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fanoniscanon

All of us who have citizenship in the imperial core have no business claiming anyone who is poor and experiences the violence of this empire outside of our borders has

Pressure McCooker

p_a_mcg

One Important thing is "judge people by the standards of their time" always mean "judge people by the standards of the ruling class of their time" even if white Virginians

Sharjeel Usmani

SharjeelUsmani

2 books I would recommend my friends to read:1) The Production of Hindu-Muslim violence in contemporary India by Paul Brass2) Khaki and Ethnic violence in India by Omar KhalidiThese books

Dr Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 🏳️‍🌈

sarahhbickerton

Ok everyone... how about the chill the fuck down for a bit, ok?Step away from Twitter, and any social media, if you need to. Go for an evening walk, have

Dreadful in an Astonishing Way 🦋

postedbygaslite

I might have to do a Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) appreciation thread. For example: Among its many other qualities, it managed to make the act of petting an arctic wolf

Richard Ashcroft

ashcroftethics

If i wanted to read a book about the business, culture and politics of #cricket in contemporary India, what would it be? Someone should definitely write a book

Leo Rubinkowski

cinephileo

I've heard a lot of talk trashing #SuperMarioBros (1993) over the years, but it's 100% Cinema. Aesthetic consistency! Conceptually creative and coherent! Miren: No fossil fuels --> no gasoline -->

Damian Counsell

DamCou

Sheeran, Drake, Styles, even Mars and Bieber, aren't ugly, but they're not *beautiful*. We haven't had any ridiculously good-looking A-list male pop idols for *years*. Where is the contemporary Elvis,

chica marx

mckenziewark

The defining characteristic of bourgeois literature its claims to property rights over other people's pain. (aka the Maggie Nelson effect) You can read it via gender as well. Kate Zambreno's

Anne Thériault

anne_theriault

Names that I think should make a comeback: Mortimer, Eugene, Myrtle, Bruno One of 9yo’s middle names is Ernest after my grandfather and at the time I thought it was

Veronica is painting Picture Book #2 😷🖌🎨

VeronicaJArt

As an anxious, awkward teen who grew up saying things without realizing how they landed with people, I'm holding soft spot for Brandy right now. Like... I get it. Lol.

Jayan • he/him

jathko

I have 2 frames for understanding this period of isolation: “sit in your cell & your cell will teach you all” a la Abba Moses on the one hand, and

David Kaye

davidakaye

a simple, superficial and ultimately brief thread on this last day of my mandate as @UN special rapporteur on freedom of opinion & expression. pls read this first, the touchstone

🌻 bright and special 🌻

highestwinds

here's one, for while you're away. ethereality is our new normal. yours and mine. we live on clouds now; transmit our dreams through waves. (that's the internet.) this means that

Zaid Jilani

ZaidJilani

It demonstrates that she sees the world as race vs race, which is why she never reports on let's say, economic or political struggles in the city of Atlanta, where

Meg K. Guliford

mkguliford

We now know that #BombshellWotR is coming to an end. Sadness, I know...but let's acknowledge this as an instance in which these badass women are going out on THEIR terms.