Christian Engley

But there is little point in worrying about the exact truth of this; it is enough that he was a good artist.

[Christian Engley @ChristianEngley]

@RezekJoe It’s really upsetting, isn’t it!?

[Samuel Loncar | Accelerating Scientific Progress @SamuelLoncar]

Slavoj Zizek

“It makes me infinitely proud that I was invited to publish in Underground Theory- -the idea of workers reading a text of mine is a dream come true. Many of today's "radical" theorists enjoy writing unreadable texts in which they explain why "ordinary" people are so ideologically brainwashed that they cannot understand our society—and my suspicion is that it is themselves who mask their ignorance in complex academic jargon. So it is my duty to take a risk: if you, actual workers, cannot relate to my texts, it means it is something wrong with my theory. If we, philosophers, are not ready to take this risk, we resign to the role of servants of the existing social order which is now turning from liberal capitalism to something much darker, techno-feudalism with the new mega-rich as our feudal lords. I am grateful to the effort you are ready to put into reading my work. In some deeply true sense, my fate is in your hands.”

@theoryundrgrnd

[Garth Greenwell @GarthGreenwell]

Some thoughts on “autobiographical fiction.” Link to full essay in my profile.

[John Attridge @John_Attridge]

Nice fabula you got there, be a shame if the syuzhet disrupted its chronological sequence in a disorienting fashion

[UtterlyInteresting @UtterlyInterest]

House owner: I'd like to break both of my legs, please. Architect: Say no more.

[thinfluencer @notgayneverwas]

Greece should give gays a birthright trip

[Joyce Carol Oates @JoyceCarolOates]

Excited to receive a royalty check from my “appearance”
in an episode of The Simpsons some years ago.

[John Attridge @John_Attridge]

Wow, ok, unfollowing now. I was a big fan of the Telemachus episode, did not know that later episodes mount a ludic assault on the very foundations of literary mimesis

[Christian Engley @ChristianEngley]

@adpo97 I suggest Shadow of a Doubt because all three—Shadow of a Doubt, NxNW, and Vertigo—are extended commentaries on the meaning and foundations of America and Americanness.

[Christian Engley @ChristianEngley]

@reluctantlyjoe @CaitlinEichorn @breadloafwriter Got it. Thank you!

[Christian Engley @ChristianEngley]

@reluctantlyjoe @CaitlinEichorn @breadloafwriter What exactly is the unconscionable thing that Bread Loaf did? This thread is the first I’ve heard.

[Christian Engley @ChristianEngley]

@RezekJoe What does Merv Griffin have to do with this?

[Christian Engley @ChristianEngley]

@maximumchroma @Tursuhh @uncooljerk I interpreted your phrasing to mean “inner child”—didn’t even think of the alternative meaning till I scrutinized the comment for possible revisions.

[Christian Engley @ChristianEngley]

@SpicyDanny123 @Helenreflects You could just press “no tip.”

[Christian Engley @ChristianEngley]

@Pac_Dozen @djrothkopf Oh, I don’t think it was a stupid question. Just an overlooked detail :)

[Christian Engley @ChristianEngley]

@Pac_Dozen @djrothkopf France does not extradite their own citizens, e.g., Polanski.

[Brian Connolly @BrianConnolly74]

Remember when MOOCs were going to put us all out of work and ruin universities? And now ChatGPT is going to ruin universities and put us out of work? But that whole time it was your trustees and president and provost who was destroying your university!

[Christian Engley @ChristianEngley]

@Jlan410 @hellenkeniford OP appears to have the word “queer” tattooed in large font just above the knee.

[Christian Engley @ChristianEngley]

@Penumbrage2 @itsdbouts James Merrill too!