“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 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 …
Gaming Democracy Webinar: Democratic Participation and Extremist Politics. Malaika Cunningham and Aurelien Mondon
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I’m being cancelled! Update 3
Came across this article about the cancellation of the comedian Jerry Sadowitz’s show at the Fringe. (This was a real cancellation as opposed to a tweet storm or protest).
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/16/jerry-sadowitz-cancelled-show-comedy-free-speech?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
As ever, language is the fault line: What words are …