Keenan Shionalyn
@keenanshionalyn.bsky.social
PhD Candidate, University of Birmingham
- Theatre History, Queer Theatre, Modernism, and Practice-Based Research
- East Central European Area Studies
- Theatre/Humanities Education (Andragogy/Pedagogy)
- Theatre History, Queer Theatre, Modernism, and Practice-Based Research
- East Central European Area Studies
- Theatre/Humanities Education (Andragogy/Pedagogy)
What I thought would be a quiet day of translation...having made it only through the character list, what was supposed to be a peaceful pastoral is instead a comedy documenting the fall of the family that brought us fascism. All from the playwright who just writes "bourgeois" frivolous comedies...
August 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
What I thought would be a quiet day of translation...having made it only through the character list, what was supposed to be a peaceful pastoral is instead a comedy documenting the fall of the family that brought us fascism. All from the playwright who just writes "bourgeois" frivolous comedies...
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No I don't want "humane" deportations, for the same reason I don't want "friendly" cops in schools or "understanding" genital inspectors at sporting events.
The problem is the fascism, not that the fascism is rude.
The problem is the fascism, not that the fascism is rude.
July 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
No I don't want "humane" deportations, for the same reason I don't want "friendly" cops in schools or "understanding" genital inspectors at sporting events.
The problem is the fascism, not that the fascism is rude.
The problem is the fascism, not that the fascism is rude.
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This is a live performance of “Zombie” by The Cranberries, sung by an Iranian vocalist named Aidin Nazemi, while the city of Tehran is under the fire of war and visible anti-aircraft gunfire. #iran
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From the iran community on Reddit: A haunting performance by an Iranian singer amid live fire over Tehran
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June 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This is a live performance of “Zombie” by The Cranberries, sung by an Iranian vocalist named Aidin Nazemi, while the city of Tehran is under the fire of war and visible anti-aircraft gunfire. #iran
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April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
April 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
It is almost as if...wait for it...people who are historians and actively study oppression and authoritarianism had enough insight based on knowledge to accurately predict what was occuring. Stop giving airtime to those who couldn't see the signs, amplify those who did.
My latest for @liberalcurrents.com
We need to stop listening to commentators who spent a decade being arrogantly wrong about the fascist threat
www.liberalcurrents.com/trump-alarmi...
We need to stop listening to commentators who spent a decade being arrogantly wrong about the fascist threat
www.liberalcurrents.com/trump-alarmi...
Trump ‘Alarmists’ Were Right. We Should Say So.
Commentators who got it wrong wouldn’t listen, won’t learn, and can’t lead.
www.liberalcurrents.com
April 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
It is almost as if...wait for it...people who are historians and actively study oppression and authoritarianism had enough insight based on knowledge to accurately predict what was occuring. Stop giving airtime to those who couldn't see the signs, amplify those who did.
This week I've been reading "The Death of Nero", an unstaged play written during the rise of Stalin. Two times merge in the play, the time of Emperor Nero, alongside a populist uprising in 1919. In the end, the two blend disrupting time.
History is rhyming again, 100 years later and Nero is reborn.
History is rhyming again, 100 years later and Nero is reborn.
April 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This week I've been reading "The Death of Nero", an unstaged play written during the rise of Stalin. Two times merge in the play, the time of Emperor Nero, alongside a populist uprising in 1919. In the end, the two blend disrupting time.
History is rhyming again, 100 years later and Nero is reborn.
History is rhyming again, 100 years later and Nero is reborn.
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People in Serbia are rising up.
Beautiful to see.
Beautiful to see.
March 15, 2025 at 11:19 PM
People in Serbia are rising up.
Beautiful to see.
Beautiful to see.
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Queer erasure has been on the agenda since Stonewall. They've never made it a secret.
People weren't listening, and thought it couldn't happen to them. They stayed wrapped up in the false sense of security of not being 'other' enough.
They thought we were safe.
But we're not.
We never were.
People weren't listening, and thought it couldn't happen to them. They stayed wrapped up in the false sense of security of not being 'other' enough.
They thought we were safe.
But we're not.
