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Megan Goodwin

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✏️ race/gender/sex/religion/politics/America 🙄 also "cults" 💻 senior editor @religiondispatches.org 🎧 #KeepingIt101 w/ IRMF 📚 #RINDWY (Beacon 2024) | #CultsInc | #AbusingReligion (Rutgers 2020) pitch me! https://tinyurl.com/mpgphd

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Megan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · Jun 26

if this post confuses you or makes you upset: I get it

but also I'm right

and if you want to learn more about religion and how it shapes our whole world (especially but not exclusively through empire): good news!

we wrote a book about that

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/757650...

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 25m

The costumes are so oversized that they literally block the shock troops from the camera.

To the extent that you see them, they stop looking agentive and start looking captive, passive, and lost.

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Megan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · 24m

#RealAcademicBios

Alleen Brown @alleenbrown.bsky.social · 50m

40 faculty fired since the Charlie Kirk assassination. So much for free speech I guess!

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US professors facing threats, firings and harassment over Charlie Kirk posts

As many as 40 academics have been dismissed in aftermath of shooting, allegedly without due process

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 35m

A billion dollars is the socio-political equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work as ruthlessly and diligently to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 5h

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 1h

It’s a great day for @moderation.bsky.app to reconsider and unban Link. He is actually a well known figure in disability advocacy and Black In Astro circles. He’s not just some guy who posts.

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That Preppy Black Girl @tmwillia.bsky.social · 2h

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 1h

was also this tactic of antifascists pledging money to immigrant defense funds for every Proud Boy that turned up in Portland — a strategy that ultimately raised $35,000 www.huffpost.com/entry/portla...

These Fascists Inadvertently Raised Over $35,000 For A Cause They Hate

For each member of the Proud Boys or other fascist groups that marched in Portland, counterprotesters pledged money to an Oregon immigrant rights group.

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 1h

Portland frogs remind me of "everyday antifascist" tactics from a few years ago, when activists dressed as unicorns & poop emojis & bananas, dancing to a brass band during a Portland Proud Boys rally. All meant to disrupt the group's “toxic masculinity riot porn” www.huffpost.com/entry/proud-...

Proud Boys, Outnumbered By Anti-fascists, Get Police Escort After 30-Minute Rally

Many had feared the rally in Portland would be the most violent fascist rally of the Trump era.

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Bo Bolander @bbolander.bsky.social · 10h

how! also goddamn danielle brooks is the mvp of this show

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Jude "BE NOT AFRAID #4 Out Now" Doyle @judedoyle.bsky.social · 2h

Honestly, at least half of the guys on this bill have been MeTooed, and the only reason Bill Burr hasn't is because his material makes the MeTooing redundant. Hannibal Buress is a disappointment. Otherwise, this was just a festival of Guys That Suck

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 10h

With receipts!

www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...

‘Amoral, evil’: vitriolic backlash builds against comics who played Riyadh festival

Murder by bone-saw, lashings for rape victims, punishment amputation, jail for satirists … these are the Saudi human rights abuses fuelling the fury being directed at the likes of Louis CK, Dave Chapp...

www.theguardian.com

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 2h

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 2h

Machado issues her first statement since being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and makes a thinly-veiled appeal to Trump for US intervention in Venezuela:

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This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer Freedom.
We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy.
I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!
8:34 AM • 10/10/25 • 30K Views

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 4h

Who Link was here & how he formed site culture, insisting on alt text & accessibility & disability justice, insisting on standing with trans people, mutual aid, irreverent shitposting, shows exactly that this culture of early bluesky that forged the platform is the opposite of what the team wants.

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Sean Parker @seanforfive.bsky.social · 2h

Antifa is a big part of why the nazis limped away defeated from Shelbyville in 2017 and never even made it to Murfreesboro.

Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 2h

“The truth is that antifa groups have been responsible for some of the most prescient & impactful organizing countering the far-right during the last decade”

Amazing corrective to liberal punditry abt antifa from Matthew Whitley (& basically the thesis of my book) theintercept.com/2025/09/27/t...

What Liberals Get Wrong About Trump’s Executive Order on Antifa

Liberals dismiss antifa as just an idea. That opens up the activists, researchers, and organizers to a real risk of persecution.

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 3h

It's truly a sign of how insane things are that my initial reaction was 'shit he's gonna go to war with Venezuela, isn't he'

Just Jill 💖 @just-jillg.bsky.social · 6h

Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela wins the Nobel Peace Prize

apnews.com/article/nobe...

This is wonderful news. Congratulations to Maria. Very well deserved recognition and so happy they stayed their course and found someone worthy 💙

Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela wins the Nobel Peace Prize

Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a unifying figure in Venezuela's political opposition.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 15h

*Lil Jon Voice* States' Rights to What

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 13h

Do riders of pale horses have a manager? I have a list of issues that need to be corrected. Immediately.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 10d

I teach a history of antifascism course @ruhistorydept.bsky.social and figured I'd start an ongoing thread this semester to share some insights from course readings and recommend some great works on antifascism.

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Megan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · 13h

I'm assuming bc they're not allowed to actually say liberation theology

bc of Woke

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 14h

I love him

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 14h

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Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Megan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · 14h

oh thank goodness

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 15h

Our plane to Spain is in the air!

🙌🙌

Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.

Megan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · 15h

oh boo!

Megan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · 15h

I had wonder woman and supergirl

Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 15h

@comicsinthega.bsky.social
IIRC, I had the Spidey set

Dr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.social · 16h

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Ⓐnarchohoodism @161bklyn.bsky.social · 15h

Fuck this weird mf!

www.commondreams.org/news/senate-...

Fetterman Joins GOP to Kill War Powers Resolution Against Trump's Extrajudicial Venezuela Bombings | Common Dreams

The Senate voted down a war powers resolution to rein in Trump's illegal boat strikes. John Fetterman was the only Democrat to vote against it. Rand Paul, one of two Republicans to vote in favor, said...

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 15h

“while we cannot accept, it is not too late for them to call for the release of detained Saudi activists,” said Joey Shea, Saudi Arabia researcher at Human Rights Watch.... (good to put the reasons why into perspective like this.)

Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 15h

whew

variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Human Rights Watch ‘Cannot Accept’ Donations From Aziz Ansari and Other Comedians Who Performed at Riyadh Comedy Festival

Human Rights Watch says it 'cannot accept' donations from Aziz Ansari and other comedians who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

variety.com

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 15h

One more time for the people in the back: Bad Bunny is from Puerto Rico which is part of the United States making him…. Wait for it…. All American. 🇺🇸 🇵🇷 #badbunny

PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 15h

🤣 Who?!

"Performers and event details coming soon."

Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA Sets 'All American Halftime Show' in Protest of Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Performance - Variety

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Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA Sets 'All American Halftime Show' in Protest of Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Performance — Variety

Because even music has turned into team sports, Turning Point USA has announced that it will be hosting its own Super Bowl halftime show in protest of the NFL's official headliner, Bad Bunny.

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