Ryan Poll
@ryanpoll3.bsky.social
English prof @neiu, writer @PopMatters, author of Main Street and Empire (Rutgers). and Aquaman and the War Against Oceans (Nebraska). Currently working on working-class formations of the sacred
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I have gotten in hot water for using the term "failed state" to describe the US as there are historical conditions that have to be met for the term to be accurate, so let's just say we're in the on-deck circle
September 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I have gotten in hot water for using the term "failed state" to describe the US as there are historical conditions that have to be met for the term to be accurate, so let's just say we're in the on-deck circle
As Anora suggests, sex work is labor and a genre. To be profitable, sex workers must act in established genres, performing (male) fantasies of female attention, sexuality, and desire, wrapped in an aura of authenticity.”
www.popmatters.com/anora-sex-wo...
www.popmatters.com/anora-sex-wo...
'Anora', (Sex) Work, and the Fantasies of Genre » PopMatters
Sean Baker's Anora illustrates how sex work – a working-class job – is a dance between creativity and commerce, art and artifice.
www.popmatters.com
April 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
As Anora suggests, sex work is labor and a genre. To be profitable, sex workers must act in established genres, performing (male) fantasies of female attention, sexuality, and desire, wrapped in an aura of authenticity.”
www.popmatters.com/anora-sex-wo...
www.popmatters.com/anora-sex-wo...
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Forthcoming later this year from @leverpress.bsky.social, the first book in our film|minutes series, this one on BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN by @shanedenson.bsky.social. services.publishing.umich.edu/Books/B/Brid...
You're not only going to want the book, you're going to want to read alongside the movie!
You're not only going to want the book, you're going to want to read alongside the movie!
March 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Forthcoming later this year from @leverpress.bsky.social, the first book in our film|minutes series, this one on BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN by @shanedenson.bsky.social. services.publishing.umich.edu/Books/B/Brid...
You're not only going to want the book, you're going to want to read alongside the movie!
You're not only going to want the book, you're going to want to read alongside the movie!
He unifies with a chainsaw.
March 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
He unifies with a chainsaw.
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49% of Troy was like "they tried to kill us yesterday" but 51 were chanting HORSE! HORSE! really loud
February 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
49% of Troy was like "they tried to kill us yesterday" but 51 were chanting HORSE! HORSE! really loud
Of course it was the playbook all along, despite the multiple lies of innocence/ignorance. This is a really important website to bookmark and follow:
www.project2025.observer
www.project2025.observer
Project 2025 Tracker
Track the progress on Project 2025
www.project2025.observer
February 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Of course it was the playbook all along, despite the multiple lies of innocence/ignorance. This is a really important website to bookmark and follow:
www.project2025.observer
www.project2025.observer
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“There is no such thing as autonomy… there is only a distinction between responsible and irresponsible dependence” -Wendell Berry
December 19, 2024 at 8:31 AM
“There is no such thing as autonomy… there is only a distinction between responsible and irresponsible dependence” -Wendell Berry
“To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.”
Mary Oliver, “Yes! No!”
Mary Oliver, “Yes! No!”
December 4, 2024 at 1:47 AM
“To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.”
Mary Oliver, “Yes! No!”
Mary Oliver, “Yes! No!”
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okay, the second starter pack i want to create is folks attending + presenting + advertising panels at #SBLAAR24.
like this skeet if, and only if, that’s you. we’ll get a good running commentary going in anticipation of and during the conference!
please reskeet to signal boost.
like this skeet if, and only if, that’s you. we’ll get a good running commentary going in anticipation of and during the conference!
please reskeet to signal boost.
October 28, 2024 at 10:49 PM
okay, the second starter pack i want to create is folks attending + presenting + advertising panels at #SBLAAR24.
like this skeet if, and only if, that’s you. we’ll get a good running commentary going in anticipation of and during the conference!
please reskeet to signal boost.
like this skeet if, and only if, that’s you. we’ll get a good running commentary going in anticipation of and during the conference!
please reskeet to signal boost.
I’m so excited to go to my first American Academy of Religion conference!
November 22, 2024 at 2:16 AM
I’m so excited to go to my first American Academy of Religion conference!
Hi!
If you’re at MMLA today, I’m presenting today at 11:00:
“The Black Church: A Sanctuary of Radical Politics in Modern African American Literature”
11:00 am – 12:15 pm; Fourth Floor: Room 4-D
If you’re at MMLA today, I’m presenting today at 11:00:
“The Black Church: A Sanctuary of Radical Politics in Modern African American Literature”
11:00 am – 12:15 pm; Fourth Floor: Room 4-D
November 15, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Hi!
If you’re at MMLA today, I’m presenting today at 11:00:
“The Black Church: A Sanctuary of Radical Politics in Modern African American Literature”
11:00 am – 12:15 pm; Fourth Floor: Room 4-D
If you’re at MMLA today, I’m presenting today at 11:00:
“The Black Church: A Sanctuary of Radical Politics in Modern African American Literature”
11:00 am – 12:15 pm; Fourth Floor: Room 4-D