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Holly Antrum

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She/Her. Artist, filmmaker and researcher (UK). Films distributed by LUX Artists' Moving Image. https://linktr.ee/holly___antrum Here to keep access to a diversity of algos... All views are my own - currently finishing a PhD and a new film and book.

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Holly Antrum @hollyantrum.bsky.social · Jan 24

Helloooo! Here's a flighty lil' gif I actually made myself last autumn... I was inviting friends to come and fly kites with me. Perhaps starting off here is something like that. Blessings for the timeline (do we still say that on this platform?) 🦋

Holly Antrum @hollyantrum.bsky.social · 1h

Ah not Pont Marie, I remember some artists had moved over from where you are. Bought loads of fabric last time I was in Montmartre, thinking I'd make some blinds and love them more because they were from Paris... But never got around to it oc

Holly Antrum @hollyantrum.bsky.social · 2h

I was at the Cité many years ago so I'm imagining the supermarché where one might find the mortadella, the little kitchenette, the gates, the almost bare plane trees by the Seine...

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Holly Antrum @hollyantrum.bsky.social · 19h

'use your loaf' - is to say use your head (you're being stupid)

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Historical Materialism Journal @histmat.bsky.social · 21h

Our first plenary, 'Marxism, Literature, and Political Commitment' with Terry Eagleton, Angela Dimitrakaki and Lea Ypi, chaired by Esther Leslie is currently being live-streamed. Join!

Marxism, Literature, and Political Commitment

YouTube video by Historical Materialism: Critical Marxist Theory

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 1d

By resisting surveillance and extraction and pursuing goals such as affordability, dignity, and justice, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani can show how technology can truly serve the people, writes Rebecca Williams. The first step, she says, is to protect immigrants.

Mayor-Elect Mamdani Can Build a Tech Agenda for New York and a Model for the Country | TechPolicy.Press

By resisting surveillance, extraction, and exploitation, Mamdani can show how technology truly serves the people, writes Rebecca Williams.

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Asylum Matters @asylummatters.bsky.social · 1d

Rania has so many skills to offer - but she's banned from using them while awaiting her asylum decision. Today, the House of Lords debated a vital change to force Parliament to hear evidence about the impact of this absurd work ban.
The Government must listen to people like Rania and #LiftTheBan

Quote reads "I have the skills and experience to contribute to society, but I cannot use them. It makes me feel empty and worthless at times, like I've lost a part of myself. I've been doing everything I can to stay positive... I want to be ready to work as soon as I can." - Rania, Masters' degree in pedagogy

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Holly Antrum @hollyantrum.bsky.social · 2d

So many beautiful horses in one year, awful. Not enough people realise the cruelty of horse racing 💔

Holly Antrum @hollyantrum.bsky.social · 3d

Had to look him up - hope someone has translated #PetrŠabach #czechlanguagewriter (CZ ➡️ ENG)

english.radio.cz/author-whose...

Ann Morgan @annmorgan.bsky.social · 3d

Does anyone know if any of the work of Petr Šabach has been translated into English? #booksky

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Sight and Sound magazine @sightsoundmag.bsky.social · 3d

CRITICAL THINKING: THE LAURA MULVEY INTERVIEW

Over half a century and around the globe, Laura Mulvey’s influence on thinking about film has been unparalleled. As she receives a BFI Fellowship, she talks to Sight and Sound about her career and her influences. By Isabel Stevens.

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LRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk · 3d

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Join now to satisfy all your audiobook desires while supporting your favourite independent bookshop.

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Holly Antrum @hollyantrum.bsky.social · 3d

Didn't know annual monitoring reports were still a thing when you're in the 'writing up' on a PhD. Ouch! I want to spend my time on my thesis not this...

Holly Antrum @hollyantrum.bsky.social · 4d

Brace yourself if you have never come across the details of Pier Paolo Pasolini's brutal murder before... around midnight on 2 November 1975. 50 years ago today on the outskirts of Rome. Olivia Laing has centred her new novel, The Silver Book, around the making of Pasolini's final film, Salò (1975).

