Angela Mitropoulos
@mitropoulos.bsky.social
Contract & Contagion: From Biopolitics to Oikonomia (2012)
Pandemonium: Proliferating Borders of Capital and the Pandemic Swerve (2020)
More (open access) writings at https://s0metim3s.com/mitropoulos/
I'd enjoy an article/history of Syd Mead's work. (I sometimes think Musk tried to emulate these with the cybertruck)
February 1, 2026 at 10:19 PM
I'd enjoy an article/history of Syd Mead's work. (I sometimes think Musk tried to emulate these with the cybertruck)
They've removed the issue of consent from their definition of rape, and replaced it with fears of miscegenation and property theft. As with the accusations about "Mexican rapists," this definition assumes white women are white men's property.
January 31, 2026 at 11:09 PM
They've removed the issue of consent from their definition of rape, and replaced it with fears of miscegenation and property theft. As with the accusations about "Mexican rapists," this definition assumes white women are white men's property.
Seeing some comments, I'll just add that I don't think Chomsky has ever been part of the far Left.
Invoking free speech in defense of Nazis does not make one a liberal any more than "anti-Americanism" — distinctly borrowed from the European far Right — makes someone an anti-imperialist.
Invoking free speech in defense of Nazis does not make one a liberal any more than "anti-Americanism" — distinctly borrowed from the European far Right — makes someone an anti-imperialist.
January 31, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Seeing some comments, I'll just add that I don't think Chomsky has ever been part of the far Left.
Invoking free speech in defense of Nazis does not make one a liberal any more than "anti-Americanism" — distinctly borrowed from the European far Right — makes someone an anti-imperialist.
Invoking free speech in defense of Nazis does not make one a liberal any more than "anti-Americanism" — distinctly borrowed from the European far Right — makes someone an anti-imperialist.
His theory of universal grammar is, imho, grounded in a conservative (essentialist, ahistorical, fixed) theory of human nature. In the Chomsky-Foucault debate, I'm far closer to Foucault (and Marx) on theories of language.
January 31, 2026 at 10:19 PM
His theory of universal grammar is, imho, grounded in a conservative (essentialist, ahistorical, fixed) theory of human nature. In the Chomsky-Foucault debate, I'm far closer to Foucault (and Marx) on theories of language.
It's very odd. But then, there's a long history of treating "household" as an analogy for a lot, because the implications of doing so are usually bad.
January 28, 2026 at 11:14 PM
It's very odd. But then, there's a long history of treating "household" as an analogy for a lot, because the implications of doing so are usually bad.
fwiw: Oikos does not translate as society, but as household, and is the etymological root of economics and ecology.
January 28, 2026 at 8:20 PM
fwiw: Oikos does not translate as society, but as household, and is the etymological root of economics and ecology.