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Chica Marx

@mckenziewark.bsky.social

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Author of RAVING, REVERSE COWGIRL and various other things. https://linktr.ee/mckenziewark

McKenzie Wark is an Australian-born writer and scholar. Wark is known for her writings on media theory, critical theory, new media, and the Situationist International. Her best known works are A Hacker Manifesto and Gamer Theory. She is a professor of Media and Cultural Studies at The New School. .. more

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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 18m

There’s something charming in how conventional Bataille’s idea of the obscene was.

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Dominic Pettman @dominicpettman.bsky.social · 25m

Bataille: “Why be a vulgar Marxist when you can be an obscene one?”

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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 2h

With @isobel.bsky.social in Porto, by @melstone.xyz

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 14h

Live from the Emergency Naked Bike Ride 🚲 where the crowd hase just erupted in cheers with the arrival of the Unipipier

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Isobel @isobel.bsky.social · 23h

i caught @mckenziewark.bsky.social engaging in commerce 😤

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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 1d

We were talking about you and your work!

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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 1d

Robert Glück, JACK THE MODERNIST, @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social

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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 1d

Is there a roomba that will delight and amuse the cats?

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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 1d

Hmmm old fashioned trans psychotherapy tended to think problems with parents is what caused us.

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Goblin Gower, PhD (the Ph is for Phantasm) @medievaliste.bsky.social · 1d

What right-wing elites are trying to do to universities reveals their total disinterest in education as not just a public good but as a *practice*. To them, college isn’t for learning; it’s a credentialing service that offers ongoing opportunities to network with other wealthy elites.

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Goblin Gower, PhD (the Ph is for Phantasm) @medievaliste.bsky.social · 1d

Either universities are private businesses that get to set their own priorities or they’re public goods that are obligated to serve everyone. You can’t have it both ways.

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 1d

If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists.

I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

www.pbs.org

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 1d

Crying now.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Jacob Wren @jacobwren.bsky.social · 1d

“No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.”
– Lily Tomlin

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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 1d

Porto tonight Livraria Aberta

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Jeanne Thornton @jeannethornton.bsky.social · 1d

It feels like vertigo to see footage from that speech in a campaign ad. Thank you for remembering, caring, planning around her; I hope you will get the chance to keep these promises

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

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naylandblake @naylandblake.bsky.social · 2d

It's #nationalcomingoutday . I have used my work as a way of coming out for forty years. I have no regrets. If you are an artist of any kind, I hope that you can live your truth and show it to all of us.

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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 2d

Ljubljana October 14 6pm | I'm talking MOLECULAR RED with Marko Bauer and Primoz Krasovec

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esQrever @esqrever.com · 2d

Hoje há apresentações em Óbidos e no Porto. Confere:
Ramonera e Raving: Elvis Guerra e McKenzie Wark apresentam obras em Portugal

Ramonera e Raving: Elvis Guerra e McKenzie Wark apresentam obras em Portugal

Elvis Guerra e McKenzie Wark No mês de outubro, a editora Orfeu Negro traz a Portugal duas autoras que marcam a literatura e o pensamento queer contemporâneo. Elvis Guerra, poeta muxe’ de Juc…

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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 2d

Spanish edition of RAVING!

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Brendan C. Byrne @brendancbyrne.bsky.social · 3d

if you want to go deeper on the SI, @mckenziewark.bsky.social's The Beach Beneath the Street is a good start

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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 3d

Porto Saturday 11th 6pm | Livraria Alberto we’re launching RAVING Portuguese edition with the fabulous Odete

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 3d

So when I hear of students being encouraged to use GPT in college I don’t hear innovation. I hear cognitive atrophy, the inability to think critically for oneself, and total dependence on vulnerable centralized repositories of data for knowledge without ever understanding how knowledge is generated.

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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 3d

Obrigada pela conversa agradável

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João G. Ribeiro @joaogsr.bsky.social · 3d

Tive a honra de ser host numa entrevista ao vivo com a @mckenziewark.bsky.social ao vivo no MIL. E só posso agradecer a oportunidade e a partilha generosa de conhecimento.

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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 4d

Up there with so forths

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Jacob Wren @jacobwren.bsky.social · 4d

“If you remember better times / you know they were lies, because they led / to this”
- Alice Notley

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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 4d

Venice | October 15 6PM | I'm at Bruno Books