#Renaissance

Simon Abrams

simonsaybrams

Devastated to hear about the death of Nobuhiko Obayashi, whose work was consistently championed by the good folks @japansociety, who, in addition to screening his older titles, also screened his

simpson

rachaeIsimpson

On this here day of the anniversary of William Shakespeare's baptism and death, I've decided to provide a short thread of Youtube's best offerings in terms of insight into adaptation.

brick

1312x40

THREAD: On the Gorgon and female rage(also: look, the Gorgon is female.) What is a Gorgon? Our earliest literary record of the term is in the Iliad (~900 BCE), Bk

Brad Cherniak

SapientCapital

What is the most perfect invention in human history? The violin. Unlike pretty much anything else ever invented, the highest quality violin is essentially unchanged in roughly 500 years. Modern

Alina says stay home, no Thanksgiving this year

alinapete

Warning: MASSIVE Thanksgiving thread incoming.cw: cultural genocide, genocide, colonization Since it's American Thanksgiving today, and a lot of folks are retelling the old lies about poor pilgrims and friendly Natives,

Josh Stickney

joshstickney

Non-Black folks, let’s have a quick history lesson.Picture it: the Greenwood district, aka “Black Wall Street,” Tulsa, OK, 1921Black excellence was apparent. From luxury hotels to movie theaters, Greenwood was

ghost of daniel parker

SeekerOTL

1THE MYSTERIOUS HOTEL AT THE CENTER OF SPYGATEHotels play an important role in the story of the Deep State conspiracy against the President who, aptly, made his fortune building hotels.

💋LaQuette Is Busy Writing ALL The Books💋

LaQuetteWrites

I've remained publicly silent about this because quite frankly, I’ve had some tremendous personal & professional events simultaneously happening in my life that required my focus. Honestly, trying to think

Mencius Moldbugman

moldbugman

The UK’s dissertation season continues to provide deep lulz followed by depressing realisation. I present to you some of the best dissertations to be released this week. #1: Do I

Hollow Tip Logic

TheeClydesdale_

@LanaDelRey ‘s essay was steeped in old archaic colonial tropes, white feminism and racism. The fact that she does understand or refuses to, is actually the most racist part. Let’s

✨Vincent van Gtfoh✨

siriyonce_

I might start a game, where I have a Tinder bio and I have y’all guess the location. “Probably a lil too hood for you anyways ” Easy going, old

Mateusz Fafinski

Calthalas

Ok, ok, fine. Why can’t an event usher a new historical period but it can belong to one or another. A thread on the ontology of the past. 1/

Khalid Anis Ansari

KhalidAAnsari4

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan had a feudal-casteist orientation and is an icon of the Ashraf (high caste) Muslims. He looked down upon the subjugated caste Pasmanda Muslims with contempt and

Joseph M. Pierce

PepePierce

Apparently, there is an *ongoing* discussion (like today) of whether Native Americans were "cannibals" and that it was "proven" so. Here are some resources to dispel that myth, since it

koshurhaakh

rjvraina

Khaleel... Don't touch the bee hive .. the day these youngsters make up their mind in taking back what is theirs ... Remember how Jews took back Jerusalem ... Never

Jagrity Sablok

jagritysablok1

'ISLAM AND THE WEST'A part of Speech by The Prince Charles at Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford 1993 :"If there is much misunderstanding in the West about the nature of #Islam, there