We never were.
March 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Queer erasure has been on the agenda since Stonewall. They've never made it a secret.
People weren't listening, and thought it couldn't happen to them. They stayed wrapped up in the false sense of security of not being 'other' enough.
They thought we were safe.
But we're not.
We never were.
People weren't listening, and thought it couldn't happen to them. They stayed wrapped up in the false sense of security of not being 'other' enough.
They thought we were safe.
But we're not.
We never were.
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NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...
kyivindependent.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
Dear President Zelensky, I am so sorry Trump and Vance behaved in such an abhorrent way. You and Ukraine deserve so much more after this horrendous decade. The experience and lessons learned by the Ukrainian people deserve to be heard, not shouted over to get the best sound byte. #славаукраїні
February 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Dear President Zelensky, I am so sorry Trump and Vance behaved in such an abhorrent way. You and Ukraine deserve so much more after this horrendous decade. The experience and lessons learned by the Ukrainian people deserve to be heard, not shouted over to get the best sound byte. #славаукраїні
Creating new translations of plays has begun to change how I write in English. I've stopped using the article "the" finding more powerful ways to express without it. Not especially profound, but while editing my current chapter, I noticed how rarely it appeared when expected.
February 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Creating new translations of plays has begun to change how I write in English. I've stopped using the article "the" finding more powerful ways to express without it. Not especially profound, but while editing my current chapter, I noticed how rarely it appeared when expected.
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If you’re siding with Vladimir Putin, you’re wrong.
February 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
If you’re siding with Vladimir Putin, you’re wrong.
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You GUYYYYSSSSSSS
The military choir sang Do You Hear the People Sing from Les Mis at the governor's dinner at the white house. Thanks to @beebrookshire.bsky.social for helping me fact check tihs one. As far as I can it's only "officially" been posted on Dan Scavino's FB
The military choir sang Do You Hear the People Sing from Les Mis at the governor's dinner at the white house. Thanks to @beebrookshire.bsky.social for helping me fact check tihs one. As far as I can it's only "officially" been posted on Dan Scavino's FB
2025 Governors Ball US Army - "Do You Hear the People Sing" BRILLIANT TRUMP TROLLING!
YouTube video by Anti Trump
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February 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
You GUYYYYSSSSSSS
The military choir sang Do You Hear the People Sing from Les Mis at the governor's dinner at the white house. Thanks to @beebrookshire.bsky.social for helping me fact check tihs one. As far as I can it's only "officially" been posted on Dan Scavino's FB
The military choir sang Do You Hear the People Sing from Les Mis at the governor's dinner at the white house. Thanks to @beebrookshire.bsky.social for helping me fact check tihs one. As far as I can it's only "officially" been posted on Dan Scavino's FB
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I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.
February 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.
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NEW: Ukraine has NOT been invited to Ukraine peace talks.
Zelenskyy to NBC just now:
“I will never accept any decisions between United States & Russia about Ukraine. Never.”
Clear message. Trump has NO mandate.
Zelenskyy to NBC just now:
“I will never accept any decisions between United States & Russia about Ukraine. Never.”
Clear message. Trump has NO mandate.
February 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
NEW: Ukraine has NOT been invited to Ukraine peace talks.
Zelenskyy to NBC just now:
“I will never accept any decisions between United States & Russia about Ukraine. Never.”
Clear message. Trump has NO mandate.
Zelenskyy to NBC just now:
“I will never accept any decisions between United States & Russia about Ukraine. Never.”
Clear message. Trump has NO mandate.
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Don't let them revise LGBTQ+ History. The T has always been here and always will be. Click "Was this page helpful?" at the bottom of the page, click "No," and leave a comment.
This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument.
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Stonewall National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights a...
www.nps.gov
February 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Don't let them revise LGBTQ+ History. The T has always been here and always will be. Click "Was this page helpful?" at the bottom of the page, click "No," and leave a comment.
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Kendrick Lamar's Superbowl performance is why funding arts and humanities matters. We have Kendrick because his teacher introduced him to poetry and writing.
