Houman Sadri
@houmansadri.bsky.social
Associate Professor of English at the University of South Eastern Norway. Managing Editor of MAI: Feminism and Visual Culture (https://maifeminism.com/). Lit, Comics, Culture, Gender and YA scholar. Proper lefty. Neurodivergent. Ally. Cat person. He/him.
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*Happy dance* It's new issue day!! Welcome to MAI Issue 15: Intersectional Selves: Feminist Self-Portraiture, a packed issue highlighting the personal, performative, and intensely political forms of women’s self-portraiture in visual media. #feminism #visualarts www.maifeminism.com/issues/focus...
Focus Issue Fifteen: Intersectional Selves: Feminist Self-Portraiture
Our authors demonstrate that women's self-portraiture in media is always personal, performative, and intensely political.
www.maifeminism.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
*Happy dance* It's new issue day!! Welcome to MAI Issue 15: Intersectional Selves: Feminist Self-Portraiture, a packed issue highlighting the personal, performative, and intensely political forms of women’s self-portraiture in visual media. #feminism #visualarts www.maifeminism.com/issues/focus...
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The new issue of @maifeminism.bsky.social, on feminist self-portraiture, is hot off the virtual presses. Please check it out and share! www.maifeminism.com/issues/focus...
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The new issue of @maifeminism.bsky.social, on feminist self-portraiture, is hot off the virtual presses. Please check it out and share! www.maifeminism.com/issues/focus...
MAI: Feminism and Visual Culture issue 15 - Intersectional Selves: Feminist Self Portraiture - is out now - please give it a look!
www.maifeminism.com/issues/focus...
www.maifeminism.com/issues/focus...
Focus Issue Fifteen: Intersectional Selves: Feminist Self-Portraiture
Our authors demonstrate that women's self-portraiture in media is always personal, performative, and intensely political.
www.maifeminism.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
MAI: Feminism and Visual Culture issue 15 - Intersectional Selves: Feminist Self Portraiture - is out now - please give it a look!
www.maifeminism.com/issues/focus...
www.maifeminism.com/issues/focus...
So, I launched a Substack for my non-academic writing - sketches and works in progress, essentially. Please do have a look, and let me know what you think.
If I ever get anything finished, this is how it starts
open.substack.com/pub/houmans/...
If I ever get anything finished, this is how it starts
open.substack.com/pub/houmans/...
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First, there is darkness.
open.substack.com
September 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
So, I launched a Substack for my non-academic writing - sketches and works in progress, essentially. Please do have a look, and let me know what you think.
If I ever get anything finished, this is how it starts
open.substack.com/pub/houmans/...
If I ever get anything finished, this is how it starts
open.substack.com/pub/houmans/...
Thank goodness for that.
June 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Thank goodness for that.
Just putting my head above the parapet with a shameless plug for my wife's new Etsy store (for the sewing and knitting afficionados out there) www.etsy.com/se-en/shop/G...
#patterns #sewing #crafts #dressmaking
#patterns #sewing #crafts #dressmaking
www.etsy.com
May 24, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Just putting my head above the parapet with a shameless plug for my wife's new Etsy store (for the sewing and knitting afficionados out there) www.etsy.com/se-en/shop/G...
#patterns #sewing #crafts #dressmaking
#patterns #sewing #crafts #dressmaking
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Trans rights and trans liberation now. Anyone with a heart or a soul is sick of this evil shit and how it's taken over the UK - not to mention it's the tip of the spear, as we've been warned by our trans siblings so many times.
No forgiveness or pity for transphobes, in government or outside of it.
No forgiveness or pity for transphobes, in government or outside of it.
April 16, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Trans rights and trans liberation now. Anyone with a heart or a soul is sick of this evil shit and how it's taken over the UK - not to mention it's the tip of the spear, as we've been warned by our trans siblings so many times.
No forgiveness or pity for transphobes, in government or outside of it.
No forgiveness or pity for transphobes, in government or outside of it.
