Matthew Liu

[Matthew Liu @liu_matty]

Everything is made with a bias, whether implicit or explicit. To better understand, it is critical to recognize these biases and the systems that created them. #SQSF

[Matthew Liu @liu_matty]

To me:
Prepare yourself to deal with a lot of darkness and hurt.
Things might not make sense and sometimes that's the point.
Be ok not coming to a resolute answer.
#SQSF

[Matthew Liu @liu_matty]

@A_MFoucault Totally! I was thinking exactly that while writing the tweet

[Matthew Liu @liu_matty]

I love the way Morrison uses time and tenses. From a reader's perspective, it creates these really jarring transitions over time and space, but it gives this sense that the present and past are not separate but inextricably intertwined. #readingtweet #SQSF

[Matthew Liu @liu_matty]

Things I've learned from the readings these past 2 weeks: men ain't shit. #readingtweet #SQSF

[Matthew Liu @liu_matty]

Smauel Parris is really the most puritan puritan I have ever seen in my life. Almost a caricature #sqsf #readingtweet

[Matthew Liu @liu_matty]

QOTD did not have a single woman on the production staff. #SQSF

[Matthew Liu @liu_matty]

Vampires are often exploitative, powerful creatures while black characters are often powerless. This dichotomy might explain why black vampires are so rare. #SQSF

[Matthew Liu @liu_matty]

Based on the identities of their creators and the social fabric, vampires take on many roles. We see vampires as capitalists sucking the life out of slaves; as tortured aristocrats looking for a family; as a metaphor for discrimination and hate. #SQSF #SummaryTweet

[Matthew Liu @liu_matty]

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[Matthew Liu @liu_matty]

Read this article that outlined the different vampire archetypes in popular media over time. It's interesting how the first major work is Carmilla, a lesbian vampire, but Stoker's Dracula, a white, male vampire, is widely cited as establishing the genre. #SQSF #ResearchTweet

[Matthew Liu @liu_matty]

Me trying to communicate with internet problems #SQSF

[Matthew Liu @liu_matty]

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[Matthew Liu @liu_matty]

Interesting article from NYT from 1972 about obeah! It's worth noting and analyzing the language used by the author; it gives the impression that obeah is only for the simple-minded and that western sciences are the only "truth." #SQSF #ResearchTweet

[Matthew Liu @liu_matty]

Can we talk about this bird that keeps popping up in White Zombie though? Back when foley wasn't a thing and the closest you had to a bird screech was someone yelling at th top of their lungs #SQSF #ViewingTweet

[Matthew Liu @liu_matty]

Bruner is that one white guy who says he can't be racist because he has one friend who's a minority #SQSF #ViewingTweet

[Matthew Liu @liu_matty]

Annie Palmer was an individual driven by power. She reveled in being able to control the desires and lives of those around her. When that power was threatened, she went absolutely mad. #SQSF #SummaryTweet

[Matthew Liu @liu_matty]

"Better dead than alive but in the hands of natives." But what about dead and in the hands of a dude named Murder who likes making zombies? #SQSF #ViewingTweet

[Matthew Liu @liu_matty]

Doing a little of research while writing my critical analysis draft. The first thing that Caliban says when he first appears in the play, "Uhuru," is the Swahili word for freedom! Something that completely went over my head during my first reading #SQSF

[Matthew Liu @liu_matty]

"To be bored day after day, no change, no respite... that is the worst misery a man or woman could have." Quarantine mood #SQSF #ReadingTweet