nika 🪷
@petalledheart.bsky.social
🇰🇭🇨🇳 PhD candidate in cinema + sexual diversity studies & Centre for the Study of the US + Northrop Frye Centre doctoral fellow at U of T | staff director of Sundress Publications
📝 on surveillance, aesthetics, ethics, race, queer theory, trans studies
📝 on surveillance, aesthetics, ethics, race, queer theory, trans studies
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Rob Reiner made some great movies but he was also unafraid to speak the truth, and was one of the public voices who knew you don’t squander your platform, and only got louder about opposing evil fucks as he got older. Legend.
December 15, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Rob Reiner made some great movies but he was also unafraid to speak the truth, and was one of the public voices who knew you don’t squander your platform, and only got louder about opposing evil fucks as he got older. Legend.
Finalized the films for my seminar next term (first time teaching a non-lecture course)! I’m showing one short + one feature a week
The goal was emotional whiplash (as well as damage)
The goal was emotional whiplash (as well as damage)
December 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Finalized the films for my seminar next term (first time teaching a non-lecture course)! I’m showing one short + one feature a week
The goal was emotional whiplash (as well as damage)
The goal was emotional whiplash (as well as damage)
Why is everything so STUPID
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Why is everything so STUPID
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How unpopular do you have to be where you have to legislate in your Trumpenjuden.
Happening now: Texas leaders announcing a rollout of a statewide program to put TPUSA chapters in high schools and colleges across the state. Gov. Abbott adds that schools that stand in the way should be reported to the Texas Education Agency.
December 9, 2025 at 12:26 AM
How unpopular do you have to be where you have to legislate in your Trumpenjuden.
If we're going to continue to be subjected to LLMs they should be able to tell you if your question is stupid and refuse to answer it
How about you just watch the tv show like a normal person?
December 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
If we're going to continue to be subjected to LLMs they should be able to tell you if your question is stupid and refuse to answer it
I feel like I'm being gaslit every time I see someone on here go on about how beautiful Nuzzi is...like her chin frightens me
December 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I feel like I'm being gaslit every time I see someone on here go on about how beautiful Nuzzi is...like her chin frightens me
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Okay so not only is this a horrible fascist overreach, but entirely unworkable. *Every* piece of course material? Having now experienced the pace of getting just the briefest outline of a course submitted (a year in advance!) my only response is lol nice try, no one's getting anything done again.
TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
December 2, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Okay so not only is this a horrible fascist overreach, but entirely unworkable. *Every* piece of course material? Having now experienced the pace of getting just the briefest outline of a course submitted (a year in advance!) my only response is lol nice try, no one's getting anything done again.
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A college student complaining about a grade on a paper is not national news. Not even close. The details have minimal import outside the class itself.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
December 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A college student complaining about a grade on a paper is not national news. Not even close. The details have minimal import outside the class itself.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
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and you know what? these students should also be judged, and judged harshly for this. running to the admins and state legislators and the press because you got a fairly earned failing grade on an assignment is and should be seen as a mark of extremely poor character. it makes you a very bad person.
the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
and you know what? these students should also be judged, and judged harshly for this. running to the admins and state legislators and the press because you got a fairly earned failing grade on an assignment is and should be seen as a mark of extremely poor character. it makes you a very bad person.
How are you, a junior in a psychology course, acting shocked you failed an assignment where you explicitly called large groups of people "demonic" who believe Satan's lies??
She didn't even cite the Bible she just mentioned God 😭 not even a single verse I'm cracking up
She didn't even cite the Bible she just mentioned God 😭 not even a single verse I'm cracking up
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
November 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
How are you, a junior in a psychology course, acting shocked you failed an assignment where you explicitly called large groups of people "demonic" who believe Satan's lies??
She didn't even cite the Bible she just mentioned God 😭 not even a single verse I'm cracking up
She didn't even cite the Bible she just mentioned God 😭 not even a single verse I'm cracking up
Wondering why there was so much more inane discourse on here than usual then I remembered U.S. Thanksgiving is on Thursday so you’re probably all bored waiting for flights or something
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Wondering why there was so much more inane discourse on here than usual then I remembered U.S. Thanksgiving is on Thursday so you’re probably all bored waiting for flights or something
Wondering why there was so much more inane discourse on here than usual then I remembered U.S. Thanksgiving is on Thursday so you’re probably all bored waiting for flights or something
November 26, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Wondering why there was so much more inane discourse on here than usual then I remembered U.S. Thanksgiving is on Thursday so you’re probably all bored waiting for flights or something
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Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
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MAMDANI: And I just think that there are barriers, barricades, to helping Americans that we can break down
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
November 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
MAMDANI: And I just think that there are barriers, barricades, to helping Americans that we can break down
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
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Where are all those people who were crowing about cancel culture ?
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Where are all those people who were crowing about cancel culture ?
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Authoritarianism arrives with emails like this. The masked brute squad may or may not accost you later, be sure to carry your papers.
Email just went out on my campus that the Immigration Goons ("federal immigration agents") will be in town (Raleigh).
Inter alia, it says,"International students, faculty and staff should carry evidence of their immigration status with them at all times."
The fuck kind of country are we living in?
Inter alia, it says,"International students, faculty and staff should carry evidence of their immigration status with them at all times."
The fuck kind of country are we living in?
November 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Authoritarianism arrives with emails like this. The masked brute squad may or may not accost you later, be sure to carry your papers.
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If you're a professor at Texas A&M, you'll need to receive written authorization from the university president before discussing this incident on campus.
November 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
If you're a professor at Texas A&M, you'll need to receive written authorization from the university president before discussing this incident on campus.
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“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
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I thought the earlier news from A&M was bad, but this is incredibly bleak. It’s close to the point of not having a functional university.
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I thought the earlier news from A&M was bad, but this is incredibly bleak. It’s close to the point of not having a functional university.
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If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
The Lions don’t deserve this kind of commentary, man
Government is shut down. Chaos in airports. 42 million going hungry. 24 million face skyrocketing healthcare costs. Economy in turmoil. And the president of the United States is in the Fox broadcast booth calling plays for a football game.
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The Lions don’t deserve this kind of commentary, man
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bluesky branding refresh unveiled
November 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
bluesky branding refresh unveiled