Shawn Gilmore
@gipperfish.bsky.social
Teaching Assistant Professor at UIUC, Editor of the @vaultofculture.bsky.social (https://www.vaultofculture.com/), Executive Secretary of the Comics Studies Society, NTFC Local #6546 steward, comics scholar, and a ton of other stuff. Views own.
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Shawn Gilmore
@gipperfish.bsky.social
· Apr 25
“We’re organizing for a revolution in America”: Remaking Resistance in Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014) and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (2017) — The Vault of Culture
In this feature, Shawn Gilmore argues that MachineGames’ soft reboot entries in the Wolfenstein franchise, set in a world overrun by Nazi machines of war, increasingly humble (both physically and em...
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Now's a great time to check out my piece from a few weeks ago, considering how resistance and revolution are imagined in MachineGames' Wolfenstein reboots, over at @vaultofculture.bsky.social:
www.vaultofculture.com/vault/featur...
www.vaultofculture.com/vault/featur...
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Over the last year the entire "free speech on campus" beat has been revealed as an utter fraud. Years of punditry puked out in ignorance and bad faith.
Yet even as the fraud becomes undeniable we still get stories about wide-eyed idealists who just wanted 'ideological diversity' and 'open debate'.
Yet even as the fraud becomes undeniable we still get stories about wide-eyed idealists who just wanted 'ideological diversity' and 'open debate'.
January 16, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Over the last year the entire "free speech on campus" beat has been revealed as an utter fraud. Years of punditry puked out in ignorance and bad faith.
Yet even as the fraud becomes undeniable we still get stories about wide-eyed idealists who just wanted 'ideological diversity' and 'open debate'.
Yet even as the fraud becomes undeniable we still get stories about wide-eyed idealists who just wanted 'ideological diversity' and 'open debate'.
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After a successful election, staff at the Metropolitan Museum of Art are officially unionized. The new union will represent workers across 50 departments, including curators, librarians, conservators, visitor experience, and archivists.
Met Museum Workers Are Officially Unionized
The new union will represent staff across 50 departments of the Manhattan institution.
hyperallergic.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:31 AM
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Also proud to be a signatory to this, with 200 other colleagues. It’s not about the man (about whom I know very little), it’s about the office, the process, and the institution. www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2026...
A statement from 201 concerned faculty about U.Va. President Beardsley’s appointment
By acting in bad faith, the Board has flouted its fiduciary duties to the University and has violated its own bylaws calling on it to protect the University from outside interference.
www.cavalierdaily.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Also proud to be a signatory to this, with 200 other colleagues. It’s not about the man (about whom I know very little), it’s about the office, the process, and the institution. www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2026...
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January 16, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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Twin Peaks: The Roadhouse at night. A red light is lit on the roof, acting as a signal.
January 16, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Twin Peaks: The Roadhouse at night. A red light is lit on the roof, acting as a signal.
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In this episode we rolled back the clock and did a full retrospective on the infamous Harper's Letter.
This conversation with @parkermolloy.com was so much fun and what a trip it was travelling back to seemingly simpler times in the discourse.
youtu.be/NF-M3Nz0azE?...
This conversation with @parkermolloy.com was so much fun and what a trip it was travelling back to seemingly simpler times in the discourse.
youtu.be/NF-M3Nz0azE?...
January 15, 2026 at 10:14 PM
In this episode we rolled back the clock and did a full retrospective on the infamous Harper's Letter.
This conversation with @parkermolloy.com was so much fun and what a trip it was travelling back to seemingly simpler times in the discourse.
youtu.be/NF-M3Nz0azE?...
This conversation with @parkermolloy.com was so much fun and what a trip it was travelling back to seemingly simpler times in the discourse.
youtu.be/NF-M3Nz0azE?...
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There are people in the world who say that there are only two genders: male and female.
But the heart and soul have much more personality.
It's very sad that people who can't accept this sometimes utter very harsh words.
You were born to live freely.
Chiitan is an ally of transgender people🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
But the heart and soul have much more personality.
It's very sad that people who can't accept this sometimes utter very harsh words.
You were born to live freely.
Chiitan is an ally of transgender people🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
January 16, 2026 at 7:29 PM
There are people in the world who say that there are only two genders: male and female.
But the heart and soul have much more personality.
It's very sad that people who can't accept this sometimes utter very harsh words.
You were born to live freely.
Chiitan is an ally of transgender people🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
But the heart and soul have much more personality.
It's very sad that people who can't accept this sometimes utter very harsh words.
You were born to live freely.
Chiitan is an ally of transgender people🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
Not enough nutrition—eat real art! youtu.be/G8_ch6wsWjs?...
January 16, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Not enough nutrition—eat real art! youtu.be/G8_ch6wsWjs?...
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January 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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“No one really dies, they just drop their physical body, and we’ll all meet again, like the song says. It’s sad, but it’s not devastating if you think like that. It’s a continuum, and we’re all going to be fine at the end of the story.”
~ David Lynch - January 20, 1946 - January 16, 2025
#filmsky
~ David Lynch - January 20, 1946 - January 16, 2025
#filmsky
January 16, 2026 at 9:10 PM
“No one really dies, they just drop their physical body, and we’ll all meet again, like the song says. It’s sad, but it’s not devastating if you think like that. It’s a continuum, and we’re all going to be fine at the end of the story.”
~ David Lynch - January 20, 1946 - January 16, 2025
#filmsky
~ David Lynch - January 20, 1946 - January 16, 2025
#filmsky
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Also, the Deluxe Print edition of QUINCE is really really cool.
