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anna kate blair

@annakblair

writer, art & architectural historian, arts worker • THE MODERN out with Scribner, Sept 2023 • she/her

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Sarah Dowling (@sarahmdowling1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“Security guards followed us to the end of the museum’s property, where we unfurled and held a long paper banner that read, ‘We Wish Ana Mendieta Was Still Alive.’” hyperallergic.com/189315/crying-…

Anton Hur (@antonhur) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Clouds are powerful because they are light, not because they’re heavy. Their power comes from how “insubstantial” they are. Sure, they disperse, but everything powerful should have the means to dismantle itself, otherwise it lends itself to tyranny. Stay small. Stay critical.

Jasmine (@bustanutkeaton) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It’s funny that “it-girl writer” is even a thing considering that writing necessitates the deeply uncool, creepy kind of personality that delights in rifling through other people’s garbage

matt (@mattxiv) 's Twitter Profile Photo

watching this happen in real time and knowing it will go down as a deeply shameful moment in history for both columbia and new york city is just… surreal. my heart is with the students

Daniel Denvir (@danieldenvir) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Massive brutal police repression of students. Called in by administrators. With the Biden Administration’s vocal support. All to protect a genocide. During an election year. Morally revolting and politically suicidal.

Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine (@columbiasjp) 's Twitter Profile Photo

TO BE CLEAR, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HAS CALLED THE COPS ONTO ITS OWN STUDENTS FOR THE SECOND TIME IN TWO WEEKS, ON THE 56TH ANNIVERSARY OF WHEN THEY LAST CALLED THE POLICE ONTO CAMPUS TO ARREST OVER 700 PROTESTING THE VIETNAM WAR & HARLEM GENTRIFICATION ON APRIL 30TH, 1968

Eli Meyerhoff 🍉 (@elimeye) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"I want to emphasize the irony of having a college that supposedly cares about journalism saying that, if their own journalists leave the [Pulitzer] building, they will be arrested." - @wkcrfm, who should win the Pulitzer for their coverage of the student protests and repression

Dave (@mediocredave) 's Twitter Profile Photo

When I was involved in student activism, one of the (many) faults of our movement was an undisciplined impulse to react to every provocation, reacting to everything with panicked urgency. This level headed refusal to take the bait is so refreshing and impressive.

Gargi Bhattacharyya (@gargi_at_home) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Because I am losing my mind, I try to say these things to myself: - this depravity is designed to break international solidarity, telling us there is nothing we can do so give up; - the Palestinian people have not been defeated; - every Empire falls; Do everything you can.

anna kate blair (@annakblair) 's Twitter Profile Photo

i miss online academic symposia ~ i loved to lie in bed learning about plants in weimar germany or 1990s children's furniture or Vernon Lee's descriptions of trees ~ sometimes i gave my own little presentations on my little obsessions ~ where are the online symposia now please

Jess Walton (@jesshealywalton) 's Twitter Profile Photo

After typing up my extensive notes from the State Library Victoria's Duty of Care review meeting with me and other authors a few days ago, I'm here to write a long thread on what was said. I've come off private so this thread can be shared, but I will go back on to private soon.

Jinghua Qian (@qianjinghua) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Stifling public debate on genocide is obviously the worst part of this. But a peripheral bit that stings is that writers pay a huge material price to do creative work. Many of us live below the poverty line. We're not on VPS salaries but you want us to comply with the VPS code?

CT6000 (@mxcreant) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“Let us create a humanitarian visa for Palestinians. Let us fulfil our international obligations by withdrawing all support for Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian territory, starting with an arms embargo.” Finally an ozlit novelist with GUTS theguardian.com/culture/2024/s…

Dr Rehana Parveen (@rehanaparv) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Even worse all of this will be led by academics who have remained silent not only whilst the genocide took place but as their students were persecuted for speaking. Academics & an academia that risked nothing but happy to take the glory.