mary g
@extravaganster.bsky.social
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(researcher, writer, editor, baker, barista, spy)
(researcher, writer, editor, baker, barista, spy)
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The primary archive I consulted for my dissertation—one of many—contained nearly two hundred file boxes of material, each with thousands of pages of documents.
I'd be shocked if even 0.01% of the archival material I consulted is available digitally.
I'd be shocked if even 0.01% of the archival material I consulted is available digitally.
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
December 22, 2025 at 3:07 AM
The primary archive I consulted for my dissertation—one of many—contained nearly two hundred file boxes of material, each with thousands of pages of documents.
I'd be shocked if even 0.01% of the archival material I consulted is available digitally.
I'd be shocked if even 0.01% of the archival material I consulted is available digitally.
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I don't talk about "offense" and "being offended" when it comes to issues of treatment of and behavior toward marginalized people and that's very intentional.
The language of "offense" suggests the issues are about individual hurt feelings rather than collective harm.
The language of "offense" suggests the issues are about individual hurt feelings rather than collective harm.
October 16, 2023 at 10:10 PM
I don't talk about "offense" and "being offended" when it comes to issues of treatment of and behavior toward marginalized people and that's very intentional.
The language of "offense" suggests the issues are about individual hurt feelings rather than collective harm.
The language of "offense" suggests the issues are about individual hurt feelings rather than collective harm.
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Folks should be paying attention to how the political dynamics of SNAP being revoking and the metonymy of honoring the treaties is connected.
November 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Folks should be paying attention to how the political dynamics of SNAP being revoking and the metonymy of honoring the treaties is connected.
ps I did the Val knees trend for my coffee job’s SM (and by “did,” I mean “failed fantastically at”), and Val liked it on instagram. The youths tell me this is better/less necessarily embarrassing than if a non-Val DWTS dancer liked it.
December 16, 2025 at 2:45 AM
ps I did the Val knees trend for my coffee job’s SM (and by “did,” I mean “failed fantastically at”), and Val liked it on instagram. The youths tell me this is better/less necessarily embarrassing than if a non-Val DWTS dancer liked it.
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The goal of organizing is not to convince your opponent. The goal of organizing is to defeat your opponent.
IMO it's hard to combat the dangerousness of the right by participating in a platform where they aren't present.
I think the best way to explain the X vs Bluesky preference is whether a person thinks the left is more annoying than the right is dangerous.
The reason so many Noah Smiths end up on the X side of that equation is that while the left annoys them personally, the right mostly endangers other people.
The reason so many Noah Smiths end up on the X side of that equation is that while the left annoys them personally, the right mostly endangers other people.
December 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The goal of organizing is not to convince your opponent. The goal of organizing is to defeat your opponent.
As my seasonal tech editing contracts come to a close, I’ve got holiday baking on my mind. Today, we start our test-run of raspberry danish!
December 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
As my seasonal tech editing contracts come to a close, I’ve got holiday baking on my mind. Today, we start our test-run of raspberry danish!
i know it's my socialization into white cishet femininity that makes me say this, so take it with the barrel of saltiness that implies.... but.... seriously? can't we all just fucking get along?
December 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
i know it's my socialization into white cishet femininity that makes me say this, so take it with the barrel of saltiness that implies.... but.... seriously? can't we all just fucking get along?
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why is it 'a 🔥 woman' and not femme brulée
December 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
why is it 'a 🔥 woman' and not femme brulée
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
i am the first person to look askance at your assertions of literary value, but holy shit the last thing we need is more texts composed by people who've never thought seriously about meaning-making or words.
December 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
i am the first person to look askance at your assertions of literary value, but holy shit the last thing we need is more texts composed by people who've never thought seriously about meaning-making or words.
Sans serif fonts are more readable than serif fonts. I had to let go of Garamond, too.
December 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Sans serif fonts are more readable than serif fonts. I had to let go of Garamond, too.
audience and purpose, baby. audience and purpose.
December 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
audience and purpose, baby. audience and purpose.
My brilliant and butch (subtype: indoor) wife’s @dr-bethany-jacobs.bsky.social THIRD book day is here! Welcome to the world, THIS BRUTAL MOON! Get the whole Kindom Trilogy from wherever quality books are sold! (Support local indie if you can! Request from your library! Books make great gifts!)
December 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
My brilliant and butch (subtype: indoor) wife’s @dr-bethany-jacobs.bsky.social THIRD book day is here! Welcome to the world, THIS BRUTAL MOON! Get the whole Kindom Trilogy from wherever quality books are sold! (Support local indie if you can! Request from your library! Books make great gifts!)
