Laurent Dubois

@soccerpolitics.bsky.social

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Historian (Avengers of the New World/ The Banjo/ The Language of the Game/ Freedom Roots) & Musician (Traversées)

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Laurent Dubois is the John L. Nau III Bicentennial Professor in the History & Principles of Democracy at the University of Virginia. A specialist on the history and culture of the Atlantic world who studies the Caribbean, North America, and France, Dubois joined the University of Virginia in January 2021, and will also serve as the Democracy Initiative’s Director for Academic Affairs. In this role, Dubois will spearhead the Democracy Initiative’s research and pedagogical missions and will serve as the director and lead research convener of the John L. Nau III History and Principles of Democracy Lab—the permanent core lab of the Initiative which will operate as the connecting hub for the entire project. His studies have focused on Haiti. .. more

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ProfKFH @profkfh.bsky.social · 8h

My book,The Sweet Taste of Empire focuses on Anglo Caribbean, but shows the importance of sugar to the global economy & the racial order in the West. Bad Bunny turns the white mastery embedded in sugar/slave complex on its head: highlighting vibrant, resilient culture that emerged from history

Singer Bad Bunny dressed in a cream colored outfit standing on a cream colored pickup truck surrounded by dancers in tan outfits against a backdrop of sugar cane.

A tan book cover that says

THE
SWEET TASTE OF
EMPIRE
in green letters
and
SUGAR, MASTERY, AND PLEASURE IN THE ANGLO CARIBBEAN

KIM F. HALL
in brown letters

Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 18h

Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...

Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.

Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”

news.wisc.edu

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Jennifer Caroccio Maldonado, PhD @drcaromaldo.blacksky.app · 19h

And now the Sugar Bowl (2026).

Bad bunny performing at the superbowl halftime show with the field transformed into a sugar cane plantation.

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Emily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 20h

Great politics should look like a party you want to join

Laurent Dubois @soccerpolitics.bsky.social · 20h

I love this

WCVB NewsCenter 5, Boston @wcvb5.bsky.social · 20h

#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow

Laurent Dubois @soccerpolitics.bsky.social · 20h

They got confused by all the Spanish & references to colonialism?

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 20h

lmao how did it get worse in the second half

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 22h

Pats offensive line looking like the US' checks and balances

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 20h

lmao how did it get worse in the second half

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 22h

Pats offensive line looking like the US' checks and balances

Reposted by Mark Lubell, Laurent Dubois, Alan Richardson , and 3 more Mark Lubell, Laurent Dubois, Alan Richardson, Sebastian Karcher, Suzanne Conklin Akbari, Jhumka Gupta

WCVB NewsCenter 5, Boston @wcvb5.bsky.social · 20h

#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow

Laurent Dubois @soccerpolitics.bsky.social · 21h

The football field became a cane field.

America became Americas.

(Just for starters on what we will need to talk about from Bad Bunny's show!)

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 21h

It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.

Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?

Reposted by Laurent Dubois, Melinda Baldwin, David Darmofal

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 21h

You’ve seen the halftime show … now read my friend Petra’s new book from @dukepress.bsky.social about how Bad Bunny became the global voice of Puerto Rican resistance! 👏🏽👏🏽

www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r

Reposted by Laurent Dubois, Manisha Sinha

Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 21h

Pretty sure it wasn’t actually Liam. But it was a clear homage.

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Gilly @gillyarcht.bsky.social · 21h

This part, this set

#superbowl Bad Bunny waves flag of Puerto Rico in ‘field’ set, with linemen choreographed on phone poles

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Dr. Natalie Mendoza @drmendozan.bsky.social · 21h

Pretty sure one was consulted, definitely was for the album

news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...

Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.

Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”

news.wisc.edu

Reposted by Jessica E. Tierney, Jamie Morgan, Smith , and 9 more Jessica E. Tierney, Jamie Morgan, Smith, Laurent Dubois, Lesley Bartlett, Amy W. Ando, Juan Moreno‐Cruz, Maria Abreu, Lisa Diedrich, Meredith Farkas, Manisha Sinha, Suzanne Conklin Akbari

Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 21h

Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

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Brenda Elsey @brendaelsey.bsky.social · 21h

Bad Bunny just made Pan-Americanism cool again!

