Angela Mitropoulos
@mitropoulos.bsky.social
Contract & Contagion: From Biopolitics to Oikonomia (2012)
Pandemonium: Proliferating Borders of Capital and the Pandemic Swerve (2020)
More (open access) writings at https://s0metim3s.com/mitropoulos/
The frontiersman of the apocalypse
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
The frontiersman of the apocalypse
Thinking about "kitchen tables"
November 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Thinking about "kitchen tables"
From Nathan Bailey, Colonial Dictionary:
November 2, 2025 at 11:56 PM
From Nathan Bailey, Colonial Dictionary:
Speaking of natalism as a competitive sport, here's the "Cross of the German Mother," a medal introduced by Hitler. More history in the alt-text.
October 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Speaking of natalism as a competitive sport, here's the "Cross of the German Mother," a medal introduced by Hitler. More history in the alt-text.
Still reading, but it's good to see discussions of the distinct, insightful contributions of Black scholars to understanding fascism. Not least, these points:
October 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Still reading, but it's good to see discussions of the distinct, insightful contributions of Black scholars to understanding fascism. Not least, these points:
" ... one of the founders of antifa"
October 9, 2025 at 3:29 AM
" ... one of the founders of antifa"
Looking for a pdf of O'Donnell's essay, "Antisemitism under erasure: Christian Zionist anti-globalism and the refusal of cohabitation."
The abstract is promising:
The abstract is promising:
October 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Looking for a pdf of O'Donnell's essay, "Antisemitism under erasure: Christian Zionist anti-globalism and the refusal of cohabitation."
The abstract is promising:
The abstract is promising:
From Trump's Executive Order on antifa. Christian nationalism and border control figure prominently.
September 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
From Trump's Executive Order on antifa. Christian nationalism and border control figure prominently.
A reminder that degrees are not a statistical proxy for class. This is terrible, pseudo-sociology. (Kirk's wealth has been estimated at $12 million.)
But what I'm mostly struck by is the "feminisation" of education, especially universities — and his use of "muscular class" in so doing.
But what I'm mostly struck by is the "feminisation" of education, especially universities — and his use of "muscular class" in so doing.
September 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A reminder that degrees are not a statistical proxy for class. This is terrible, pseudo-sociology. (Kirk's wealth has been estimated at $12 million.)
But what I'm mostly struck by is the "feminisation" of education, especially universities — and his use of "muscular class" in so doing.
But what I'm mostly struck by is the "feminisation" of education, especially universities — and his use of "muscular class" in so doing.
Reminiscing... A very long time ago, I came across Trevor Pateman's edited collection, Countercourse in a second-hand bookstore. (I lent it to someone, and can't find a copy now)
It changed my thinking on universities. And the role of student movements in knowledge production too.
It changed my thinking on universities. And the role of student movements in knowledge production too.
August 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Reminiscing... A very long time ago, I came across Trevor Pateman's edited collection, Countercourse in a second-hand bookstore. (I lent it to someone, and can't find a copy now)
It changed my thinking on universities. And the role of student movements in knowledge production too.
It changed my thinking on universities. And the role of student movements in knowledge production too.
"centuries of legal tradition"
It wasn't until 1996 — with the passage of the Defence of Marriage Act — that marriage was defined as a union between one man and one woman.
It wasn't until 1996 — with the passage of the Defence of Marriage Act — that marriage was defined as a union between one man and one woman.
July 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"centuries of legal tradition"
It wasn't until 1996 — with the passage of the Defence of Marriage Act — that marriage was defined as a union between one man and one woman.
It wasn't until 1996 — with the passage of the Defence of Marriage Act — that marriage was defined as a union between one man and one woman.
So, this is the NYT's source, Jordan Laski, arguing that national IQ categories are "valid" — and heritable, genetic, hierarchical and real.