Feeling a bit proud just now.
March 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Feeling a bit proud just now.
This is something very special indeed. A rumination on family, identity, belonging, the power of art - particularly theatre - to both unite and protest, and, above all, the realities of life for Palestinians. I think this ought to be compulsory reading. #booksky
March 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is something very special indeed. A rumination on family, identity, belonging, the power of art - particularly theatre - to both unite and protest, and, above all, the realities of life for Palestinians. I think this ought to be compulsory reading. #booksky
The bells of Oslo Cathedral are chiming Brubeck's 'Take Five.' I think this is going to be a good day.
March 5, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The bells of Oslo Cathedral are chiming Brubeck's 'Take Five.' I think this is going to be a good day.
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James Coxall spent eight months swerving to avoid this massive axle buster pothole in Cambridgeshire so he made it look like somebody had fallen in headfirst. The council fixed it FOUR DAYS later! Bravo for creative thinking. Full story: www.instagram.com/share/_9fvgA... #GoodNews #EddysGoodNews
March 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
James Coxall spent eight months swerving to avoid this massive axle buster pothole in Cambridgeshire so he made it look like somebody had fallen in headfirst. The council fixed it FOUR DAYS later! Bravo for creative thinking. Full story: www.instagram.com/share/_9fvgA... #GoodNews #EddysGoodNews
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I worked in ELT once and I remember I made a little his/her typo that made the couple in the grammar exercise Gay. I was about to correct the typo and then said "what am I doing?".
The students noticed it and the whole class was delighted. They'd all noticed how straight the books are more than me
The students noticed it and the whole class was delighted. They'd all noticed how straight the books are more than me
March 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I worked in ELT once and I remember I made a little his/her typo that made the couple in the grammar exercise Gay. I was about to correct the typo and then said "what am I doing?".
The students noticed it and the whole class was delighted. They'd all noticed how straight the books are more than me
The students noticed it and the whole class was delighted. They'd all noticed how straight the books are more than me
An open letter to the ELT industry about LGBTQI+ representation. Worth reading and signing.
iamnotataboo.com/open-letter/
iamnotataboo.com/open-letter/
Open letter to the ELT industry - I am not a taboo
The English Language Teaching (ELT, EFL, ESOL) industry is failing the 2SLGBTQIA+ (hereafter referred to as LGBTQ+ for brevity) community.
iamnotataboo.com
March 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
An open letter to the ELT industry about LGBTQI+ representation. Worth reading and signing.
iamnotataboo.com/open-letter/
iamnotataboo.com/open-letter/
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I can't stand bullies. President Zelensky is now trying to stand up against two of them. We should have his back. #SlavaUkraïni
February 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I can't stand bullies. President Zelensky is now trying to stand up against two of them. We should have his back. #SlavaUkraïni
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The shameful scene of a hero who has defended his country against foreign aggression being scolded like a child by these cowardly, treacherous scum that we have in the executive branch is going to go down in infamy with Chamberlain's betrayal of Czechoslovakia.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c6...
www.bbc.com/news/live/c6...
Zelensky told to leave White House after clashing with Trump and Vance- follow live
The US president calls his Ukrainian counterpart
www.bbc.com
February 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The shameful scene of a hero who has defended his country against foreign aggression being scolded like a child by these cowardly, treacherous scum that we have in the executive branch is going to go down in infamy with Chamberlain's betrayal of Czechoslovakia.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c6...
www.bbc.com/news/live/c6...
Age yourself with a movie you saw in the theatre.
February 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Age yourself with a movie you saw in the theatre.
Goodness. The ongoing Neil Gaiman nightmare has been breaking my heart in small increments for months now, and I think this may be the final hammer blow. It's a long read, but an important one. And is probably the most incisive criticism of Gaiman I've read.
Today on Eruditorum Press, Last War in Albion returns with a chapter on Sandman and Neil Gaiman. Strap in. This goes hard. www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/the-cud...
