AmandaRose V. PhD
@amandarosevphd.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Performance & Pedagogy. I think of myself as an Ethical Paladin but am known for intimacy choreography, larp, immersive theatre, laughing loudly, teaching teachers, adopting dogs, & editing the Journal of Consent-Based Performance
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I’m a…
Firstgen academic researching the intersection of consent, games, pedagogy, & performance.
Proud poster of pup pictures.
PhD—Performance Studies, working largely in theatre & intimacy choreography.
Big bi lefty nerd.
I’m a…
Firstgen academic researching the intersection of consent, games, pedagogy, & performance.
Proud poster of pup pictures.
PhD—Performance Studies, working largely in theatre & intimacy choreography.
Big bi lefty nerd.
Fuck Ice.
But also, and maybe more importantly (because they fuel ice and so much more):
Fuck the fascist techbro billionaire oligarchs.
Can we do something about this shit, please?
But also, and maybe more importantly (because they fuel ice and so much more):
Fuck the fascist techbro billionaire oligarchs.
Can we do something about this shit, please?
February 5, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Fuck Ice.
But also, and maybe more importantly (because they fuel ice and so much more):
Fuck the fascist techbro billionaire oligarchs.
Can we do something about this shit, please?
But also, and maybe more importantly (because they fuel ice and so much more):
Fuck the fascist techbro billionaire oligarchs.
Can we do something about this shit, please?
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JK Rowling: Trans people poisoned our water supply, burned our crops, and delivered a plague unto our houses!
Also JK Rowling:
Also JK Rowling:
2016: Amber Heard exposes Johnny Depp abuse
2018: Depp in Fantastic Beasts 2
1999: Marilyn Manson admits rape threats & ex-gf murder plan
2020: JK Rowling sends Manson flowers
2008: Jeffrey Epstein convicted of CSA
2018: JK Rowling invites Epstein to Cursed Child
A PATTERN
2018: Depp in Fantastic Beasts 2
1999: Marilyn Manson admits rape threats & ex-gf murder plan
2020: JK Rowling sends Manson flowers
2008: Jeffrey Epstein convicted of CSA
2018: JK Rowling invites Epstein to Cursed Child
A PATTERN
February 3, 2026 at 7:40 PM
JK Rowling: Trans people poisoned our water supply, burned our crops, and delivered a plague unto our houses!
Also JK Rowling:
Also JK Rowling:
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the Epstein files make it very clear why the MeToo backlash was so extreme and why so much of elite society preferred Donald Trump ruling us like a king to the barest hint of accountability
February 1, 2026 at 9:27 PM
the Epstein files make it very clear why the MeToo backlash was so extreme and why so much of elite society preferred Donald Trump ruling us like a king to the barest hint of accountability
Mass literacy threatens the oligarchy.
Read a book. Discuss its themes. Build community and critical thinking and drink tea or coffee and plan your resistance, whether it’s through connection or protest.
Read a book. Discuss its themes. Build community and critical thinking and drink tea or coffee and plan your resistance, whether it’s through connection or protest.
February 1, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Mass literacy threatens the oligarchy.
Read a book. Discuss its themes. Build community and critical thinking and drink tea or coffee and plan your resistance, whether it’s through connection or protest.
Read a book. Discuss its themes. Build community and critical thinking and drink tea or coffee and plan your resistance, whether it’s through connection or protest.
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So what I’m gathering is a pedophilic billionaire successfully worked to destigmatize race science among the academic, political, and business elite partly by sex trafficking girls. Is that the shape of it so far?
January 31, 2026 at 12:27 PM
So what I’m gathering is a pedophilic billionaire successfully worked to destigmatize race science among the academic, political, and business elite partly by sex trafficking girls. Is that the shape of it so far?
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They gave this man permanent brain damage. He “has no family in Minnesota and coworkers have taken him in.”
Fuck the racist fucks that want the kindest, pro-social people in this benighted country driven out of it.
Fuck the racist fucks that want the kindest, pro-social people in this benighted country driven out of it.
The vast majority of ICE’s violence is never reported on. The only reason more people haven’t died is luck. They’re using lethal force on a regular basis.
Every detail in this story is sickening.
Every detail in this story is sickening.
ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital
Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.
apnews.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:55 PM
They gave this man permanent brain damage. He “has no family in Minnesota and coworkers have taken him in.”
Fuck the racist fucks that want the kindest, pro-social people in this benighted country driven out of it.
Fuck the racist fucks that want the kindest, pro-social people in this benighted country driven out of it.