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 21h

In case anyone forgot or didn't understand the reference

www.wgbh.org/news/2017-10...

Why It's So Hard To Turn The Lights Back On In Puerto Rico

Nearly a month after Hurricane Maria swept through Puerto Rico, almost 80 percent of the territory is still without power. While nobody expected a quick…

www.wgbh.org

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Monica Iyer @monicavisalam.bsky.social · 21h

ARE WE GETTING ENERGY POLICY COMMENTARY IN THE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW????

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Still Evan @nerditry.bsky.social · 21h

TELL EM ABOUT THE POWER GRID BENITO

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 22h

Pats offensive line looking like the US' checks and balances

Laurent Dubois @soccerpolitics.bsky.social · 1d

Soon, grasshopper, soon!

the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 1d

when will I learn to only post extremely obscure remarks that inspire no one to repost & attract no new readers

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 1d

when will I learn to only post extremely obscure remarks that inspire no one to repost & attract no new readers

Reposted by Laurent Dubois, Alan Richardson

Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d

Marc Bloch to be inducted into French Panthéon. 🗃️

Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 1d

Marc Bloch, historien et résistant juif, entrera au Panthéon le 23 juin

La date du 16 juin avait été dans un premier temps pressentie pour son entrée au Panthéon, mais la cérémonie a dû être décalée de quelques jours en raison du G7 à Evian-les-Bains.

www.lemonde.fr

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 2d

Through this #SuperBowl weekend, you can get the e-book edition of "P FKN R" by Vanessa Díaz and Petra R. Rivera-Rideau for $9.99 or less! Links to retailers are on our site. #BadBunny
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Cover of P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance by Vanessa Díaz and Petra R. Rivera-Rideau. The title is in large white and yellow letters against a background featuring the Puerto Rican flag colors—red, white, and blue. The subtitle reads is highlighted in a black and yellow box. An illustration of Bad Bunny wearing a yellow outfit and a large straw hat, holding a microphone with yellow lightning bolts emanating from it is in the lower half. The authors' names are displayed at the bottom in red and blue text.

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rokhayadiallo.bsky.social @rokhayadiallo.bsky.social · 2d

J’ai le plaisir de vous présenter mon podcast En Bonne Voix qui explore le pouvoir de la parole, la force des mots et l’influence des voix. Entre verbe et style, j’y reçois des personnalités dont la voix est une arme, une identité, un art.
Dispo sur toutes les plateformes (1/2)

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Chelsea Stieber @chelseastieber.bsky.social · 3d

The uniforms may have had to remove Louverture, but the ambassador made sure they took his picture in front of Jean-Jacques Dessalines 🫡

Photo of Haitian ambassador posing in front of portrait of Jean-Jacques Dessalines

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Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 3d

no political symbolism at the competition between nation states and flags that we argue instills positive values and promotes a specific form of peaceful internationalism, all sponsored by large corporations whose logos and advertising are visible throughout

Laurent Dubois @soccerpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

Michel-Rolph Trouillot would like to have a word.

Julia Gaffield, PhD @juliagaffield.bsky.social · 3d

The image of Toussaint Louverture had to be removed because the Olympic committee considered it a "political statement"??

www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

‘Symbol of the Haitian spirit’: Haiti’s Winter Olympic uniform inspired by history

Haiti’s Winter Olympic uniform is a statement of history and perseverance.

www.miamiherald.com

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Julia Gaffield, PhD @juliagaffield.bsky.social · 3d

The image of Toussaint Louverture had to be removed because the Olympic committee considered it a "political statement"??

www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

‘Symbol of the Haitian spirit’: Haiti’s Winter Olympic uniform inspired by history

Haiti’s Winter Olympic uniform is a statement of history and perseverance.

www.miamiherald.com