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This #GivingTuesday, your support makes a difference. Become a member or make a donation today to support ASAN’s work fighting for everyone in our community! autisticadvocacy.org/donate
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This #GivingTuesday, your support makes a difference. Become a member or make a donation today to support ASAN’s work fighting for everyone in our community! autisticadvocacy.org/donate
An annoying trend I’m seeing as an editor is AI-generated images that, while relatively non-offensive for being accurate and appropriately styled, add absolutely no added value/meaning to the content.
November 30, 2025 at 3:03 AM
An annoying trend I’m seeing as an editor is AI-generated images that, while relatively non-offensive for being accurate and appropriately styled, add absolutely no added value/meaning to the content.
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In honor of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social's legacy as a disability activist and writer, today we are republishing Bitch Magazine's Access Series, which was originally curated by Alice Wong. Worker-owner and former Bitch editor-in-chief Evette Dionne updated the intro to the series here:
Honoring Alice Wong: Reprinting Bitch Magazine's Access Series
Alice Wong, who reshaped the world of disability media, joined our ancestors on November 14, 2025. The Flytrap is proud to reprint her curated Access Series for Bitch Magazine.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In honor of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social's legacy as a disability activist and writer, today we are republishing Bitch Magazine's Access Series, which was originally curated by Alice Wong. Worker-owner and former Bitch editor-in-chief Evette Dionne updated the intro to the series here:
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seasonal reminder that if someone says they don't drink:
-it's none of your business why
-hosts should have several non-alcoholic beverage options
-the holidays can be a tough period for non-drinkers
-many jokes about not drinking are bad
-people are burned out and might just be tired
-it's none of your business why
-hosts should have several non-alcoholic beverage options
-the holidays can be a tough period for non-drinkers
-many jokes about not drinking are bad
-people are burned out and might just be tired
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
seasonal reminder that if someone says they don't drink:
-it's none of your business why
-hosts should have several non-alcoholic beverage options
-the holidays can be a tough period for non-drinkers
-many jokes about not drinking are bad
-people are burned out and might just be tired
-it's none of your business why
-hosts should have several non-alcoholic beverage options
-the holidays can be a tough period for non-drinkers
-many jokes about not drinking are bad
-people are burned out and might just be tired
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There's immense political power to be had(by puritans and republicans) by repressing sexuality and simultaneously sexualizing everything.
November 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
There's immense political power to be had(by puritans and republicans) by repressing sexuality and simultaneously sexualizing everything.
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6. (cont.) The group must not be the organic bond uniting hierarchized individuals but a constant generator of deindividualization.
7. Do not become enamored of power.
7. Do not become enamored of power.
January 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
6. (cont.) The group must not be the organic bond uniting hierarchized individuals but a constant generator of deindividualization.
7. Do not become enamored of power.
7. Do not become enamored of power.
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6. Do not demand of politics that it restore the ‘rights’ of the individual, as philosophy has defined them. The individual is the product of power. What is needed is to ‘deindividualize’ by means of multiplication and displacement, diverse combinations. ...
January 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
6. Do not demand of politics that it restore the ‘rights’ of the individual, as philosophy has defined them. The individual is the product of power. What is needed is to ‘deindividualize’ by means of multiplication and displacement, diverse combinations. ...
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Foucault argues fascism lives in our heads and everyday behavior, generating a “desire [for] the very thing that dominates and exploits us.”
That thing is power.
So, how does one who "believes oneself to be a revolutionary militant" combat their inner fascist?
medium.com/@m_ganster/f...
That thing is power.
So, how does one who "believes oneself to be a revolutionary militant" combat their inner fascist?
medium.com/@m_ganster/f...
Foucault’s Principles for Living an Antifascist Life
In his foreword to Giles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s A Thousand Plateaus, Michel Foucault asserts fascism lives inside all of us. The…
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January 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Foucault argues fascism lives in our heads and everyday behavior, generating a “desire [for] the very thing that dominates and exploits us.”
That thing is power.
So, how does one who "believes oneself to be a revolutionary militant" combat their inner fascist?
medium.com/@m_ganster/f...
That thing is power.
So, how does one who "believes oneself to be a revolutionary militant" combat their inner fascist?
medium.com/@m_ganster/f...
i coulda toldya that
November 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
i coulda toldya that
challenge: demean trump & his cronies without reinscribing the logic of rape culture
November 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
challenge: demean trump & his cronies without reinscribing the logic of rape culture