Because, you know, if you can count stuff, and put them into boxes, then those boxes are real, right? (Please don't ask how the boxes were made)
Because, you know, if you can count stuff, and put them into boxes, then those boxes are real, right? (Please don't ask how the boxes were made)
July 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
So, this is the NYT's source, Jordan Laski, arguing that national IQ categories are "valid" — and heritable, genetic, hierarchical and real.
Because, you know, if you can count stuff, and put them into boxes, then those boxes are real, right? (Please don't ask how the boxes were made)
Because, you know, if you can count stuff, and put them into boxes, then those boxes are real, right? (Please don't ask how the boxes were made)
I wrote this in late 2015:
The brutal father-fuhrer is pivotal to fascism’s conflation between nation and family, the figure that promises to restore the mythical coherence of the polity when that unique coherence is perceived as endangered.
s0metim3s.com/2015/12/17/f...
The brutal father-fuhrer is pivotal to fascism’s conflation between nation and family, the figure that promises to restore the mythical coherence of the polity when that unique coherence is perceived as endangered.
s0metim3s.com/2015/12/17/f...
June 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I wrote this in late 2015:
The brutal father-fuhrer is pivotal to fascism’s conflation between nation and family, the figure that promises to restore the mythical coherence of the polity when that unique coherence is perceived as endangered.
s0metim3s.com/2015/12/17/f...
The brutal father-fuhrer is pivotal to fascism’s conflation between nation and family, the figure that promises to restore the mythical coherence of the polity when that unique coherence is perceived as endangered.
s0metim3s.com/2015/12/17/f...
The reliance of a so-called national economy on the hyper-precarious conditions wrought by the de facto and formal criminalisation of migrant labour is ironic. It's also proof against zero-sum Malthusian claims about that economy
June 17, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The reliance of a so-called national economy on the hyper-precarious conditions wrought by the de facto and formal criminalisation of migrant labour is ironic. It's also proof against zero-sum Malthusian claims about that economy
The far far Right of evangelical end-timers. I wrote a little about the New Apostolic Reformation in 2017 thenewinquiry.com/dispensing-g...
June 15, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The far far Right of evangelical end-timers. I wrote a little about the New Apostolic Reformation in 2017 thenewinquiry.com/dispensing-g...
Reposting this 5 yr stock chart from GEO Group, the enormous private migrant detention company:
June 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Reposting this 5 yr stock chart from GEO Group, the enormous private migrant detention company:
Peddling falsehoods and disfortions, they put quite the effort into redwashing Kulldorf's "back to work" campaign as good for the working class.
June 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Peddling falsehoods and disfortions, they put quite the effort into redwashing Kulldorf's "back to work" campaign as good for the working class.
Quite instructive 5 year stock chart of GEO Group, the largest migrant detention company
June 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Quite instructive 5 year stock chart of GEO Group, the largest migrant detention company
"Mass deportations" presupposes the existence of a vast, militarised police state, acting with impunity.
Remarkable how much of the demand for mass deportations was carried forward by the idea of white women as national property — "Mexicans as rapists," but not Trump and much of his admin
Remarkable how much of the demand for mass deportations was carried forward by the idea of white women as national property — "Mexicans as rapists," but not Trump and much of his admin
June 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"Mass deportations" presupposes the existence of a vast, militarised police state, acting with impunity.
Remarkable how much of the demand for mass deportations was carried forward by the idea of white women as national property — "Mexicans as rapists," but not Trump and much of his admin
Remarkable how much of the demand for mass deportations was carried forward by the idea of white women as national property — "Mexicans as rapists," but not Trump and much of his admin
Relatedly, the documentary by Dakota Adams on his father and Oathkeepers' founder, Cecil Rhodes, is quite good in highlighting the seamless links between public fascism and intimate, private violence
June 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Relatedly, the documentary by Dakota Adams on his father and Oathkeepers' founder, Cecil Rhodes, is quite good in highlighting the seamless links between public fascism and intimate, private violence
Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only.
May 24, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only.