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Edinburgh based: read my scholarly books below! I work on contemporary cultural studies, horror, world-systems perspectives, and a Gramscian Marx.
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What is common knowledge in your field but surprises outsiders? We know you don't read 80% of what we put on the museum walls.

www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/t...

While I'd never heard of Thermomix before this year, the cult around it strikes as "very German" and I'm down for every discussion of it (read the comments complaining about corporate pron). www.zeit.de/2025/25/kuec...

It's going to be a long, hot "no kings" summer

If the AfD takes over in Saxon-Anhalt, every decent person should leave. www.zeit.de/politik/deut...

And Trump pardons Vance Boelter in three, two, one…

why does it take a foreign mainstream journal to say the obvious? www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2...

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www.latimes.com/california/s...

www.tagesspiegel.de/internationa...

www.latimes.com/entertainmen... "Rosy projections of a robust recovery in Hollywood this year have not materialized. If anything, the downturn in employment has continued."

And Trump pardons Vance Boelter in three, two, one…

While I'd never heard of Thermomix before this year, the cult around it strikes as "very German" and I'm down for every discussion of it (read the comments complaining about corporate pron). www.zeit.de/2025/25/kuec...

If the AfD takes over in Saxon-Anhalt, every decent person should leave. www.zeit.de/politik/deut...

why does it take a foreign mainstream journal to say the obvious? www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2...

www.latimes.com/entertainmen... "Rosy projections of a robust recovery in Hollywood this year have not materialized. If anything, the downturn in employment has continued."

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

www.tagesspiegel.de/internationa...

It's going to be a long, hot "no kings" summer

stochastic violence is Trump's creation

seen in airport

A. Because it's not true, and B. It was a remake of a British show, which was better

No Kings in the USA! The people have the power, not the billionaires. We marched through Manhattan, NYC with tens of thousand of protesters to stand up against Donald Trump. #NoKings #NoKingsNYC

A. Because it's not true, and B. It was a remake of a British show, which was better

From the bottom of my heart... 🖤 #resist #nokings #beheard #bluecrew #march #protest

Shout out to the person next to me whose sign reads “Mutinous Tranny”

Rauschenberg's great piece about anal sex

Let a thousand many No Kings caps bloom