veronica
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some little detached reflections from fred jameson on the situation of the university after reagan
November 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
some little detached reflections from fred jameson on the situation of the university after reagan
as a vermont girl i will always love french canadians but bonhomme carnaval really freaked me out as a kid... like if the doughboy and the mask from scream had a child
November 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
as a vermont girl i will always love french canadians but bonhomme carnaval really freaked me out as a kid... like if the doughboy and the mask from scream had a child
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The Weekly Read is "Lexicon for a Capitalist Image" by Pietro Bianchi and Joshua Harold Wiebe. The article introduces Filming Capital, a special issue of SAQ (124:4). Read it for free through 1/31/26: buff.ly/5naaEnu
November 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The Weekly Read is "Lexicon for a Capitalist Image" by Pietro Bianchi and Joshua Harold Wiebe. The article introduces Filming Capital, a special issue of SAQ (124:4). Read it for free through 1/31/26: buff.ly/5naaEnu
only really ever watched Douglas Sirk's 50s melodramas til now. this little mistaken identity capitalist comedy from '34 is incredibly charming
Two Greyhounds (1934)
An early short film by Douglas Sirk (Detlef Sierck) which takes a satirical look at dubious business practices during the Weimar Republic. It was banned under the title "Zwei Genies" but released as "...
letterboxd.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:06 AM
only really ever watched Douglas Sirk's 50s melodramas til now. this little mistaken identity capitalist comedy from '34 is incredibly charming
'you can’t make films about things, you can only make films with things, with people, with light, with flowers, with mirrors, with blood, in fact with all the fantastic things which make life worth living'
November 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
'you can’t make films about things, you can only make films with things, with people, with light, with flowers, with mirrors, with blood, in fact with all the fantastic things which make life worth living'
it's only natural to be artificial
November 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
it's only natural to be artificial
every few months I rewatch this little portrait film from 1975 about a trans sex worker named Valerie and every time I feel so moved by it
Valerie (Joseph Horning, 1975)
YouTube video by archival monroe
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November 16, 2025 at 4:31 AM
every few months I rewatch this little portrait film from 1975 about a trans sex worker named Valerie and every time I feel so moved by it
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genuinely very few things more satisfying than reading the kinds of emails rich and famous people send each other
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
genuinely very few things more satisfying than reading the kinds of emails rich and famous people send each other
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Volume 124 Issue 4 | South Atlantic Quarterly | Duke University Press
read.dukeupress.edu
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
She’s a real cinephile!
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 AM
She’s a real cinephile!
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Once more, for old times’ sake
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Once more, for old times’ sake
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Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
June 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
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speaking of heists! everything you ever wanted to know about the heyday of the cinematic genre and what that has to do with Hollywood finance
our issue of SAQ on "filming capital" is up! contributions from @lingzhang.bsky.social, @ernestpjl.bsky.social, @benjamincrais.bsky.social, @annakornbluh.bsky.social, patrick marshall, cassandra guan, alberto toscano
bad news for haters of the good!
www.dukeupress.edu/filming-capi...
bad news for haters of the good!
www.dukeupress.edu/filming-capi...
Filming Capital
www.dukeupress.edu
November 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
speaking of heists! everything you ever wanted to know about the heyday of the cinematic genre and what that has to do with Hollywood finance
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our issue of SAQ on "filming capital" is up! contributions from @lingzhang.bsky.social, @ernestpjl.bsky.social, @benjamincrais.bsky.social, @annakornbluh.bsky.social, patrick marshall, cassandra guan, alberto toscano
bad news for haters of the good!
www.dukeupress.edu/filming-capi...
bad news for haters of the good!
www.dukeupress.edu/filming-capi...
Filming Capital
www.dukeupress.edu
November 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
our issue of SAQ on "filming capital" is up! contributions from @lingzhang.bsky.social, @ernestpjl.bsky.social, @benjamincrais.bsky.social, @annakornbluh.bsky.social, patrick marshall, cassandra guan, alberto toscano
bad news for haters of the good!
www.dukeupress.edu/filming-capi...
bad news for haters of the good!
www.dukeupress.edu/filming-capi...
Won't post because it has identifiable student information but found a very charming quiz Fred once administered to his students on Chandler's "The Big Sleep"
November 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Won't post because it has identifiable student information but found a very charming quiz Fred once administered to his students on Chandler's "The Big Sleep"
this is so poetic somehow
October 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this is so poetic somehow
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I think it is genuinely interesting how this isn't labeled as an accusation of dual loyalty even though that is plainly what it is.
What an odious thing to say. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
October 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I think it is genuinely interesting how this isn't labeled as an accusation of dual loyalty even though that is plainly what it is.
She’s still so relatable
September 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
She’s still so relatable
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UC Berkeley betrayed their own faculty, including Jewish academics like Judith Butler, to the Trump administration
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
UC Berkeley betrayed their own faculty, including Jewish academics like Judith Butler, to the Trump administration
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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"Raab... says he shot Salem simply because he tried to retrieve the body of his beloved older brother Mohammed.
“It’s hard for me to understand why he [did that] and it also doesn’t really interest me,” Raab says in a video interview posted on X. “I mean, what was so important about that corpse?”"
“It’s hard for me to understand why he [did that] and it also doesn’t really interest me,” Raab says in a video interview posted on X. “I mean, what was so important about that corpse?”"
IDF sniper from Chicago who says he killed Gazan teenager just for trying to retrieve his brother's corpse: “They’re thinking, ‘Oh I don’t think [I’ll get shot] because I’m wearing civilian clothes and I am not carrying a weapon' and all that, but they were wrong. That’s what you have snipers for.”
The Gaza family torn apart by IDF snipers from Chicago and Munich
Five-month investigation reveals how four members of one family were shot and killed in a single day and highlights a pattern in which Israeli troops target unarmed civilians
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"Raab... says he shot Salem simply because he tried to retrieve the body of his beloved older brother Mohammed.
“It’s hard for me to understand why he [did that] and it also doesn’t really interest me,” Raab says in a video interview posted on X. “I mean, what was so important about that corpse?”"
“It’s hard for me to understand why he [did that] and it also doesn’t really interest me,” Raab says in a video interview posted on X. “I mean, what was so important about that corpse?”"
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It's worth watching the exchange in full. The student appears to be suggesting that the very phrase "gender and sexuality" is "against our president's law" as well as "against my religious beliefs". The professor pushes back very gently on the point that the student is confused about the law. (1/3)
Faculty in red states are being punished for failing to signal in their course descriptions that their classes will include content on "gender ideology."
Remind me again which party was appalled by idea of "trigger warnings"?
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
Remind me again which party was appalled by idea of "trigger warnings"?
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.
www.kbtx.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
It's worth watching the exchange in full. The student appears to be suggesting that the very phrase "gender and sexuality" is "against our president's law" as well as "against my religious beliefs". The professor pushes back very gently on the point that the student is confused about the law. (1/3)
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The story goes: in 1941, the Institute for Social Research was torn apart by a fierce debate about Pollock’s “State Capitalism” thesis. This supposedly made further collaboration with members like Neumann & Kirchheimer impossible. The problem with this story is: it never happened
September 8, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The story goes: in 1941, the Institute for Social Research was torn apart by a fierce debate about Pollock’s “State Capitalism” thesis. This supposedly made further collaboration with members like Neumann & Kirchheimer impossible. The problem with this story is: it never happened
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You know that boat the administration blew up? A former law enforcement official told the NYT the boat seemed to be carrying not drugs but *’migrants *
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
September 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
You know that boat the administration blew up? A former law enforcement official told the NYT the boat seemed to be carrying not drugs but *’migrants *
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...