(Mar)Chella Ward
@luxmea.bsky.social
Open University Classical Studies lecturer. Recovering Oxford don. Critical Ancient World Studies person. Podcast host @ Radio ReOrient. Children’s author by night.🌙 🍉She/her. Writing a 📗 on the Islamophobia of Classicism.
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(Mar)Chella Ward
@luxmea.bsky.social
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How the Past Became a Weapon of Genocide in Palestine | Public Humanities | Cambridge Core
How the Past Became a Weapon of Genocide in Palestine - Volume 1
www.cambridge.org
I have a new article out today in Public Humanities, where I try to find some words for how historicide is (and has always been) a project of European colonialism - and I try to find some words for the historians who continue to support it. 🇵🇸✊🏻
Open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Ft. CAWS 🥰
here's a slide with recent publications relating to race and postcoloniality in Classics. this is not exhaustive (and there are several exciting books still on the horizon), but it does represent a significant groundswell in recent years
January 6, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Ft. CAWS 🥰
I’m on my way here and have submitted written evidence in support of Elias ✊🏻🇵🇸
Freedom is not free, it needs to be defended every day and if scholars of language are not supposed to defend against fascist attempts to control language then I’m really not sure what we are supposed to do! 🤷🏼♀️
Freedom is not free, it needs to be defended every day and if scholars of language are not supposed to defend against fascist attempts to control language then I’m really not sure what we are supposed to do! 🤷🏼♀️
Notre frère #EliasDImzalène comparaîtra les mercredi 7 et jeudi 8 janvier devant la Cour d’appel de Paris pour avoir appelé à soutenir la résistance du peuple palestinien et à lutter contre le génocide à Gaza !
January 6, 2026 at 1:40 PM
I’m on my way here and have submitted written evidence in support of Elias ✊🏻🇵🇸
Freedom is not free, it needs to be defended every day and if scholars of language are not supposed to defend against fascist attempts to control language then I’m really not sure what we are supposed to do! 🤷🏼♀️
Freedom is not free, it needs to be defended every day and if scholars of language are not supposed to defend against fascist attempts to control language then I’m really not sure what we are supposed to do! 🤷🏼♀️
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January 6, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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January 5, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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I’m a vegetarian because I have never managed to fully believe in species difference (ie we are humans they are animals so can be killed) and I think that using species difference to legitimate mass killing plays a role in the perpetuation of pseudo-speciation (ie certain humans are animals so…).
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
January 5, 2026 at 7:19 AM
I’m a vegetarian because I have never managed to fully believe in species difference (ie we are humans they are animals so can be killed) and I think that using species difference to legitimate mass killing plays a role in the perpetuation of pseudo-speciation (ie certain humans are animals so…).
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January 4, 2026 at 9:20 AM
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🇻🇪 Solidarité avec le #Venezuela et tous les peuples en résistance contre le maintien de l’ordre impérial !
Rassemblement aujourd’hui 3 janvier à Paris, place de la République, 18h
Communiqué du PIR : indigenes-republique.fr/stop-a-lagre...
Rassemblement aujourd’hui 3 janvier à Paris, place de la République, 18h
Communiqué du PIR : indigenes-republique.fr/stop-a-lagre...
January 3, 2026 at 4:20 PM
🇻🇪 Solidarité avec le #Venezuela et tous les peuples en résistance contre le maintien de l’ordre impérial !
Rassemblement aujourd’hui 3 janvier à Paris, place de la République, 18h
Communiqué du PIR : indigenes-republique.fr/stop-a-lagre...
Rassemblement aujourd’hui 3 janvier à Paris, place de la République, 18h
Communiqué du PIR : indigenes-republique.fr/stop-a-lagre...
The sun came out for a free Palestine in Leeds ☀️🇵🇸
January 3, 2026 at 2:33 PM
The sun came out for a free Palestine in Leeds ☀️🇵🇸
On Brexit Island holding a sign saying you oppose genocide is terrorism, extrajudicial killing and kidnapping means we need to wait for your press conference to know whether you should have done it or not 🤷🏼♀️
Keir Starmer says he wants to establish facts by *watching Donald Trumps press conference.*
People said giving him a second state visit was a genius move of strategy - really seems to have paid off.
Special relationship - alive and kicking.
People said giving him a second state visit was a genius move of strategy - really seems to have paid off.
Special relationship - alive and kicking.
January 3, 2026 at 1:30 PM
On Brexit Island holding a sign saying you oppose genocide is terrorism, extrajudicial killing and kidnapping means we need to wait for your press conference to know whether you should have done it or not 🤷🏼♀️
This. At least tell us some lies about WMDs for goodness sake!!
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 10:55 AM
This. At least tell us some lies about WMDs for goodness sake!!
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January 3, 2026 at 10:06 AM
What I’m learning this week is that the Westoxicated actually really love a revolution as long as it’s not against a colonial occupation 🤷🏼♀️
January 3, 2026 at 9:55 AM
What I’m learning this week is that the Westoxicated actually really love a revolution as long as it’s not against a colonial occupation 🤷🏼♀️
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JUST IN—Yván Gil Pinto, Venezuela's Minster of Foreign Affairs, posted an official statement to Telegram. t.me/YvanGilPinto...
"The Bolivarian Government calls on all social and political forces in the country to activate mobilization plans and repudiate this imperialist attack."
Full translation:
"The Bolivarian Government calls on all social and political forces in the country to activate mobilization plans and repudiate this imperialist attack."
