Kellen Hoxworth
@kellenhoxworth.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at the University at Buffalo - SUNY.
Author of “Transoceanic Blackface: Empire, Race, Performance”: https://nupress.northwestern.edu/9780810147072/transoceanic-blackface/
Author of “Transoceanic Blackface: Empire, Race, Performance”: https://nupress.northwestern.edu/9780810147072/transoceanic-blackface/
Spoiler alert: it’s musical theatre’s fault.
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Spoiler alert: it’s musical theatre’s fault.
On this point, I have an essay coming out where I trace how this particular racial slur turned into the shorter and more ubiquitous racial slur for Black and Brown Brits.
November 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
On this point, I have an essay coming out where I trace how this particular racial slur turned into the shorter and more ubiquitous racial slur for Black and Brown Brits.
This is a bit from 30 Rock, and you can’t convince me otherwise.
November 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This is a bit from 30 Rock, and you can’t convince me otherwise.
Reposted by Kellen Hoxworth
Mamdani was unaware Dick Cheney had died when I asked just now:
November 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Mamdani was unaware Dick Cheney had died when I asked just now:
Including what feels like a joke only AI would produce: a character named Al G. Rhythm who is an algorithm.
November 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Including what feels like a joke only AI would produce: a character named Al G. Rhythm who is an algorithm.
Still waiting for the day my book is not relevant to today’s news stories:
November 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
(Nodding vigorously)
Transoceanic Blackface - Northwestern University Press
A sweeping history of racialized performance across the Anglophone imperial world from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century A material history of ra...
nupress.northwestern.edu
November 2, 2025 at 12:21 PM
(Nodding vigorously)
Maybe these arguments are easiest because they’re correct.
November 1, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Maybe these arguments are easiest because they’re correct.