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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 4h

Masked Men: Ongoing project of isolating & editing stills from bystander videos of ICE. These agents just fired pepperball at a praying clergyman. Stylizing emphasizes the stylization that fascism seeks, to make it cartoonish or cinematic. An eerie juxtaposition that stresses unnaturalness.

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Silas Lapham @silaslapham.bsky.social · 2h

When people say, “This ain’t us, we’re better than that!” they are Turing away from their own reflection. @blacktopkid.bsky.social All the Sinners Bleed engages with this mentality.

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“This ain’t us! We’re better than that!”: Denying Reality in S.A. Cosby’s “All the Sinners Bleed”

Inevitably, when some tragedy occurs, numerous voices rise up to proclaim, “This ain’t us! I can’t believe it — fill in the blank —…

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Silas Lapham @silaslapham.bsky.social · 5h

Counter argument, cauliflower is good with a crispy crunch and ranch. Plus, avocado doesn’t glue me together, but it slides down easy like an oyster. I just don’t want it with horseradish and lemon. I will do hot sauce on an avocado with other stuff.

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Dr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social · 5h

LOUDER.

also

Post from me saying

Anyway, media literacy is a survival skill now. Thems the breaks

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Silas Lapham @silaslapham.bsky.social · 5h

Listening to Nicholas Boggs on @npr.org about James Baldwin & thinking about the comment that he dealt with intersectionality before the term. I’d also point further back to Lillian Smith & Pauli Murray who dealt with these interweaving threads of oppression.

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Silas Lapham @silaslapham.bsky.social · 14h

Love this! Just did some of his EC Comics stuff too.

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Silas Lapham @silaslapham.bsky.social · 17h

Would love to hear your thoughts after reading.

Silas Lapham @silaslapham.bsky.social · 19h

Reading @natepowell.bsky.social “You Don’t Say” for class tomorrow, and going down music holes.

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New Order - True Faith (1987) (Official Music Video) [HD REMASTERED]

YouTube video by New Order

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Silas Lapham @silaslapham.bsky.social · 20h

Yep! I think also about Höss’s family and the opening of @matjohnson.bsky.social & Warren Pleece’s “Incognegro”

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Ruwa Romman @ruwaromman.bsky.social · 21h

Statement on the Two Year Anniversary of October 7 and Ongoing Genocide

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Silas Lapham @silaslapham.bsky.social · 23h

That was great. Thanks!

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

I’m. So. Tired.

I don’t just want you to pay attention to Chicago because I want you to understand our plight. I want you to see how hard people are fighting and know wtf you’re made of. We’re not just fighting for this place. This is for all of us.

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Silas Lapham @silaslapham.bsky.social · 1d

EC Comics’ “The Monsters!” Causes Us to Confront Ourselves

Over the past few weeks, I’ve written about a few of the stories from EC Comic’s Weird Fantasy series in relation to race. I noted how “The Green Thing” addresses the racist trope of contagion and of tainted blood, and I discussed how…

EC Comics’ “The Monsters!” Causes Us to Confront Ourselves

Over the past few weeks, I’ve written about a few of the stories from EC Comic’s Weird Fantasy series in relation to race. I noted how “The Green Thing” addresses the racist trope of contagion and of tainted blood, and I discussed how “Counter-Clockwise” uses positioing to place the white reader in the position of those that they discriminate against.

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Silas Lapham @silaslapham.bsky.social · 1d

Here is the documentary. 2/

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Trailer for "Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence" (2019)

YouTube video by Hal Jacobs

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Silas Lapham @silaslapham.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, three or four times. I’d say, start with her memoir Killers of the Dream then come back to this because it’ll help make it clearer. There are issues with it, but keeping in mind her audience, white readers, it’s important and good. As well, check out the documentary on her life. 1/

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Silas Lapham @silaslapham.bsky.social · 1d

I need this game back!

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Silas Lapham @silaslapham.bsky.social · 1d

Rereading @pornsak.bsky.social The Good Asian for class tomorrow, and I’ll scream its praises from the rooftops for here to eternity. Really excited to see students’ reactions, especially after reading @blacktopkid.bsky.social All the Sinners Bleed

a woman with curly hair is waiting in a room .

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Silas Lapham @silaslapham.bsky.social · 1d

I got house till Thursday, but also have kid and dog, but still! 😂

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Silas Lapham @silaslapham.bsky.social · 2d

I’m debating showing the film next semesters, and if I do, this will be a discussion. Doing the early 1970s run and Coates’ most recent run for this class.

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Silas Lapham @silaslapham.bsky.social · 2d

Or, that they had BP admit to joining the Avengers to spy on them as he did in Priest’s run as well. 2/

Silas Lapham @silaslapham.bsky.social · 2d

I wish the real Ross, from Priest’s run, was in the film. In the comic, he’s a total asshole who comes around in later issues, but that’s what makes Priest’s run engaging in some ways, the use of Ross as narrator.

Oh yeah, teaching McGregor & Graham’s BP run next semesters, so the klan story. 1/

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Silas Lapham @silaslapham.bsky.social · 2d

Taught @blacktopkid.bsky.social "All the Sinners Bleed" recently, and seriously, it is a great book, especially the ways it explores religion and Christianity.

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“The devil can quote the Good Book”: Religious Bigotry in S.A. Cosby’s “All the Sinner’s Bleed”

A couple of years ago, I walked through the library looking for a book to read during the winter break. I kept seeing S.A. Cosby’s All the…

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Silas Lapham @silaslapham.bsky.social · 2d

Only reason I don’t is because it would take me forever to go to the restroom. Apart from that, I’d be down for it. 😂

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d

One of the lessons I discuss in "On Tyranny":
Listen for dangerous words.

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Be alert to the use of the words extremism and terrorism. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary.
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Silas Lapham @silaslapham.bsky.social · 2d

Made it to the Frank Yerby marker in Augusta.

Born in Augusta on September 5, 1916, author Frank Garvin Yerby graduated from the Haines Institute and Pane College, and also attended Fisk University and the University of Chicago. He published poetry, short stories, and 33 novels, 12 of which became best sellers. His early novels depicted White characters in historical events; his later works focused on Black characters. Widely celebrated, he was criticized by some Aftican Americans for not confronting racial injustice more openly in his wittings. In rebuttal, Yerby challenged critics to read several of his works, including Speak Now and The Dahomean, which he felt addressed racism. Yerby moved to France in 1951 and then Madrid, Spain, in 1955, where he lived until his death on November 30, 1991. His works have been adapted for motion pictures and translated into 30 languages:
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