Curtis Dozier
@curtisdozier.bsky.social
Documenting White Nationalist Appropriation of Greco-Roman Antiquity at pharosclassics.vassar.edu
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Curtis Dozier
@curtisdozier.bsky.social
· Oct 20
My book "The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate" is now available for pre-order. Use promo code WIN26 to get 30% off. Coming January 6th 2026! yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
Not the kind of thread you "heart" but worth a read. The SC tax on Black workers reminds me of the taxes ancient Athens ("birthplace of democracy") levied on foreigners just to live there, which the white nationalists I write about cite to argue that racist hierarchy is compatible with democracy
This Day in Labor History: November 25, 1865. Mississippi created the first of the Black Codes. Designed to recreate slavery in all but name, this signified the South’s resistance to the freeing of their labor force and the lengths to which it would go to tie workers to a place under white control.
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Not the kind of thread you "heart" but worth a read. The SC tax on Black workers reminds me of the taxes ancient Athens ("birthplace of democracy") levied on foreigners just to live there, which the white nationalists I write about cite to argue that racist hierarchy is compatible with democracy
Readers of Pharos will recognize many of the white nationalists who receive laudatory treatment on Elon Musk's new Grokipedia 1/
Hard to find a clearer distillation of the gen ai project.
White nationalist talking points and racial pseudoscience: welcome to Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
World’s richest person wanted to ‘purge’ propaganda from Wikipedia, so he created a compendium of racist disinformation
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Readers of Pharos will recognize many of the white nationalists who receive laudatory treatment on Elon Musk's new Grokipedia 1/
More publication news: "Abusing Antiquity? Classics and the Contemporary Far Right," edited by @drhelenroche.bsky.social and @denisemccoskey.bsky.social, is now available for pre-order from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
More publication news: "Abusing Antiquity? Classics and the Contemporary Far Right," edited by @drhelenroche.bsky.social and @denisemccoskey.bsky.social, is now available for pre-order from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social.
www.bloomsbury.com/us/abusing-a...
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Alice Wong spoke at Vassar two years ago. Amazing, galvanizing woman
bringing this statement over from Alice’s Twitter. it appears the below was Alice’s last post before passing. I am heartbroken
November 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Alice Wong spoke at Vassar two years ago. Amazing, galvanizing woman
Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me
This is the same Megyn Kelly who, when she claimed that America has become as degenerate as the Roman Empire, gave as an example that Americans are trying to "normalize pedophilia." pharos.vassarspaces.net/2025/11/12/m...
November 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This is the same Megyn Kelly who, when she claimed that America has become as degenerate as the Roman Empire, gave as an example that Americans are trying to "normalize pedophilia." pharos.vassarspaces.net/2025/11/12/m...
A lot of ancient sources blame the fall of Rome on things like sexual deviance and erosion of traditional morals. Those same sources were written by ideologues trying to scare people for political gain. Sound familiar? My latest for Pharos: pharos.vassarspaces.net/2025/11/12/m...
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A lot of ancient sources blame the fall of Rome on things like sexual deviance and erosion of traditional morals. Those same sources were written by ideologues trying to scare people for political gain. Sound familiar? My latest for Pharos: pharos.vassarspaces.net/2025/11/12/m...
UK Readers! (and Europe) @yalebooks.bsky.social will have "The White Pedestal" ready to ship in February 2026! yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
November 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
UK Readers! (and Europe) @yalebooks.bsky.social will have "The White Pedestal" ready to ship in February 2026! yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
Thanks to @mmfa.bsky.social for highlighting more "Fall of Rome" fear mongering -- this time in a transphobic segment -- on the podcast of a major right wing media figure. I wrote about it on Pharos pharos.vassarspaces.net/2025/11/12/m...
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Thanks to @mmfa.bsky.social for highlighting more "Fall of Rome" fear mongering -- this time in a transphobic segment -- on the podcast of a major right wing media figure. I wrote about it on Pharos pharos.vassarspaces.net/2025/11/12/m...
