ÉJ Néel
@ladyennui.bsky.social
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Adjunct professor. Scholar of fascism and extremism. Sociologist. Coffee addict. Disabled beauty queen. Est. 1987. Texan Masshole. Aspiring future ex of Pedro Pascal. Sometimes I post funny and personal things too cuz I’m human. 🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈♿️ ❌👑
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I kill plants only to replace them and kill those too. It’s a Sisyphean cycle of murder, mayhem, and the pursuit of frustration.
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For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
I’m there in spirit and support!
😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings
If you see me eating cookies and drinking milk at a bar while reading a book, it’s because I’ve created my own rules. Feel free to approach.
I may have to go live in Canada just so I can access real sports like cricket and rugby like a civilised person. Hockey too.
I was born to make a mockery of authority. 😎
One last post (for the moment!):

Why the costumes?

Authoritarians grab power with fear.
They can’t STAND mockery.
It weakens their hold.

That’s why.
Give that kid a cookie.
A nine year old kid just corrected my grammar. Of course, her grammar policing quietly pissed me off, but she was also correct. I'm a 49 year old university professor with a degree in English.
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Do you know what a group of frogs is called?

AN ARMY
Honestly, my internet is out due to a dead modem and I’m ready to throw in the towel. I’ll take dial-up and physical media at this point.
everyone should just go back to buying CDs and walkmans
Longer. Populism in Europe is the aftermath consequence of fascism.
The right-wing populists in Europe have been fuelled by Trumpism (and Putin) since around 2015.
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15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
My dad ain’t doing so good.
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whoever did this little bit of magnificence, take a bow
Email inbox has exploded. With what? All the things I’m ignoring. That’s what. (Running while making exasperated Hank Hill sounds)
Soooooo totally doing this.
Antifa means anti-fascism
Those who villainize antifa
are pro-fascism
You could call them Profa
The tech already exists, the law/legal justifications already exist. It is ICE that should be abolished.
we need to abolish this shit
Drove up to the tobacco/cigar shop. Argued with myself for 5 minutes. Left. Fascism got me ready to take on a $45/carton vice.
Goddess protect me, as a cis (mostly) het woman, I shall unfurl my scroll and giveth an opinion until the end of my days. 😎
God forbid a WOMAN have an OPINION
I still think we need our own bowling league just because it’d be funny. We can all wear green or frog costumes.
Diane Keaton was my fashion icon. She’s now hanging with Jane Goodall and I hope they’re in cheering to good times and good conversations.

Goodbye, Diane. Thanks for being my fashion icon.
Antifascism is for the frogs. All frogs are antifascist. Therefore, we must become frogs.
I love this image.
The algorithm became more important than self expression and it also needed to appeal to “safe” audiences and be non-offensive because children use the internet. The ads are there without explanation and have bought the algorithm and the right to be offensive.
how did we end up in a world where you can't use background music and people are self censoring cuss words and

but youtube is serving ads for scams, meet and fuck sites, right wing grifters and national propaganda from a country actively engaged in genocide
We can be buddies! I don’t have the other half telling me to behave, so my chances of being dragged off are high, SUPER high. I’ll save you a pillow?! 🤷‍♀️
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Just got back from the Antifa leadership council meeting and it was really great, some big stuff coming up soon. We're making Golden Corral woke in time for Thanksgiving
The more it’s said, the better. That means it’ll be easier to fight back, resist, and keep pace with what’s ahead. I prefer fascists to be fascist in the open. Yes, agreed, absolutely poetic example…and it’s terrifying.
I couldn't imagine a more perfectly poetic example of saying the quiet part out loud than "we took the freedom of speech away"