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Chica Marx

@mckenziewark.bsky.social

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Author of RAVING, REVERSE COWGIRL and various other things. https://linktr.ee/mckenziewark

McKenzie Wark is an Australian-born writer and scholar. Wark is known for her writings on media theory, critical theory, new media, and the Situationist International. Her best known works are A Hacker Manifesto and Gamer Theory. She is a professor of Media and Cultural Studies at The New School. .. more

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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 6h

Obrigada pela conversa agradável

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João G. Ribeiro @joaogsr.bsky.social · 9h

Tive a honra de ser host numa entrevista ao vivo com a @mckenziewark.bsky.social ao vivo no MIL. E só posso agradecer a oportunidade e a partilha generosa de conhecimento.

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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 19h

Up there with so forths

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Jacob Wren @jacobwren.bsky.social · 19h

“If you remember better times / you know they were lies, because they led / to this”
- Alice Notley

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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 19h

Venice | October 15 6PM | I'm at Bruno Books

Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 19h

Ljubljana | October 14 5PM | I'm at Moderna Galerija

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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 20h

Zagreb | October 13 6PM I'm at the 60th Zagreb salon | SKD Prosvjeta

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Comunidade Cultura e Arte @comculturaearte.bsky.social · 20h

“Gosto de pistas de dança centradas no feminino, não porque sejam identitárias, mas porque produzem outras formas de cuidado, graça e solidariedade.”, sublinha Mckenzie Wark em entrevista à Comunidade Cultura e Arte.

👉Entrevista de Lís Barros: comunidadeculturaearte.com/entrevista-m...

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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 1d

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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daria argento @mommywiseau.bsky.social · 1d

*having a moment of brilliance & clarity* have we tried feeding the LLMs Finnegan's Wake? is there a Finnegan's Wake slider we can use to just fuck everyones shit up finally

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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 1d

Arrived in Lisbon 1st event tonight
Book launch RAVING [MIL Festival/Casa Capitão + Orfeu Negro]
6:30pm-7:30pm @ Casa Capitão, Lisbon
with Odete [author of afterword] and Carolina Franco [journalist for Shifter]

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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 1d

Most adults in America don't believe in Santa Claus but they still believe in the police.

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Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · 1d

Free shipping on @bookshop.org today!

I'd recommend picking up anything you've had yours eyes on, but here's some specific, recent indie press story collections I've loved:

Magic Can't Save Us, Josh Denslow
Girl on Girl, Emily Costa
My Prisoner and Other Stories, Tyler McAndrew
Sad Grownups, Amy Stuber
Horsegirl Fever, Kevin Maloney
The Nothing, Lauren Davis
Cheap Therapist Says You're Insane, Parker Young
Where the Pavement Turns to Sand, Sheldon Birnie
Hey You Assholes, Kyle Seibel
Are You Happy?, Lori Ostlund
This Is the Afterlife, Jeff Chon
Birds Aren't Real, D.T. Robbins
Survival Tips, Miriam Gershow
Delinquents and Other Escape Attempts, Nick Rees Gardner
Early Sobrieties, Michael Deagler

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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 1d

Feel-good story of the day

Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 1d

Scientist on three-week off-grid hike finds out he's won the Nobel prize

Dr Fred Ramsdell was "living his best life" offline when the Nobel committee tried to contact him.

www.bbc.com

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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 1d

No joke part of my transition story.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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esQrever @esqrever.com · 1d

Hoje, 8 de outubro, pelas 18h30 na Casa Capitão em Lisboa, poderás assistir à apresentação de McKenzie Wark e do seu livro Raving, uma exploração política e afetiva da experiência da noite, dos corpos e da música. Confere toda a informação e não percas! esqrever.com/2025/10/05/r...

Ramonera e Raving: Elvis Guerra e McKenzie Wark apresentam obras em Portugal

Elvis Guerra e McKenzie Wark No mês de outubro, a editora Orfeu Negro traz a Portugal duas autoras que marcam a literatura e o pensamento queer contemporâneo. Elvis Guerra, poeta muxe’ de Juc…

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Comunidade Cultura e Arte @comculturaearte.bsky.social · 1d

“Gosto de pistas de dança centradas no feminino, não porque sejam identitárias, mas porque produzem outras formas de cuidado, graça e solidariedade.”, sublinha Mckenzie Wark em entrevista à Comunidade Cultura e Arte.

👉Lê aqui: comunidadeculturaearte.com/entrevista-m...

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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 1d

Scientist on three-week off-grid hike finds out he's won the Nobel prize

Dr Fred Ramsdell was "living his best life" offline when the Nobel committee tried to contact him.

www.bbc.com

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 2d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 2d

Awaiting my flight out of New York to Lisbon. Portugal tour starts tomorrow!

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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 2d

And you can select your favorite independent (Hive Mind Books, for eg) as your "store" and Bookshop kicks them a lil something.

bookriot.bsky.social @bookriot.bsky.social · 2d

Support independent bookstores and get free shipping by purchasing books through Bookshop.org during their "Anti-Prime Day" sale.

#booksky

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Bookshop.org Offers Free Shipping and 20% Off Banned Books for “Anti-Prime Day”

Support independent bookstores and get free shipping by purchasing books through Bookshop.org during their "Anti-Prime Day" sale.

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bookriot.bsky.social @bookriot.bsky.social · 2d

Support independent bookstores and get free shipping by purchasing books through Bookshop.org during their "Anti-Prime Day" sale.

#booksky

bookriot.com/bookshop-org...

Bookshop.org Offers Free Shipping and 20% Off Banned Books for “Anti-Prime Day”

Support independent bookstores and get free shipping by purchasing books through Bookshop.org during their "Anti-Prime Day" sale.

bookriot.com

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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 2d

www.e-flux.com/journal/146/...

Editorial: A Hacker Manifesto, Twenty Years On - Journal #146

McKenzie Wark reflects on the legacy of her groundbreaking book A Hacker Manifesto.

www.e-flux.com

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Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 2d

They should invent a kind of web that doesn't get enclosured

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 2d

we don't need cis people making art about how trans women are weird little freaks, that's our job.

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SCMS Queer and Trans Caucus @scmsqtc.bsky.social · 2d

The Board of the SCMS Queer and Trans Caucus is seeking submissions for the 2025 Chris Holmlund Graduate Student Writing Prize!

Nov 15, 2025 - All Submissions Due
Dec 15, 2025 - Winner Selected
Mar 15, 2026 - Winner Article Revised for Publication

MORE INFO: drive.google.com/file/d/1ZICp...

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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 3d

Videodrome

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