a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit
@rpaulint.bsky.social
visiting fellow LSE Sociology · editor at @philosopher1923.bsky.social · co-convenor @bsarace.bsky.social · he/him/they · Tiohtià:ke (Montreal)/London
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Yet, academia often feels like an exercise in abstracting liberation--in rationalising pain, theorising suffering,
producing explanations for the sake of explanation itself. I must resist to this. I must remind myself that this work is not about me, today, or the academy. (4/4) #notesfromthedge
producing explanations for the sake of explanation itself. I must resist to this. I must remind myself that this work is not about me, today, or the academy. (4/4) #notesfromthedge
October 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Yet, academia often feels like an exercise in abstracting liberation--in rationalising pain, theorising suffering,
producing explanations for the sake of explanation itself. I must resist to this. I must remind myself that this work is not about me, today, or the academy. (4/4) #notesfromthedge
producing explanations for the sake of explanation itself. I must resist to this. I must remind myself that this work is not about me, today, or the academy. (4/4) #notesfromthedge
Theory can’t be a refuge. It must be struggle--alive, listening, moving with those it honours. Theory isn’t a luxury. It’s a necessity.A remedy for despair, a way of remembering freedom. (3/4)
October 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Theory can’t be a refuge. It must be struggle--alive, listening, moving with those it honours. Theory isn’t a luxury. It’s a necessity.A remedy for despair, a way of remembering freedom. (3/4)
I started my PhD during a pandemic. I’ve lived through decades of austerity, experienced and then witnessed genocides, and watched fascism stroll back into mainstream politics. Among others things. In such a world, thinking feels like a privilege. Writing feels like survival.(2/4)
October 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I started my PhD during a pandemic. I’ve lived through decades of austerity, experienced and then witnessed genocides, and watched fascism stroll back into mainstream politics. Among others things. In such a world, thinking feels like a privilege. Writing feels like survival.(2/4)