I have a chapter on white nationalism in this but the volume's real impact will be demonstrating the relevance of "race" for the study of the ancient past. W/ @katherineharloe.bsky.social @kataplexis.bsky.social @platanoclassics.bsky.social @twhittermarsh.bsky.social @aerl.bsky.social & many others
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I have a chapter on white nationalism in this but the volume's real impact will be demonstrating the relevance of "race" for the study of the ancient past. W/ @katherineharloe.bsky.social @kataplexis.bsky.social @platanoclassics.bsky.social @twhittermarsh.bsky.social @aerl.bsky.social & many others
This is from 10 days ago but it's great to see Rome used for laughs instead of fascism.
NEW: A little judicial schadenfreude! This made me smile today, and I hope it makes you smile, too. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/a-little-j...
A Little Judicial Schadenfreude
One of my favorite things in court filings are little turns of the knife - especially when it has to do with Caesar himself. Allow me to explain.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This is from 10 days ago but it's great to see Rome used for laughs instead of fascism.
Does anyone want an out of date hot take about womens professional cycling? I'm just obsessing over this for some reason. I finally watched Stage 1 of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes. Ferrand-Prévot broke away maybe 500m from the finish. It looked like she would win but then she started fading. 1/
November 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Does anyone want an out of date hot take about womens professional cycling? I'm just obsessing over this for some reason. I finally watched Stage 1 of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes. Ferrand-Prévot broke away maybe 500m from the finish. It looked like she would win but then she started fading. 1/
"'Critics say' is the tell...if you have enough money to get somebody to produce a white paper for you...[then,] no matter how unhinged the position you’ve taken...that opinion will, by virtue of such provenance, possess all needed evidentiary gravity for the Times." lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"'Critics say' is the tell...if you have enough money to get somebody to produce a white paper for you...[then,] no matter how unhinged the position you’ve taken...that opinion will, by virtue of such provenance, possess all needed evidentiary gravity for the Times." lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Bannon must have been excited to get an award with a Latin name (Bellator) from a right wing org that uses a classical helmet as its symbol and that offers fellowships to train "public policy warriors" with Latin names like "Magnus" "Intrepidus" and "Legatum". pharos.vassarspaces.net/2022/12/19/s...
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Bannon must have been excited to get an award with a Latin name (Bellator) from a right wing org that uses a classical helmet as its symbol and that offers fellowships to train "public policy warriors" with Latin names like "Magnus" "Intrepidus" and "Legatum". pharos.vassarspaces.net/2022/12/19/s...
Musk — at the cost of hundreds of thousands of lives — is still on about the "suicidal empathy" of "Western Civilization," talking points reminiscent of those of notorious antisemites, race pseudo-scientists, and white supremacists pharos.vassarspaces.net/2025/04/25/e...
November 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Musk — at the cost of hundreds of thousands of lives — is still on about the "suicidal empathy" of "Western Civilization," talking points reminiscent of those of notorious antisemites, race pseudo-scientists, and white supremacists pharos.vassarspaces.net/2025/04/25/e...
Don't Forget the Roman Empire! pharos.vassarspaces.net/2018/02/02/f...
November 7, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Don't Forget the Roman Empire! pharos.vassarspaces.net/2018/02/02/f...
We consulted a (print) dictionary on a point of pronunciation and, my pronunciation having been deemed more regular, my 10yo asked "but isn't the dictionary's determination only the judgement of the maker of the dictionary?" and at first I was proud and then I wondered if this is why we have Trump
November 7, 2025 at 1:52 AM
We consulted a (print) dictionary on a point of pronunciation and, my pronunciation having been deemed more regular, my 10yo asked "but isn't the dictionary's determination only the judgement of the maker of the dictionary?" and at first I was proud and then I wondered if this is why we have Trump
This was true in the local elections here: conditions were bad for republican incumbents, yes, but also we had better people running than in many past years
"I think it was a rejection of Trump, but I don't think you should sleep on the fact that there were really good candidates running." Candidates who effectively voiced the discontent voters are feeling with Trump.
