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side twt for academics. comparative history of ideas / education major. anarchy: @stargazersasha

[JG @JuliaRGeiger]

Petition for universities to create a one-credit course for international students called "Fuck ICE 101" that meets in person once per semester with excused absences. "Fuck ICE 102" to be taught next spring.

[Emma Drapp @EmmaDrapp]

The white male vampire is centered around a discourse of power and represents capitalistic and patriarchal epistemes. This vampire, similar to capitalism, preys on those deemed weaker and infects those seen as socially equal in order to preserve it’s lineage.

[Emma Drapp @EmmaDrapp]

“Definitions belong to the definetly, not the defined” If I had to sum up this course it would be with this one quote. Too often we let ourselves and the minoritized be defined by those in power. But those definitions belong to them not us. #readingtweet #beloved

[inactive 4 now @sashakvulic]

to prey on the weak, to simply stay alive (to maintain power).

[inactive 4 now @sashakvulic]

#summarytweet: vampires are, interestingly, an escape from the boring lives that humans lead. it is almost as if they need something terrifying and mystical to fixate on, to give their mortal lives purpose. they are vastly white, male, rich and attractive; they are creatures of

[inactive 4 now @sashakvulic]

power, referred to with terms of respect and regarded as given the ability to choose their fate. where zombies represent the deprivation of power from the working class, vampires are their foil, their primary imperative is to *use* others,

[inactive 4 now @sashakvulic]

(late on this one, wanted to clean up some thoughts.)

[inactive 4 now @sashakvulic]

#viewingtweet: despite everything i’ve heard about True Blood being an allegory for queer relationships, i can’t shake the feeling that class must factor in somewhere. the fact that the story centers around a small town greatly influences the mood and themes thus

[inactive 4 now @sashakvulic]

solidarity within the working class can’t exist in a world of terror induced by a constant threat of visceral danger.

[inactive 4 now @sashakvulic]

for now i will meditate on bela lugosi’s eyebrows

[inactive 4 now @sashakvulic]

#viewingtweet: finally getting to watching White Zombie, reactions in this thread (1+)

[inactive 4 now @sashakvulic]

good movie, solid 10, my 40-minute video essay about it will be out shortly