The Cuddled Little Vice (Sandman)
Previously in The Last War in Albion: Alan Moore wrote Watchmen, which, for complicated reasons involving William S. Burroughs and the weak nuclear force, ended the Cold War and replaced it with a mag...
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February 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Goodness. The ongoing Neil Gaiman nightmare has been breaking my heart in small increments for months now, and I think this may be the final hammer blow. It's a long read, but an important one. And is probably the most incisive criticism of Gaiman I've read.
This is a pretty amazing offer - and almost everything is available as an e-book for super-cheap, so international shipping is not a worry.
Y'all, if you haven't checked out the @haymarketbooks.org Black History Month sale yet, it is WELL WORTH IT. I bought three, and had to restrain myself from buying many more!
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/65-40-...
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/65-40-...
40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation
Black History Month is not only a celebration of the rich history of Black life, politics, culture, and struggle. It is also a reminder to engage every day with that history as we ...
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February 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This is a pretty amazing offer - and almost everything is available as an e-book for super-cheap, so international shipping is not a worry.
My wise and humane friend @mahmutovic.bsky.social writing in Al Jazeera about our inadequacies in the face of atrocity and horror. Please read this.
aje.io/ing5in
aje.io/ing5in
On idle talk and genocide in Gaza
For 15 months, meaningless statements and idle talk kept the genocide in Gaza going. It is time to put an end to them.
aje.io
February 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
My wise and humane friend @mahmutovic.bsky.social writing in Al Jazeera about our inadequacies in the face of atrocity and horror. Please read this.
aje.io/ing5in
aje.io/ing5in
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Did you know that MAI also accepts creative work? Creative responses can take any form, are peer reviewed using our fair, transparent approach and are an important aspect of creative scholarship. Honor Wilson's confessional in MAI 14 is a great example maifeminism.com/the-men-who-... #academicsky
The Men Who Dressed Me: Buscemi, Cash & Dad
Wilson offers a confessional account on how popular culture's representations of masculinity may contribute to the shaping of trans identity.
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January 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Did you know that MAI also accepts creative work? Creative responses can take any form, are peer reviewed using our fair, transparent approach and are an important aspect of creative scholarship. Honor Wilson's confessional in MAI 14 is a great example maifeminism.com/the-men-who-... #academicsky
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New CFP alert! Celebrating Women's Writing seeks a reassessment of women’s words and cries out to hear their diverse voices as they make critical contributions to society, culture, and politics. Creative and academic submissions are welcome maifeminism.com/cfp-happy-50... #academicsky
CFP: Happy 50th Birthday, Medusa! Celebrating Women's Writing
With this focus issue of MAI: Feminism and Visual Culture, we aim to further the dialogue on women's writing: words, and artistic practices.
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January 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
New CFP alert! Celebrating Women's Writing seeks a reassessment of women’s words and cries out to hear their diverse voices as they make critical contributions to society, culture, and politics. Creative and academic submissions are welcome maifeminism.com/cfp-happy-50... #academicsky
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Librarian Cat is on the job.
January 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Librarian Cat is on the job.
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Yes, "Hatred Was His Job".
cc obit and op-ed writers over here, who've done their worst to invent a Jean-Marie Le Pen who never existed since the fascist thug died.
cc obit and op-ed writers over here, who've done their worst to invent a Jean-Marie Le Pen who never existed since the fascist thug died.
Powerful front page from L'Humanité on Jean Marie Le Pen: 'His Profession Was Hatred'. The dagger pictured was recovered at the scene of the brutal torture and murder of Ahmed Moulay in Algiers in 1957. One of multiple pieces of evidence showing Le Pen was a torturer.
January 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Yes, "Hatred Was His Job".
cc obit and op-ed writers over here, who've done their worst to invent a Jean-Marie Le Pen who never existed since the fascist thug died.
cc obit and op-ed writers over here, who've done their worst to invent a Jean-Marie Le Pen who never existed since the fascist thug died.