Leila Essa
@leilaessai.bsky.social
assistant professor of comparative literature at utrecht uni. projects on post-partition lit & authorial politics. current research and writing at https://intervention.sites.uu.nl/. she/her.
last time I properly looked, I came across only one review comparing both novels, by Terry Nguyen clereviewofbooks.com/r-f-kuang-ye...
The Diversity Elevator: On R. F. Kuang’s “Yellowface” - Cleveland Review of Books
The novel is a lackluster examination of plagiarism, privilege, and cultural appropriation that is too assured of its own righteousness; that fails, in its moral assertions and limp characterizations,...
clereviewofbooks.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
last time I properly looked, I came across only one review comparing both novels, by Terry Nguyen clereviewofbooks.com/r-f-kuang-ye...
also read out this by @johannawinant.bsky.social and @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social in the first lecture just now to explain rationale of the assignments; it’s so nice (from here: slate.com/life/2025/10...)
November 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
also read out this by @johannawinant.bsky.social and @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social in the first lecture just now to explain rationale of the assignments; it’s so nice (from here: slate.com/life/2025/10...)
Destroyer as last mystery act or the festival, many different types of guy united on one stage
November 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Destroyer as last mystery act or the festival, many different types of guy united on one stage
i knew i could count on you ❣️
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
i knew i could count on you ❣️
(the latest unhinged Berlin developments summed up here by @jonpeaceman.bsky.social btw)
Kurze Zusammenfassung für alle, denen das jetzt etwas viel wird: Die CDU Berlin vergibt willkürlich Gelder für Antisemitismus-Bekämpfung, u.a. an eine Immobilienfirma mit Geschäftsführer Max Mustermann oder auch an die Kollegin des haushaltspolitischen Sprechers im Parteivorstand Lichterfelde. 1/4
November 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
(the latest unhinged Berlin developments summed up here by @jonpeaceman.bsky.social btw)
no selfie likes within five minutes, this is going to drive me back into the cold embrace of the algorithm
November 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
no selfie likes within five minutes, this is going to drive me back into the cold embrace of the algorithm
(only impossible to miss if your partner orders a t-shirt with the photo on it 😑)
November 7, 2025 at 7:37 AM
(only impossible to miss if your partner orders a t-shirt with the photo on it 😑)
*all the texts except the novel which is reserved en masse at a local book store and published by an excellent imprint @katyderbyshire.bsky.social hehe
November 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
*all the texts except the novel which is reserved en masse at a local book store and published by an excellent imprint @katyderbyshire.bsky.social hehe
these are my LLM guidelines for the course - grateful for everyone who’s shared their approaches on here and especially for the ideas shared on the against-a-i.com website by @annakornbluh.bsky.social @ehayot.bsky.social and Krista Muratore
November 7, 2025 at 6:59 AM
these are my LLM guidelines for the course - grateful for everyone who’s shared their approaches on here and especially for the ideas shared on the against-a-i.com website by @annakornbluh.bsky.social @ehayot.bsky.social and Krista Muratore
if i can entice you further: it has a real, old-school paper reader with all the texts in it 😍 and reasonably llm-proof assessments 🤩 let‘s see if all works out like i envision now, but nice to feel excited ha
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 AM
if i can entice you further: it has a real, old-school paper reader with all the texts in it 😍 and reasonably llm-proof assessments 🤩 let‘s see if all works out like i envision now, but nice to feel excited ha