Full translation:
January 3, 2026 at 7:51 AM
JUST IN—Yván Gil Pinto, Venezuela's Minster of Foreign Affairs, posted an official statement to Telegram. t.me/YvanGilPinto...
"The Bolivarian Government calls on all social and political forces in the country to activate mobilization plans and repudiate this imperialist attack."
Full translation:
"The Bolivarian Government calls on all social and political forces in the country to activate mobilization plans and repudiate this imperialist attack."
Full translation:
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May 2026 be the year of a Free Palestine, and the free world that will go with it. 🤲🏻
December 31, 2025 at 11:49 PM
May 2026 be the year of a Free Palestine, and the free world that will go with it. 🤲🏻
Goodness, how can anyone POSSIBLY hate war-mongering genocidaires???
Glad the FT is asking the question. Even if I’m not convinced they found a compelling answer.
I get that Starmer & Reeves are unpopular, I really don’t understand the extent of the dislike.
www.ft.com/content/1995... ‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
I get that Starmer & Reeves are unpopular, I really don’t understand the extent of the dislike.
www.ft.com/content/1995... ‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
Allies concede the prime minister and chancellor have made mistakes yet the level of disdain towards them is still striking
www.ft.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Goodness, how can anyone POSSIBLY hate war-mongering genocidaires???
Why does everything this group does feel like the British Left’s equivalent of that patronising guy at the office who says “calm down, dear” when you call for change?
How is “a fairer world is not realistic” going to convince anyone 🙈
How is “a fairer world is not realistic” going to convince anyone 🙈
Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society
Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society
Joe Dromey, head of the Labour thinktank, urges his party to take on the ‘twin populisms’ of Reform UK and the Greens
The Green party leader, Zack Polanski, is offering voters “unicorns” and Labour must confront his “fantasy” solutions such as the idea that a wealth tax would fix the public finances, according to the Fabian Society’s general secretary, Joe Dromey.
Much of the government’s fire is trained on Nigel Farage. But in an end-of-year interview, the head of Labour’s internal thinktank urges his party to take on the “twin populisms” of Reform and Polanski. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Why does everything this group does feel like the British Left’s equivalent of that patronising guy at the office who says “calm down, dear” when you call for change?
How is “a fairer world is not realistic” going to convince anyone 🙈
How is “a fairer world is not realistic” going to convince anyone 🙈
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December 31, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Le Parti des Indigènes de la République est depuis 20 ans un défi lancé à la face du racisme d'Etat et de la suprématie blanche. Aujourd'hui, plus que jamais, le #PIR ne peut compter que sur les ressources de ceux qui le soutiennent.
Soutenez nous : indigenes-republique.fr/donations/fo...
Soutenez nous : indigenes-republique.fr/donations/fo...
December 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Le Parti des Indigènes de la République est depuis 20 ans un défi lancé à la face du racisme d'Etat et de la suprématie blanche. Aujourd'hui, plus que jamais, le #PIR ne peut compter que sur les ressources de ceux qui le soutiennent.
Soutenez nous : indigenes-republique.fr/donations/fo...
Soutenez nous : indigenes-republique.fr/donations/fo...
When even your most loyal co-worker seems to have given up on the book 🙈🐈
December 31, 2025 at 9:55 AM
When even your most loyal co-worker seems to have given up on the book 🙈🐈
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December 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
This looks so interesting and also I really want to know how @fractalecho.bsky.social managed to say so much in less than 50k words! 📕
This book is titled “Disabling Intelligences” for many reasons. First, because so-called “AI” is built from historical commitments to the excision of disability from the classification of humanity.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…
link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…
December 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This looks so interesting and also I really want to know how @fractalecho.bsky.social managed to say so much in less than 50k words! 📕
Congratulations to the Everyday Orientalism team on a brilliant year (it’s a pleasure to be in this “most-viewed” round up with so many legends!) 📚
As 2025 comes to an end, we are sharing our 15 most-viewed publications of the year. Huge thanks to all the guest contributors for their trust and voices, as well as to all who read, watched, taught and engaged with us!
everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/12/29/e...
everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/12/29/e...
Everyday Orientalism’s Top 15 of 2025
As 2025 comes to an end, we are sharing our 15 most-viewed publications of the year. Huge thanks to all the guest contributors for their trust and voices, as well as to all who read, watched, taugh…
everydayorientalism.wordpress.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Congratulations to the Everyday Orientalism team on a brilliant year (it’s a pleasure to be in this “most-viewed” round up with so many legends!) 📚
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#5: In the Ruins of History: A CAWS/#EOTalks Roundtable in Solidarity with Palestine w Fadel Al Utol, @gmandreou.bsky.social. Yasmeen Elkhoudary, Marc-André Haldimann, Atalia Omer, @aditilrao.bsky.social, S. Sayyid, Ali Shahwan + @luxmea.bsky.social
everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/i...
everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/i...
In the Ruins of History: A CAWS/#EOTalks Roundtable in Solidarity with Palestine
This event is co-organized by the Critical Ancient World Studies Collective and Everyday Orientalism. It is the 2nd of our ongoing series of Roundtables In solidarity with Palestine. You can access…
everydayorientalism.wordpress.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
#5: In the Ruins of History: A CAWS/#EOTalks Roundtable in Solidarity with Palestine w Fadel Al Utol, @gmandreou.bsky.social. Yasmeen Elkhoudary, Marc-André Haldimann, Atalia Omer, @aditilrao.bsky.social, S. Sayyid, Ali Shahwan + @luxmea.bsky.social
everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/i...
everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/i...