Fraser McQueen
@frasermcqueen.bsky.social
Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies, University of Leeds. Islamophobia & cultural production in France. Retired ex-Thai boxer. Co-convener @psafrenchpol.bsky.social He/him.
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I also want to say thank you to the person who introduced me to the French word 'beaucoup' this year. It means a lot.
December 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I also want to say thank you to the person who introduced me to the French word 'beaucoup' this year. It means a lot.
Pleased to close off the year with my review of Leyla Bouzid's Une histoire d'amour et de désir (2021) appearing in Imaginaries: a film that has the distinction of being among the few I know to largely be structured around a semester of comp lit seminars! Link below:
h-france.net/imaginaries/...
h-france.net/imaginaries/...
Confronting Banlieue Stereotypes in Leyla Bouzid’s Une histoire d’amour et de désir/ A Tale of Love and Desire | Imaginaries
h-france.net
December 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Pleased to close off the year with my review of Leyla Bouzid's Une histoire d'amour et de désir (2021) appearing in Imaginaries: a film that has the distinction of being among the few I know to largely be structured around a semester of comp lit seminars! Link below:
h-france.net/imaginaries/...
h-france.net/imaginaries/...
It's objectively, verifiably incorrect to say that 'any other minority' would get an apology if they complained about the language used about them, and that's without even getting into how this ghoul casually equates Zionism with Judaism (something she'd rightly call others antisemitic for doing).
I'll say it again: if any other ethnic or religious minority said "please don't use this particular term or chant, you might not have bad intentions but it is deeply racist and threatening to us", the reaction would be mortified apology.
And that's without a mass terror event four days ago
And that's without a mass terror event four days ago
December 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
It's objectively, verifiably incorrect to say that 'any other minority' would get an apology if they complained about the language used about them, and that's without even getting into how this ghoul casually equates Zionism with Judaism (something she'd rightly call others antisemitic for doing).
Famously, the way to beat the far right is by giving them exactly what they want 100% of the time.
Tiring to constantly repeat this, but 'appealing to the concerns of far-right voters' has been shown time and again to only mainstream the far right.
Tiring to constantly repeat this, but 'appealing to the concerns of far-right voters' has been shown time and again to only mainstream the far right.
December 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Famously, the way to beat the far right is by giving them exactly what they want 100% of the time.
Tiring to constantly repeat this, but 'appealing to the concerns of far-right voters' has been shown time and again to only mainstream the far right.
Tiring to constantly repeat this, but 'appealing to the concerns of far-right voters' has been shown time and again to only mainstream the far right.
manchester but woke
December 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
manchester but woke
A klan tartan, you might say
NEW: Reform UK have announced plans to create and register a party tartan
LIVE: Updates as Nigel Farage visits Falkirk for Reform UK rally
www.thenational.scot
December 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A klan tartan, you might say
Wonder which part of this wrap they made first? HA HA HA
December 6, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Wonder which part of this wrap they made first? HA HA HA
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Another event hosted by one of our Exec members will happen at the University of Leeds (LG 16, Michael Sadler Building) on 10/12 at 3.30pm: @frasermcqueen.bsky.social (Membership Sec) will have a conversation with Nina Wardleworth about decolonisation, the far right and identity construction. 4/9
December 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Another event hosted by one of our Exec members will happen at the University of Leeds (LG 16, Michael Sadler Building) on 10/12 at 3.30pm: @frasermcqueen.bsky.social (Membership Sec) will have a conversation with Nina Wardleworth about decolonisation, the far right and identity construction. 4/9
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Hello and welcome to our Francophone Friday thread, where we come together to highlight research being conducted in or about the Francophone world! These threads are created with help of our members, so if you want to advertise events, publications, etc about Francophone research, do reach out! 1/9
December 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Hello and welcome to our Francophone Friday thread, where we come together to highlight research being conducted in or about the Francophone world! These threads are created with help of our members, so if you want to advertise events, publications, etc about Francophone research, do reach out! 1/9
Got a can of white monster in my bag but just feel like i canny really take it out at the conference
December 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Got a can of white monster in my bag but just feel like i canny really take it out at the conference
Back in the golden age of academic Twitter I used to say I'd never be a vanilla online academic who posted 'excited to be at a conference' every 6 months. I would live & die as a shitpost goblin. Look at me now: posting that I'm excited to be in London for this year's SFPS conference on Fanon at 100
December 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Back in the golden age of academic Twitter I used to say I'd never be a vanilla online academic who posted 'excited to be at a conference' every 6 months. I would live & die as a shitpost goblin. Look at me now: posting that I'm excited to be in London for this year's SFPS conference on Fanon at 100
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Building muscle is mostly about diet. If you want to get big you have to eat other people at the gym
December 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Building muscle is mostly about diet. If you want to get big you have to eat other people at the gym
No matter how long I live in England, and how much I genuinely like the places I live, I'll never see Edinburgh on one of these boards and not feel like that's where I should be going
December 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
No matter how long I live in England, and how much I genuinely like the places I live, I'll never see Edinburgh on one of these boards and not feel like that's where I should be going
friends fear he's lookin at weird guys again
December 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
friends fear he's lookin at weird guys again
we must imagine squidward happy
November 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
we must imagine squidward happy
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"They're trying to change our habits, because all of the projections rely on people becoming truly dependent on the technology. Whether or not it's actually a good thing for society isn't considered to be a factor."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"They're trying to change our habits, because all of the projections rely on people becoming truly dependent on the technology. Whether or not it's actually a good thing for society isn't considered to be a factor."
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‘Remigration’ is a term that comes out of the European far right. Its use by the DHS account is a sign of democratic and epistemic collapse
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
‘Remigration’ is a term that comes out of the European far right. Its use by the DHS account is a sign of democratic and epistemic collapse
I like a Smint as much as the next man (maybe even more), but it's really upsetting to me that you can get them as the snack in a Tesco meal deal as it implies there are sociopaths out there eating a whole pack of Smints one by one after lunch.
November 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I like a Smint as much as the next man (maybe even more), but it's really upsetting to me that you can get them as the snack in a Tesco meal deal as it implies there are sociopaths out there eating a whole pack of Smints one by one after lunch.
OH MY FUCKING GOD 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
November 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
OH MY FUCKING GOD 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
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The thing to understand is that there is a particular contingent within Labour who assess their own performance not based on the support they get from the right (which will always be, basically, none) but on how much they repulse the left. So they turn into Reform, without actually getting votes.
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The thing to understand is that there is a particular contingent within Labour who assess their own performance not based on the support they get from the right (which will always be, basically, none) but on how much they repulse the left. So they turn into Reform, without actually getting votes.
My niece gave me a tung tung tung sahur toy
November 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
My niece gave me a tung tung tung sahur toy
This reproduction of far-right policies and discourses, while at the same time claiming to embody 'openness, tolerance and generosity' is Labour's current approach in microcosm: legitimate the far right, make them your main opponent, then posture as the only barrier keeping them out of power.
"Mahmood said a raft of tough immigration controls were designed to unlock “the inherent openness, tolerance and generosity” of the British people."
Such nauseating shamelessness.
Such nauseating shamelessness.
Mahmood’s new asylum plan: when home is ‘safe’, we’ll send you back | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This reproduction of far-right policies and discourses, while at the same time claiming to embody 'openness, tolerance and generosity' is Labour's current approach in microcosm: legitimate the far right, make them your main opponent, then posture as the only barrier keeping them out of power.