#Grotesque

Tweeting Historians

Tweetistorian

Good morning #Twittistorian! This is @sliptonmedieval, tweeting about #Imagesashistory. Yesterday we looked at the afterlife of medieval anti-Jewish caricature in modern political cartoons. But we've seen only 1 Jewish woman!

Genève Campbell

bergerbell

I want to say something about our pandemic response and groupthink, especially as it relates to the current scientific discourse in the United States.Stick with me here. 1/ We’re in

The Midnight Society

midnight_pals

Ok, I like this idea! I'm going to briefly go through some of my recommended reading list & some of the different authors' works that I mostly rely on when

GET A GRIP 💙

docrussjackson

You might have come across James Lindsay's swish-looking 'New Discourses' website, "Pursuing the light of objective truth in subjective darkness!"It seems liberal, but appears to be owned by far right

nome

NomeDaBarbarian

Folks saying that $2000 a month is the minimum someone needs, please consider that, assuming 18% tax, comes to a $14/hr full time job.Nearly twice the minimum wage. I didn't

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zei_squirrel

russiagate was a deranged propaganda campaign unleashed by the dem establishment and the liberal mediasphere to ward off any serious self-reflection on their grotesque corruption that paved the way for

Can Okar

canokar

I think we need to have a serious conversation about the importance of humour in opposition to authoritarian power.Many are angry at Turkey’s opposition leaders for making jokes about the

Elly Arrow

EllyArrow

Okay this might seem pretty arrogant but after 5 years of self teaching on prostitution statistics and law I get so frustrated in conversations with people because they don't have

Glenn Greenwald

ggreenwald

Today, @angelasmithmp signed on to Twitter, anointed herself Chief Rabbi, and is using her new rabbinical authority to decree who is and is not a real Jew, or at least

A.R. (Actually Republic) Moxon

JuliusGoat

White people are the problem.There are probably other, lesser, takeaways from this election, too. The question is, what could possibly shock white people enough to turn away from our nation's

Nick Gillespie

nickgillespie

Yes, there is a comparison to be had. Obama was not particularly good on immigration. That doesn't make Trump good--it means we have had three bad immigration presidents in a

A.R. (Actually Republic) Moxon

JuliusGoat

Whether Biden wins or not, Trump voters should not be our priority or our concern. They’re in the bed they made for themselves; let them worry about getting out of

it’s (still) nosferatu season

space_hamlet

i want to hash out some thoughts on this so bear with me, but there's a lot to consider in how violence is contextualized for the viewer in various media,

Emily Riddle

emilyjaneriddle

.@pekiwewinyeg has been up for a week down in rossdale, which is a burial ground and gathering site in edmonton. it is a prayer camp started by organizers and frontline

Bellingcat

bellingcat

The trial over the downing of MH17 is underway in the Netherlands, and the Russian defense is a complete mess. @christogrozev reviews suspect Oleg Pulatov's defense strategy, which includes a

Robin Alperstein

RAlperstein

Thread: Portland isn't the canary in the coalmine -- it's the explosion. If we do not mount a massive national pushback we will be in full-blown fascism from which there

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