Scholar
LightNews

McKenzie Wark

Videos

McKenzie Wark is an Australian-born writer and scholar. Wark is known for her writings on media theory, critical theory, new… more

McKenzie Wark
H-index: 18
Art 23%
Communication & Media Studies 20%
more

by McKenzie Wark

mckenziewark.bsky.social
Oh no! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/a...
D’Angelo’s Pleasure Principle
www.nytimes.com
1 3

Reposted by McKenzie Wark, Anna O. Law

esqueer.net
It's the worst thing watching resegregation happen in real time to please a bunch of white supremacist nazis in power.

www.thewrap.com/nbc-news-lay...
NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams
The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...
www.thewrap.com
27 430 1.4K

Reposted by McKenzie Wark

solidarity.pizza
spending my lunch break with @mckenziewark.bsky.social and wondering if i'll ever see her on the dance floor (sorry, no thesis)
a hand holding a very small book (_life story_ by mckenzie wark). the left hand page has a photo of an eye, and the right has text. visible text reads in college towns, has been a cultural and historical disaster. We're meant to be part of the city, and to come from its four corners. I would want to teach the joys of the nonfascist life, but paradoxically enough, it's not something one acquires through discipline. Rather, through the discipline of indiscipline. The will to learn is rare, and so is the will to transition. You can never ask anyone to jump. Or promise too much about the other side. Just provide an accurate assessment of the width, depth, and dangers of the chasm. a hand holding a very small book (_life story_ by mckenzie wark). the left hand page has a photo of an eye, and the right has text. visible text reads At the rave, on the dance floor, someone leant in to shout in my ear "I cited you in my thesis!" Then wove off through the throng. I love everything about this. Life and learning over-lapping. And this person's most excellent manners in keeping the interaction brief. We were all there to dance. (But also to connect.)
2 13

Reposted by McKenzie Wark

scumbelievable.bsky.social
(twitter user obsessively checking bluesky to see what people are saying about me) bluesky is so irrelevant lol
2 8 150

Reposted by McKenzie Wark

srirachachau.bsky.social
It’s funny how the old media depiction of Nazis was always that they’re evil but dignified gentleman and now they’re openly just like “Hello. I’m the Anime Pedophile”
43 940 4.9K

by McKenzie Wark

mckenziewark.bsky.social
You’re not wrong.
4

by McKenzie Wark

mckenziewark.bsky.social
Picnic at Hanging Rock!
1

Reposted by McKenzie Wark

ezrez.bsky.social
youtu.be/ld19PMXUyqg?...
Ethel Cain’s Closet Picks
YouTube video by CRITERION
youtu.be
1 5 16

Reposted by McKenzie Wark, Will Jennings, Julian Webb , and 2 more

mattburgess1.bsky.social
Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year
We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right. Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases. In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing). In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.
210 150 840

Reposted by McKenzie Wark, David S. Cohen

cwnewser.bsky.social
Breaking: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, the legendary transgender activist and veteran of the Stonewall uprising who dedicated her life to the liberation of trans people, especially Black trans women, has died at 78.
2 990 2.3K

by McKenzie Wark

mckenziewark.bsky.social
As I have learned from these posts—Adam is more “human” than a man, so I think its a trick question
1 4

Reposted by McKenzie Wark

wendyortiz.com
Not unhinged but…after someone compared literary agents to realtors, I…have not been able to lose the image 😆
3 3 26

by McKenzie Wark

mckenziewark.bsky.social
next stop Ljubljana! October 14th 6pm | Moderna Galerija
7

by McKenzie Wark

mckenziewark.bsky.social
thank you for coming!
mmjs86.bsky.social
vlado @mmjs86.bsky.social · 2d
So reinvigorating to listen to @mckenziewark.bsky.social in Zagreb tonight. Her work is all encompassing and hearing her speak about queer rave culture as the key art form of the 2020s was so inspirational.
A woman holding a mic in front of a screen A crowd listening to a woman presenting next to a screen
9

by McKenzie Wark

mckenziewark.bsky.social
I even disagree with myself
3

Reposted by McKenzie Wark

mmjs86.bsky.social
So reinvigorating to listen to @mckenziewark.bsky.social in Zagreb tonight. Her work is all encompassing and hearing her speak about queer rave culture as the key art form of the 2020s was so inspirational.
A woman holding a mic in front of a screen A crowd listening to a woman presenting next to a screen
6

Reposted by McKenzie Wark

mkirschenbaum.bsky.social
There’s been some good work done (Kate Eichorn, @msteinbrg.bsky.social among others), but one of our aesthetic categories badly in need of theorizing right now is “content.” The opposite of “slop” is not a ruined abby overlooking the Lake District.
4 4 25

Reposted by McKenzie Wark

judedoyle.bsky.social
The average heterosexual couple at any date-night establishment in Greenpoint
A young woman. White t-shirt, long hair, smile, she looks nice. An ent. He has a long mossy beard down to his knees and a vast cloud of twigs and leaves for hair. He has been alive since the earth was born and must rip himself out of the ground to walk. I'm sure he's a very good boyfriend.
4 16 120

by McKenzie Wark

mckenziewark.bsky.social
I guess he was the original dark academia
4

by McKenzie Wark

mckenziewark.bsky.social
There’s something charming in how conventional Bataille’s idea of the obscene was.
1 4

Reposted by McKenzie Wark

dominicpettman.bsky.social
Bataille: “Why be a vulgar Marxist when you can be an obscene one?”
5 6 38

by McKenzie Wark

mckenziewark.bsky.social
With @isobel.bsky.social in Porto, by @melstone.xyz
2 1 20

Reposted by McKenzie Wark, Jamie Morgan, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 3 more

kevinmkruse.bsky.social
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.
kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d
Portland, you magnificent weirdos
timdickinson.bsky.social
Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 3d
Live from the Emergency Naked Bike Ride 🚲 where the crowd hase just erupted in cheers with the arrival of the Unipipier
95 610 4.8K

Reposted by McKenzie Wark

isobel.bsky.social
i caught @mckenziewark.bsky.social engaging in commerce 😤
1 23

by McKenzie Wark

mckenziewark.bsky.social
We were talking about you and your work!
1 1

by McKenzie Wark

mckenziewark.bsky.social
Robert Glück, JACK THE MODERNIST, @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social
1 14

by McKenzie Wark

mckenziewark.bsky.social
Is there a roomba that will delight and amuse the cats?
1 3

by McKenzie Wark

mckenziewark.bsky.social
Hmmm old fashioned trans psychotherapy tended to think problems with parents is what caused us.
1 1

Reposted by McKenzie Wark

medievaliste.bsky.social
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.
1 19 58

Reposted by McKenzie Wark, Catherine J. Frieman

medievaliste.bsky.social
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.
5 36 200

References

Fields & subjects

Updated 1m