Everything sucks. Walk your dog. Call a friend to laugh or an elected official to demand change. Color; read; draw; organize your D&D dice. Shred something to get that pent-up rage out, then toss it like confetti to cheer yourself up. Then you’ll have something to clean. Just don’t buy anything.
January 30, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Everything sucks. Walk your dog. Call a friend to laugh or an elected official to demand change. Color; read; draw; organize your D&D dice. Shred something to get that pent-up rage out, then toss it like confetti to cheer yourself up. Then you’ll have something to clean. Just don’t buy anything.
All this time we’ve just been craving the School House Rock or Sesame Street candidate who’d be friendly and help us understand the systems we’re living in.
The City’s Budget is our future. And you deserve to know how it works.
January 30, 2026 at 8:14 PM
All this time we’ve just been craving the School House Rock or Sesame Street candidate who’d be friendly and help us understand the systems we’re living in.
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There have been many journalists arrested in the US before. I'm one of them.
This is still very different. Lemon wasn't arrested as part of a mass of arrests of people surrounding a protest as it was happening and released (as I was). Lemon is being re-arrested for having covered a protest.
This is still very different. Lemon wasn't arrested as part of a mass of arrests of people surrounding a protest as it was happening and released (as I was). Lemon is being re-arrested for having covered a protest.
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 5:40 PM
There have been many journalists arrested in the US before. I'm one of them.
This is still very different. Lemon wasn't arrested as part of a mass of arrests of people surrounding a protest as it was happening and released (as I was). Lemon is being re-arrested for having covered a protest.
This is still very different. Lemon wasn't arrested as part of a mass of arrests of people surrounding a protest as it was happening and released (as I was). Lemon is being re-arrested for having covered a protest.
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One of the big unspoken impacts on GenX is that a huge part of the progressive moral heart of the generation was killed by AIDS.
Backing up The Argument in NYT/Siena, Gen X still has an astonishing 49% approval for Trump (!), while Boomers have dipped to 42%.
Gen X is currently tracking at 12 pts to the right of the electorate on the generic ballot. Now 9 pts to the right of Boomers, which has to be the largest gap ever.
Gen X is currently tracking at 12 pts to the right of the electorate on the generic ballot. Now 9 pts to the right of Boomers, which has to be the largest gap ever.
January 29, 2026 at 9:43 PM
One of the big unspoken impacts on GenX is that a huge part of the progressive moral heart of the generation was killed by AIDS.
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Theater Blog Roundup: Looking Back in Anger
The war on culture has played out in many ways over the past year, as chronicled by the bloggers/substackers,podcasters to whom I link below. There’s famously the mess at the Kennedy Center, but also a theater company “blacklisted”/defunded by a state…
The war on culture has played out in many ways over the past year, as chronicled by the bloggers/substackers,podcasters to whom I link below. There’s famously the mess at the Kennedy Center, but also a theater company “blacklisted”/defunded by a state…
Theater Blog Roundup: Looking Back in Anger
The war on culture has played out in many ways over the past year, as chronicled by the bloggers/substackers,podcasters to whom I link below. There’s famously the mess at the Kennedy Center, but also a theater company “blacklisted”/defunded by a state arts council; a student production canceled because of a new state anti-DEI law; a “visa freeze” that’s wreaking havoc on international cultural exchange. Commenters look too at the way that theater has been responding. The theater blogosphere’s look back at 2025 is not all about outrage. There are Top 10 and Year in Review posts by
newyorktheater.me
January 29, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Theater Blog Roundup: Looking Back in Anger
The war on culture has played out in many ways over the past year, as chronicled by the bloggers/substackers,podcasters to whom I link below. There’s famously the mess at the Kennedy Center, but also a theater company “blacklisted”/defunded by a state…
The war on culture has played out in many ways over the past year, as chronicled by the bloggers/substackers,podcasters to whom I link below. There’s famously the mess at the Kennedy Center, but also a theater company “blacklisted”/defunded by a state…
I know there’s more important things going on, but…. I just watched Mickey 17 and while I didn’t know what to expect, it was NOT what I was expecting. In such a good way.
January 29, 2026 at 4:56 AM
I know there’s more important things going on, but…. I just watched Mickey 17 and while I didn’t know what to expect, it was NOT what I was expecting. In such a good way.
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Congresswoman @ayannapressley.bsky.social has been trying to get qualified immunity eliminated her ENTIRE career.
What the fuck is it going to take to get people to listen to her?
What the fuck is it going to take to get people to listen to her?
There's no ICE accountability without ending qualified immunity.
They're murdering people. There won't be justice for the lives they've stolen, but there must be accountability.
