“Or is anyone’s identity a matter of fragments held together by convenient or useful narrative, that in ordinary circumstances never reveals itself as a fiction? Or is it really a fiction?”
Leckie 207
Woke has become an almost perfect …
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Islamaphobia and Gay Rights
I’m Being Cancelled! has become a much bigger project than I anticipated. I’m finding it difficult to get Gaming Democracy up and running (I recently got a rejection from AHRC for network funding and am now waiting for news from …
I’m Being Cancelled! Update 9
My research lead me to the NT Archive a couple of weeks ago to watch Platform events with DV8’s artistic director Llyod Newson on the topic of religion, free speech, homosexuality, and the limits of tolerance. These were in relation …
I’m Being Cancelled! Update 8
The origins of the war on woke can be traced to the decline of political “isms” shaping political discourse, resulting in the growing popularity of rhetorical performances that draw on “deeper societal cultural-ideological themes” to dehistoriciz[e] naturalizations of contingent contemporary …
I’m Being Cancelled! Update 7
The first draft of the article is finished. It only took a few days! It’s the first time I’ve ever written an outline before starting the writing, and I’m amazed by the clarity this provided. The argument quickly came into …