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 …
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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 …
I’m Being Cancelled! Update 4
I’ve been working with the Live Art Archive in Bristol this week. I’m sat in the reading room now, writing this, sitting with the many possible directions this research could go in. Each scribbled note is an immanence of other …
I’m Being Cancelled! Update 1
I’ve spent most of today reading How Woke Won by Joanna Williams. Williams is a core member of the RCP/Spiked! crew that have done a lot to push the war on woke into public consciousness. I’m starting to think my …
New book chapter published
My chapter ‘Hacking the archives: the 2012 Olympic legacy, fun palaces and game theatre’ will appear in this new volume about the director, actor and teacher Clive Barker in March 2022. The chapter looks at Barker’s legacy in the context …