My bill with @markey.senate.gov would ensure families can sue the agents murdering their loved ones.
They're murdering people. There won't be justice for the lives they've stolen, but there must be accountability.
My bill with @markey.senate.gov would ensure families can sue the agents murdering their loved ones.
January 27, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Congresswoman @ayannapressley.bsky.social has been trying to get qualified immunity eliminated her ENTIRE career.
What the fuck is it going to take to get people to listen to her?
What the fuck is it going to take to get people to listen to her?
Is “but he shouldn’t have had a gun” the resistance-coded equivalent to “but what was she wearing” ?
…it feels like prompting the widespread dehumanizing of victims whose humanity was denied by the perpetrators, and hence that denial of humanity was at the heart of the crime.
…it feels like prompting the widespread dehumanizing of victims whose humanity was denied by the perpetrators, and hence that denial of humanity was at the heart of the crime.
January 27, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Is “but he shouldn’t have had a gun” the resistance-coded equivalent to “but what was she wearing” ?
…it feels like prompting the widespread dehumanizing of victims whose humanity was denied by the perpetrators, and hence that denial of humanity was at the heart of the crime.
…it feels like prompting the widespread dehumanizing of victims whose humanity was denied by the perpetrators, and hence that denial of humanity was at the heart of the crime.
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The US Catholic Church is not playing right now. It was fun to hang out with the local bishops yesterday dropping the 🔥 about how we should treat other humans & how this ain't it!!!
Wow— “Cardinal Tobin told hundreds of faithful gathered online that now is the time to say no — no to violence, no to indifference, and no to funding the U.S. government’s own “machinery of death.”
www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/pope-leos-...
www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/pope-leos-...
January 27, 2026 at 5:47 AM
The US Catholic Church is not playing right now. It was fun to hang out with the local bishops yesterday dropping the 🔥 about how we should treat other humans & how this ain't it!!!
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Imagine a paramilitary gang kills 2 observers over 2 weeks, then shows up at your home to say, "You, observer, we know where you live."
That's a death threat.
If it happened to me or a colleague when I was a human rights observer in N. Ireland, we would've lodged complaints with three govts.
That's a death threat.
If it happened to me or a colleague when I was a human rights observer in N. Ireland, we would've lodged complaints with three govts.
One human rights observer in Maine said agents followed her home, blocked off her street, and came to her door to say they know where she lives. Her children are now staying elsewhere, to keep them safe.
Now in Maine: ICE watchers say federal agents are coming to their house to threaten and intimidate them.
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
January 27, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Imagine a paramilitary gang kills 2 observers over 2 weeks, then shows up at your home to say, "You, observer, we know where you live."
That's a death threat.
If it happened to me or a colleague when I was a human rights observer in N. Ireland, we would've lodged complaints with three govts.
That's a death threat.
If it happened to me or a colleague when I was a human rights observer in N. Ireland, we would've lodged complaints with three govts.
Reposting with original source: open.substack.com/pub/leonawal...
January 26, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Reposting with original source: open.substack.com/pub/leonawal...
Do a thing. Any thing.
![An infographic of sorts. The text reads (there’s a lot of it in black and white font, sorted into boxes)
Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good were both shot by ICE agents on camera. Both times, the President blamed the victim and excused ICE agents.
We move NOW or hand over our rights.
Box 1:
CALL LAW-MAKERS
(2-5 MIN)
Deadline: January 30th
Google "[your city] senators" → call all of them and say:
"I'm [NAME] from [CITY/ZIP]. Defund ICE by opposing any DHS appropriations bill that maintains ICE funding, and support legislation that claws back the $75 billion ICE slush fund created by H.R. 1 last year."
WHEN LEAVING A VOICEMAIL, GIVE FULL ADDRESS SO YOUR CALL IS TALLIED
Box 2:.
BOYCOTT THESE COMPANIES
They profit from and support
ICE. They get no more from us.
1. Home Depot
2. Target
3. Amazon
4. Whole Foods
5. Hilton Hotels
3
PREPARE YOUR COMMUNITY
A local network of witnesses and whistleblowers can keep families together and save lives. Organize with neighbors. Know
SCAN FOR RESOURCES
your rights. Know theirs.
MAKE RECURRING ($5-10/MO)
DONATIONS
Fund the lawyers fighting ICE through legal channels:
Impact Fund (Immigrant Rights Portfolio)
National Immigrant Justice Center
mmigrant Detense Project
Even $3/mo helps. Less than a coffee.
5
SHARE THIS
(5-10 MIN)
Take a photo of this. Send it to friends, post it on social media, print it out and slip it under doors.
