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Time Out: Monkeypox, Temporal Quarantine, and Queer Social Life

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Time is not on our side.

It’s Vital Sign, summer edition: hallo from Berlin, where I’m parked for a bit to visit friends, eat lots of bread, build some collaborations for a new project on public health negligence, and just…sit still? I’m trying to exhale a bit before the launch of my book in a couple months (you can pre-order the book and read the Intro here!). Being still is not easy for me. I’m turning to the signs in my neighborhood to keep me on the path. Today’s newsletter is about monkeypox, and specifically, monkeypox and the problem of time. Here’s the gist: the convergence of the disease itself and the…

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