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Lisa G
@coradiamondswound.bsky.social
political theorist, dog-and-cat lady, gardener, pussy pants lover.
Well, there are many horrific things that are happening these days, so perhaps “thing that wrecks me the most” was a bit hasty. But it will be up there.
January 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Thank you! Emailing now.
January 6, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Very heartened to see that it passed. Do you know if there is a resolution being organized for APSA?
January 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Thank you! This looks really interesting.
January 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Thanks, I’ll check that out.
January 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Current readings on protest:
- Armed Resistance - Fanon excerpts, maybe Huey Newton
- Nonviolent resistance - Brandon Terry on MLK
- Individual resistance - Thoreau, Lisa Maxwell
- Collective resistance - Chenoweth & Stephan
- Conundrums of Resistance - Jo Freeman, Megan Ming Francis
January 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Oops, I missed Francis Fox Piven on disruptive power.
January 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Current readings on power:
- Domination/non-domination - Pettit article, Melvin Rogers chapter
- Exploitation & Expropriation - Nancy Fraser article
- Structural Power - Iris Marion Young excerpts
- Foucaultuan power - Foucault excerpts
- “Good power” - Arendt excerpts, Audre Lorde piece
January 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
My understanding is that periods of escalation have been a recurrent phenomenon for many decades now. But yes, things are especially bad under Netanyahu’s far-right coalition government.
October 13, 2023 at 12:24 AM
I agree with this, but I would say “recently” is a pretty big stretch.
October 11, 2023 at 6:50 AM
Omg, how did I not know that this was a thing. 😭
September 23, 2023 at 2:54 AM