This is not the time for quiet opinions.
PICK 3 OR 4.
DO THEM THIS WEEK.
Not for me, not for yourself, but for a very uncertain future. For Renee Good and Keith Porter. For future generations.
SCAN TO STAY CONNECTED](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lrx534ieuzqoyod3jubhg7wx/bafkreiccduzmhrhy2fpnlscaiq2uwu5nwjgd5qp5a5bsznd3hhujfyxwjm@jpeg)
January 26, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Do a thing. Any thing.
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Across America and the world, people are realizing it’s not possible to appease America’s dictator.
The only way to deal with him is to stand up to him — and the only way to stand up to him is by joining together against him.
It's time for a massive general strike across the country.
The only way to deal with him is to stand up to him — and the only way to stand up to him is by joining together against him.
It's time for a massive general strike across the country.
January 25, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Across America and the world, people are realizing it’s not possible to appease America’s dictator.
The only way to deal with him is to stand up to him — and the only way to stand up to him is by joining together against him.
It's time for a massive general strike across the country.
The only way to deal with him is to stand up to him — and the only way to stand up to him is by joining together against him.
It's time for a massive general strike across the country.
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“Every Tory is a coward, for servile, slavish, self-interested fear is the foundation of Toryism; and a man under such influence, though he may be cruel, never can be brave.”
—Thomas Paine, “The American Crisis” #1, published December 19, 1776
—Thomas Paine, “The American Crisis” #1, published December 19, 1776
Hurting people is easy. It's lazy. Anyone can do it with the right tools and the wrong morals.
Protecting people is hard. It takes restraint and courage and empathy. They will never have that. So they can never win, in the end. Minneapolis will win.
Protecting people is hard. It takes restraint and courage and empathy. They will never have that. So they can never win, in the end. Minneapolis will win.
January 26, 2026 at 2:52 AM
“Every Tory is a coward, for servile, slavish, self-interested fear is the foundation of Toryism; and a man under such influence, though he may be cruel, never can be brave.”
—Thomas Paine, “The American Crisis” #1, published December 19, 1776
—Thomas Paine, “The American Crisis” #1, published December 19, 1776
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I am so proud of my colleagues at Minnesota Law, standing with their students, alumni and the larger Minneapolis community.
“As scholars, teachers, and practitioners of the law, we feel compelled to speak out about this ongoing threat to our communities and democracy.”
“As scholars, teachers, and practitioners of the law, we feel compelled to speak out about this ongoing threat to our communities and democracy.”
Standing with 65 of my UMN Law colleagues (and counting) to condemn ICE’s lawless conduct towards Minnesotans: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Open Letter to Minnesota Law CommunityJanuary 25
January 25, 2026 To the Minnesota Law Community: We, the undersigned faculty of the University of Minnesota Law School, write in our individual capacities to address the federal government's ongoin...
docs.google.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:06 AM
I am so proud of my colleagues at Minnesota Law, standing with their students, alumni and the larger Minneapolis community.
“As scholars, teachers, and practitioners of the law, we feel compelled to speak out about this ongoing threat to our communities and democracy.”
“As scholars, teachers, and practitioners of the law, we feel compelled to speak out about this ongoing threat to our communities and democracy.”
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Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
January 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
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HEY MEDIA: I think when pro sports teams are holding memorials for the people the administration has declared terrorists, it’s safe to drop the “accounts differ” pretense and move on to “the administration attempts to smear the man it murdered”
January 25, 2026 at 11:14 PM
HEY MEDIA: I think when pro sports teams are holding memorials for the people the administration has declared terrorists, it’s safe to drop the “accounts differ” pretense and move on to “the administration attempts to smear the man it murdered”
My current student teachers asked what they can do in this moment. #teachers, remember that our work is activism.
Establish community to combat othering.
Teach students to think critically, creatively, & empathetically.
Do the work without using the banned terminologies.
Protect your students.
Establish community to combat othering.
Teach students to think critically, creatively, & empathetically.
Do the work without using the banned terminologies.
Protect your students.
January 26, 2026 at 3:39 AM
My current student teachers asked what they can do in this moment. #teachers, remember that our work is activism.
Establish community to combat othering.
Teach students to think critically, creatively, & empathetically.
Do the work without using the banned terminologies.
Protect your students.
Establish community to combat othering.
Teach students to think critically, creatively, & empathetically.
Do the work without using the banned terminologies.
Protect your students.
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Reporter: You received a letter from AG Pam Bondi making several demands….
Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those
Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those
January 25, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Reporter: You received a letter from AG Pam Bondi making several demands….
Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those
Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those