It does a great job offering both languages and has plenty of useful guides for discussion and classroom use.
It does a great job offering both languages and has plenty of useful guides for discussion and classroom use.
QUINCE is about a teen who discovers she has superpowers at her quinceañera, but only for the year she's 15! The Eisner-nominated series is available in English & Spanish on @comicsplus.bsky.social & @hoopladigital.bsky.social from Fanbase Press!
www.hoopladigital.com/title/13823772
www.hoopladigital.com/title/13823772
January 16, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Also, the Deluxe Print edition of QUINCE is really really cool.
It does a great job offering both languages and has plenty of useful guides for discussion and classroom use.
It does a great job offering both languages and has plenty of useful guides for discussion and classroom use.
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New, from me: A year in, did DOGE deliver on its promises?
Not the promises it made to us (cut spending, modernize government, improve services). It worsened state capacity.
But it was part of a successful broligarchy exercise in state capture. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-year-on-...
Not the promises it made to us (cut spending, modernize government, improve services). It worsened state capacity.
But it was part of a successful broligarchy exercise in state capture. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-year-on-...
A Year On: The DOGE Disaster
A Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly of your government
donmoynihan.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:43 PM
New, from me: A year in, did DOGE deliver on its promises?
Not the promises it made to us (cut spending, modernize government, improve services). It worsened state capacity.
But it was part of a successful broligarchy exercise in state capture. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-year-on-...
Not the promises it made to us (cut spending, modernize government, improve services). It worsened state capacity.
But it was part of a successful broligarchy exercise in state capture. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-year-on-...
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And now, an old man yells at clouds.
Hollywood, Please Bring Back Making-Of Documentaries
Remember when you could actually learn about how your favorite movies were made?
screencrush.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:27 PM
And now, an old man yells at clouds.
Fortifying for the semester ahead
January 16, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Fortifying for the semester ahead
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WHO KILLED SARAH SHAW was included in the “Most Exceptional Crowdfunded Comic Projects” category! I love the way that CBY approaches their year-end awards. It’s a wonderful celebration of comics in its many forms.
It’s here! The 4th Annual Yeti Awards. @jimmygaspero.bsky.social is joined by @dbandry.bsky.social & @jamesbemmett.bsky.social to cover CBY’s favorite comics and creators of 2025. Special shoutout to @mmatelonek.bsky.social who named her favorites as well. Listen 👇🏽 or wherever you get your podcasts
January 16, 2026 at 4:45 PM
WHO KILLED SARAH SHAW was included in the “Most Exceptional Crowdfunded Comic Projects” category! I love the way that CBY approaches their year-end awards. It’s a wonderful celebration of comics in its many forms.
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Today in complex comforts, we’re discussing Chapter One of Mary Shelley’s THE LAST MAN (1826).
I suggest we begin with the concept of mutability, a clear nod to Percy Bysshe Shelley’s famous poem.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/54563/...
#LastMan200
I suggest we begin with the concept of mutability, a clear nod to Percy Bysshe Shelley’s famous poem.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/54563/...
#LastMan200
January 16, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Today in complex comforts, we’re discussing Chapter One of Mary Shelley’s THE LAST MAN (1826).
I suggest we begin with the concept of mutability, a clear nod to Percy Bysshe Shelley’s famous poem.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/54563/...
#LastMan200
I suggest we begin with the concept of mutability, a clear nod to Percy Bysshe Shelley’s famous poem.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/54563/...
#LastMan200
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Demonizing specifically white women who act in solidarity with racial minorities isn’t new. Here’s a southern political cartoon depicting Harriet Beecher Stowe, published in 1853. Surrounded by devils, she‘s holding a book titled “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” Subtitle: “I Love the Blacks.”
January 16, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Demonizing specifically white women who act in solidarity with racial minorities isn’t new. Here’s a southern political cartoon depicting Harriet Beecher Stowe, published in 1853. Surrounded by devils, she‘s holding a book titled “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” Subtitle: “I Love the Blacks.”
I did not-see that coming
There is a precedent for a person getting someone else's Nobel Prize. In 1943, the Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun, gave his Nobel Prize in literature to Joseph Goebbels uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
Knut Hamsun
Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920, Knut Hamsun (1859–1952) was a towering figure of Norwegian letters. He was also a Nazi sympathizer and supp...
uwapress.uw.edu
January 16, 2026 at 4:54 PM
I did not-see that coming
This is a really nice piece, which should be of special interest to comics scholars/teachers. 😎
A little weekend reading--this week's feature by Emma Westermeier examines how the external cinematic elements in Charles Burns’s 2024 graphic novel Final Cut introduce gaps in the focalization of its two protagonists (Brian and Laurie): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/featur...
Beyond the Screen: The Film Eye in Charles Burns’s Final Cut (2024) — The Vault of Culture
In this feature, Emma Westermeier examines how the external cinematic elements in Charles Burns’s 2024 graphic novel Final Cut introduce gaps in the focalization of its two protagonists (Brian and L...
www.vaultofculture.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:29 PM
This is a really nice piece, which should be of special interest to comics scholars/teachers. 😎
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A classic string board appears in Undercover s01e01 (BBC, 2016): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
NST #1358: Undercover s01e01 (2016) — The Vault of Culture
A classic string board appears in Undercover s01e01 (BBC, 2016).
www.vaultofculture.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:08 PM
A classic string board appears in Undercover s01e01 (BBC, 2016): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
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