February 10, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Kendrick Lamar's Superbowl performance is why funding arts and humanities matters. We have Kendrick because his teacher introduced him to poetry and writing.
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READ THIS ASAP:
“If we continue to be gripped with outrage and stilled by stupefaction by each day’s new proclamation, we will fail to discern what links them. To be gripped by his statements is precisely the aim of their utterance.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“If we continue to be gripped with outrage and stilled by stupefaction by each day’s new proclamation, we will fail to discern what links them. To be gripped by his statements is precisely the aim of their utterance.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump is unleashing sadism upon the world. But we cannot get overwhelmed | Judith Butler
Those who celebrate his defiance and sadism are as claimed by his logic as those who are paralyzed with outrage
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February 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
READ THIS ASAP:
“If we continue to be gripped with outrage and stilled by stupefaction by each day’s new proclamation, we will fail to discern what links them. To be gripped by his statements is precisely the aim of their utterance.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“If we continue to be gripped with outrage and stilled by stupefaction by each day’s new proclamation, we will fail to discern what links them. To be gripped by his statements is precisely the aim of their utterance.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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So cool!
How can we trace same-sex relationships in rural archives, when love letters were heavily euphemistic or burned after reading?
For LGBTQ+ History Month, Tim Jerrome shares his research into queer rural relationships: from his first find, to the challenges faced.
merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/02...
For LGBTQ+ History Month, Tim Jerrome shares his research into queer rural relationships: from his first find, to the challenges faced.
merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/02...
Thomas and Austen: a gay relationship in the MERL archives? - The Museum of English Rural Life
For LGBTQ+ History Month 2025, researcher Tim Jerrome shares how he's using rural archives to research same-sex relationships in the countryside.
merl.reading.ac.uk
February 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
So cool!
Cast a spell and rid us of this nazi shit. Thank you Gaga, we all collectively screamed with you!
Lady Gaga - Abracadabra (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by LadyGagaVEVO
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February 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Cast a spell and rid us of this nazi shit. Thank you Gaga, we all collectively screamed with you!
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Theatre & performance scholars, please apply! The world is terrible, but I still think gathering together matters. Plenary presentation & working session portals close tonight! #AcademicSky #TheatreSky 2025 Annual Conference - American Society for Theatre Research www.astr.org/page/confere...
2025 Annual Conference - American Society for Theatre Research
ASTR is a US-based association dedicated to theatre and performance scholars by serving hundreds of members globally.
www.astr.org
February 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Theatre & performance scholars, please apply! The world is terrible, but I still think gathering together matters. Plenary presentation & working session portals close tonight! #AcademicSky #TheatreSky 2025 Annual Conference - American Society for Theatre Research www.astr.org/page/confere...
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It's clear that a lot of academics don't believe philosophy is about critical thinking. They believe philosophy is about categorization.
When you ask people to think about things they've already categorized, they can't because that would require taking off the neat & tidy bow they've placed on it.
When you ask people to think about things they've already categorized, they can't because that would require taking off the neat & tidy bow they've placed on it.
January 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It's clear that a lot of academics don't believe philosophy is about critical thinking. They believe philosophy is about categorization.
When you ask people to think about things they've already categorized, they can't because that would require taking off the neat & tidy bow they've placed on it.
When you ask people to think about things they've already categorized, they can't because that would require taking off the neat & tidy bow they've placed on it.
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Celebrating the rich Coast Salish history is essential to our state’s culture.
I am thrilled to see the Seattle waterfront revitalization prioritizing the inclusion of Indigenous art! www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
I am thrilled to see the Seattle waterfront revitalization prioritizing the inclusion of Indigenous art! www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
Native artists bring fresh perspective to revamped Seattle waterfront
As Seattle revamps its waterfront, these artists are bringing a splash of Indigenous culture to downtown Seattle in the form of new public art.
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January 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Celebrating the rich Coast Salish history is essential to our state’s culture.
I am thrilled to see the Seattle waterfront revitalization prioritizing the inclusion of Indigenous art! www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
I am thrilled to see the Seattle waterfront revitalization prioritizing the inclusion of Indigenous art! www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...