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 6d

What did Pasolini know? Fifty years after his brutal murder, the director’s vision of fascism is more urgent than ever

With mystery still surrounding Pier Paolo Pasolini’s death, the poet and film-maker’s warnings of corruption and rising totalitarianism offer a chilling message for our times

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Holly Antrum @hollyantrum.bsky.social · 5d

My 2022 artist publication commissioned by Camera Austria is available from Good Press, Glasgow; BFI Shop at the British Film Institute, and Good Books Peckham. The excellent Good Press have it currently available online 💚 #peterwollen #marketasnotes #fictioning goodpress.co.uk/collections/...

MARKÉTA'S NOTES by Holly Antrum

220 x 295mm, 32 pages across 5 concertina pamphlets + 1 double sided page, held in card folder, 2022 Artist publication by Holly Antrum from serial project (publication and film) based on archival res...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8d

Wives, mothers, fighters, activists: the millennial women keeping Ukraine going

Born into an independent Ukraine, the lives of these young women changed for ever when Russia invaded their country, forcing them to shoulder huge burdens of responsibility

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Holly Antrum @hollyantrum.bsky.social · 7d

I shared Cane's impulse to go offline and read Diane Di Prima at points around the US election cycle. In this wholly different time since Di Prima was writing, Cane's grapplings with 'Di's' poetic revolutionary mode of address are excellent. Useful responses to think about, in the form of new poems.

The Common @commonmag.bsky.social · 7d

"I’m out with lanterns and all / my good intentions hoping content moderation / will keep girls safer"

Tina Cane writes to revolutionary poet Diane di Prima about the state of our political landscape and what it means to rebel in this month's poetry feature. Read below!

October 2025 Poetry Feature: From DEAR DIANE: LETTERS FOR A REVOLUTIONARY

TINA CANE <br> mother daughter sister of the revolution / you had a knack for choosing the ground / for a potential battle

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Dr Karen Di Franco @archivist23.bsky.social · 7d

Come to our screening, in conversation and publication launch next month for Morgan's exhibition at Chelsea Space! www.arts.ac.uk/whats-on/mor...

Morgan Quaintance: Available Light Publication launch and in-conversation

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Spitalfields Life @thegentleauthor.bsky.social · 8d

Please help SAVE TAYLORS BUTTONS, Maureen Rose's legendary shop in Cleveland St. They will shut in November forever unless they can pay their rent arrears from the Covid lockdowns:
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/taylorsbut...

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 9d

I'd characterise Threads as designed for the 1%. If you're a celebrity you get the right to broadcast, everyone else is just scrabbling around. This place (and old Twitter) follows more of an 80/20 rule - which is far better for us posting middle classes (@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com, 2024).

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Arbeitology @arbeitology.bsky.social · 15d

Given that the British Library has been the infrastructural home holding up Marxist writing since quite literally it’s inception, I think it’s basically incumbent on all attendees to Historical Materialism to go to this and show solidarity

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Holly Antrum @hollyantrum.bsky.social · 10d

Nice Alt text. I also bother! Have added an alert on you - thx for the tip.

Holly Antrum @hollyantrum.bsky.social · 10d

Maybe this is where I also say I feel weird about the random 'A👁️-friendly' accounts which have followed me here. I fear (without any concrete evidence) that human posts are meat being fed to some AI generator. Pause for thought with posting images of work (if anyone knowledgeable has reassurance..)

Holly Antrum @hollyantrum.bsky.social · 10d

I'm still staying but won't do the drip feed of work news - only if its something major 🤪

Yes I imagine people took a brief look at bsky then fell back into the patterns that are better known... but I'm sure they will be back whenever Meta again becomes a political vehicle for those in office.

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Made a new Jamaica feed, for tracking Hurricane Melissa updates

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Holly Antrum @hollyantrum.bsky.social · 10d

Still here for the algo diversity though. It's important. Remember how this year started? Musk performed a nazi salute, many of us said a final goodbye to X, and Meta somehow managed to make thousands of people auto-follow V*nce, Tr*mp and others. Our connections through platforms are fragile 🦋

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Holly Antrum @hollyantrum.bsky.social · 10d

So this went well... however in the past month I've come to terms that I probably won't be posting work and career updates here as my bsky feed is so low on arts based posts or hearing from my peers. Find me on IG / LinkedIn if you're in the same field and want these sorts of updates!

Holly Antrum @hollyantrum.bsky.social · Sep 29

Looking forward to presenting an adaptation of a forthcoming journal essay (which I am very excited about, more soon hopefully) at Beyond The Pastoral Symposium on 10 October at University of Brighton. #techneahrc #academicsky

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