justin.d.burton
@justindburton.bsky.social
Developmental Editor for arts, politics, humanities (steep discounts for abolitionist writers). Author of Posthuman Rap. I teach and write about gender and race in the context of hip hop, dance, and pop music. they/he
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I've got a new piece about Sinners and the blues up at Sounding Out
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“Just for a Few Hours, We Was Free”: The Blues and Mapping Freedom in Sinners (2025)
Back of black woman in 1930s dress as she walks into a barn dance. A front view of two Black people wearing oversized white tee shirts to her right performing contemporary hip hop dances.
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July 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I've got a new piece about Sinners and the blues up at Sounding Out
soundstudiesblog.com/2025/07/28/j...
soundstudiesblog.com/2025/07/28/j...
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how much of the DOGE-driven destruction of the nation’s research and development capacity is because these people are AI cultists who believe that we’re on the verge of creating a sentient general intelligence?
May 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
how much of the DOGE-driven destruction of the nation’s research and development capacity is because these people are AI cultists who believe that we’re on the verge of creating a sentient general intelligence?
Currently fascinated by this set of nearly 200 books by "Rafael Gomes," who is referred to as "Bertram Solfieri" throughout his bio. Seems to clearly be an AI-generated author and text. Bold move by whomever is behind this to reprint the lyrics likely without licensing.
May 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Currently fascinated by this set of nearly 200 books by "Rafael Gomes," who is referred to as "Bertram Solfieri" throughout his bio. Seems to clearly be an AI-generated author and text. Bold move by whomever is behind this to reprint the lyrics likely without licensing.
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and from the humanities: anyone who thinks there are no conservatives in universities has never been to a department/school of music
STEM fields, economics, law, polisci etc. are full of conservatives. Universities have incredible diversity of thought. The criticism is failure of imagination, boils down to the writer defining “university” as a few humanities depts. Business schools aren’t hiring Marxist economists for balance. 😂
The conservative movement has turned against reality on every scientific issue of our time, from gun violence to climate change to epidemiology.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.
April 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
and from the humanities: anyone who thinks there are no conservatives in universities has never been to a department/school of music