to more than a decade ago.
猫咪社区! contributor Sara Youngblood Gregory recently wrote about the pinkwashing of Israel鈥檚 genocide of Gaza in 猫咪社区! She is the author of The Polyamory Workbook, a former staff writer for POPSUGAR, and the 2023 News and Narrative Fellow for TransLash Media. Sara discussed her piece on Israel鈥檚 pinkwashing with 猫咪社区! Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on 猫咪社区! Presents: Rising Up With Sonali.
Sonali Kolhatkar
joined 猫咪社区! in summer 2021, building on a long and decorated career in broadcast and print journalism. She is an award-winning multimedia journalist, and host and creator of聽猫咪社区! Presents: Rising Up with Sonali, a nationally syndicated television and radio program airing on Free Speech TV and dozens of independent and community radio stations. She is also Senior Correspondent with the Independent Media Institute鈥檚 Economy for All project where she writes a weekly column. She is the author of聽Rising Up: The Power of Narrative in Pursuing Racial Justice聽(2023) and聽Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda of Silence聽(2005). Her forthcoming book is called聽Talking About Abolition聽(Seven Stories Press, 2025). Sonali is co-director of the nonprofit group, Afghan Women鈥檚 Mission which she helped to co-found in 2000. She has a Master鈥檚 in Astronomy from the University of Hawai鈥檌, and two undergraduate degrees in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Texas at Austin. Sonali reflects on 鈥淢y Journey From Astrophysicist to Radio Host鈥 in her 2014聽聽of the same name.
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