@governor.pa.gov joins @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social:
@governor.pa.gov joins @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social:
November 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This was true in the local elections here: conditions were bad for republican incumbents, yes, but also we had better people running than in many past years
I care so much! Keep posting these stories!
Maybe nobody in the great big world cares about this.
But the public libraries in tiny Jefferson County in Northern Appalachia were in danger of losing their tax funding thanks to right-wing book banners. And we won. The library's funding is safe!!!!!
But the public libraries in tiny Jefferson County in Northern Appalachia were in danger of losing their tax funding thanks to right-wing book banners. And we won. The library's funding is safe!!!!!
November 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I care so much! Keep posting these stories!
Don't forget the little people: huge night for Dems in NY's Dutchess County, including crushing a terrible incumbent county court judge and flipping the county legislature. Love to see these downballot wins from across the nation! midhudsonnews.com/2025/11/05/d...
Dutchess Dems win big across the county - Mid Hudson News
POUGHKEEPSIE – Democrats in Dutchess County were the big winners Tuesday night, including keeping the comptroller seat, defeating an incumbent Republican county court judge, and flipping the county le...
midhudsonnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Don't forget the little people: huge night for Dems in NY's Dutchess County, including crushing a terrible incumbent county court judge and flipping the county legislature. Love to see these downballot wins from across the nation! midhudsonnews.com/2025/11/05/d...
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that if one forgets to check the rotation direction of a bike tire when replacing it, they must put it on the wrong way even though you would think they had a 50/50 chance of doing it right
November 3, 2025 at 12:51 AM
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that if one forgets to check the rotation direction of a bike tire when replacing it, they must put it on the wrong way even though you would think they had a 50/50 chance of doing it right
"The report has no answer to the media ownership problem. It doesn’t even raise it as a question. It includes pages upon pages bemoaning the Democratic Party’s messaging woes, without ever considering that the problem might be that its opponents have access to much larger megaphones."
My favorite thing as a writer is when I start ranting about something on Bluesky, get it all out of my system, and then turn it into a real piece of writing.
On that note: hey, it’s me, heckling centrist Dems in the New Republic!
newrepublic.com/article/2023...
On that note: hey, it’s me, heckling centrist Dems in the New Republic!
newrepublic.com/article/2023...
October 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
"The report has no answer to the media ownership problem. It doesn’t even raise it as a question. It includes pages upon pages bemoaning the Democratic Party’s messaging woes, without ever considering that the problem might be that its opponents have access to much larger megaphones."
When they say "difference divides people" like it's a fact, recognize it instead as an argument, which they are making because they are afraid of what would happen if people collaborated and showed solidarity across difference
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
When they say "difference divides people" like it's a fact, recognize it instead as an argument, which they are making because they are afraid of what would happen if people collaborated and showed solidarity across difference
This was a no-brainer to pre-order for me. Tara is such a perceptive reader of ancient culture with such an acute sense of why it all matters. Gonna be 🔥. And of course this topic matters more than ever in an age of restriction, censorship, and violence around reproduction
My book is coming on May 7, 2026. Pre-orders available now from Barnes & Noble and Bookshop!
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October 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This was a no-brainer to pre-order for me. Tara is such a perceptive reader of ancient culture with such an acute sense of why it all matters. Gonna be 🔥. And of course this topic matters more than ever in an age of restriction, censorship, and violence around reproduction
I might say, the best preserved and most studied parts of Greco-Roman antiquity were largely reactionary and authoritarian (which is why they are the best preserved and most studied)
Lots of good insights in this review - especially with how we need to accept that reactionaries and authoritarians love the Classics because Greeks and Romans were largely reactionary and authoritarian!
October 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I might say, the best preserved and most studied parts of Greco-Roman antiquity were largely reactionary and authoritarian (which is why they are the best preserved and most studied)