Libby King
@libbyking.bsky.social
Writer and "female" philosopher | Form & genre | Neoliberalism | Colonial culture | Autofiction/autotheory | Flinders uni | she/her | 🇵🇸 | oz in ca |
Work in Island, Meanjin, PRISM, Feb Journal, Grain, Project Passage.
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Work in Island, Meanjin, PRISM, Feb Journal, Grain, Project Passage.
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Libby King
@libbyking.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Hiya! 👋🏻
I’m excited about starting over on Bluesky & reconnecting w pre-musk twitter friends.
I’m planning to post about autotheory, autofiction, po-mo rhetoric, neoliberalism, what I’m writing & reading, anti-Palestinian bigotry, the degenerate political & media classes, life writing, and more!
I’m excited about starting over on Bluesky & reconnecting w pre-musk twitter friends.
I’m planning to post about autotheory, autofiction, po-mo rhetoric, neoliberalism, what I’m writing & reading, anti-Palestinian bigotry, the degenerate political & media classes, life writing, and more!
I have a new essay out about how neoliberalism leads to endemic irony and normalised hypocrisy. The topic is narrative form and the crazy ideas that neoliberalism normalises 1/-
Link is here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Link is here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Not All That: Autoforms, Narcissism, and the Neoliberal Cultural Landscape
In this paper, I suggest that autoforms—writing like autofiction, autotheory, fictocriticism, and autoethnography—act as cultural interventions in neoliberal landscapes. I suggest they make explici...
www.tandfonline.com
May 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I have a new essay out about how neoliberalism leads to endemic irony and normalised hypocrisy. The topic is narrative form and the crazy ideas that neoliberalism normalises 1/-
Link is here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Link is here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The West Bank is under attack. Missile strikes. Mass arrests. Escalated occupation presence. Metal gates at village entrances. Pogroms by settlers. Palestinians never get a moment to breathe.
January 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The West Bank is under attack. Missile strikes. Mass arrests. Escalated occupation presence. Metal gates at village entrances. Pogroms by settlers. Palestinians never get a moment to breathe.
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Led By Donkeys shame Starmer outside parliament after he doubles down on support for Israel
Amid the ongoing genocide denialism of Starmer’s government, and its steadfast commitment Israel, @ledbydonkeys.org took action
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Amid the ongoing genocide denialism of Starmer’s government, and its steadfast commitment Israel, @ledbydonkeys.org took action
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Led By Donkeys shame Starmer outside parliament after he doubles down on support for Israel
Amid the ongoing genocide denialism of Starmer’s government, and its steadfast commitment Israel, Led By Donkeys took action
www.thecanary.co
December 4, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Led By Donkeys shame Starmer outside parliament after he doubles down on support for Israel
Amid the ongoing genocide denialism of Starmer’s government, and its steadfast commitment Israel, @ledbydonkeys.org took action
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Amid the ongoing genocide denialism of Starmer’s government, and its steadfast commitment Israel, @ledbydonkeys.org took action
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Same neoliberal hacks here as on Twitter but no Palestinians
November 30, 2024 at 1:42 AM
Same neoliberal hacks here as on Twitter but no Palestinians
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A perfect encapsulation of the Albanese prime ministership
#Albo can't even get his sporting cliches right. You leave *it all* on the field, as anyone who has done it would know. www.smh.com.au/polit... #repost
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Albanese vows to leave ‘nothing on the field’ in bid to defeat Coalition
The PM’s promise comes as Labor is set to gain Senate approval for laws to ease student loans for three million Australians by scaling back the indexation of their debts.
www.smh.com.au
November 30, 2024 at 1:07 AM
A perfect encapsulation of the Albanese prime ministership
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Band Aid at 40: 'We knew Christmas before your ancestors'
Band Aid at 40: 'We knew Christmas before your ancestors'
Forty years on, the Band Aid song continues to generate debate about the way it presents Africa.
www.bbc.com
November 24, 2024 at 1:52 AM
Band Aid at 40: 'We knew Christmas before your ancestors'
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The big Haymarket all-bangers free ebook stock-up is on until tomorrow:
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
November 22, 2024 at 12:46 AM
The big Haymarket all-bangers free ebook stock-up is on until tomorrow:
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
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🚨🇺🇸🇮🇱The Biden administration warned Israel that their decision to stop issuing administrative detention orders against Israeli settlers suspected of attacking Palestinians could increase violence in the occupied West Bank. My story on @axios.com
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U.S. warns Israel against dropping detention of settlers in occupied West Bank
Israeli security forces mostly use administrative detention against Palestinians, but the measure is also used to counter Jewish terrorism against Palestinians.
search.app
November 23, 2024 at 4:01 PM
🚨🇺🇸🇮🇱The Biden administration warned Israel that their decision to stop issuing administrative detention orders against Israeli settlers suspected of attacking Palestinians could increase violence in the occupied West Bank. My story on @axios.com
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Every day, I post a #MutualAid need from someone in #Gaza.
Lana is working to raise funds for food, water, medication, & necessities for her seven family members, including her very ill father.
Please contribute what you can—every dollar counts and helps Lana and her family.
#SolidarityNotCharity
Lana is working to raise funds for food, water, medication, & necessities for her seven family members, including her very ill father.
Please contribute what you can—every dollar counts and helps Lana and her family.
#SolidarityNotCharity
November 23, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Every day, I post a #MutualAid need from someone in #Gaza.
Lana is working to raise funds for food, water, medication, & necessities for her seven family members, including her very ill father.
Please contribute what you can—every dollar counts and helps Lana and her family.
#SolidarityNotCharity
Lana is working to raise funds for food, water, medication, & necessities for her seven family members, including her very ill father.
Please contribute what you can—every dollar counts and helps Lana and her family.
#SolidarityNotCharity
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A friend is trying to help Yousef attend school in Ottawa.
Consider donating.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-youse...
Consider donating.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-youse...
Donate to HELP YOUSEF TO LEAVE GAZA AND GO TO CANADA TO STUDY, organized by Viviana Codemo
My name is Viviana Codemo, I am Italian and I live in Tuscany. I h… Viviana Codemo needs your support for HELP YOUSEF TO LEAVE GAZA AND GO TO CANADA TO STUDY
www.gofundme.com
November 23, 2024 at 8:08 AM
A friend is trying to help Yousef attend school in Ottawa.
Consider donating.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-youse...
Consider donating.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-youse...
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Please donate and share this fundraiser in support of a comrade in Canada who was arrested recently and had their apartment raided for organizing for Falastin. They will remain anonymous but they need funds to move and cover legal fees.
gofund.me/ee220c7b
gofund.me/ee220c7b
Donate to Help a Black Militant Facing Political Repression., organized by She Her
A well known Black militant in Canada has gone through a series of politica… She Her needs your support for Help a Black Militant Facing Political Repression.
gofund.me
November 22, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Please donate and share this fundraiser in support of a comrade in Canada who was arrested recently and had their apartment raided for organizing for Falastin. They will remain anonymous but they need funds to move and cover legal fees.
gofund.me/ee220c7b
gofund.me/ee220c7b
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Oh look. Who knew 🙄
November 22, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Oh look. Who knew 🙄
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A better future was never built by hope.
It was built by action, and people need to remember that.
It was built by action, and people need to remember that.
November 22, 2024 at 8:22 PM
A better future was never built by hope.
It was built by action, and people need to remember that.
It was built by action, and people need to remember that.
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Maha. Maha lost her husband in a bombing the same day her child was born prematurely. She is now living in a dirty bathroom inside a school trying to keep her and baby Muhammad (named after her husband) alive. She is trying to afford a tent.
November 22, 2024 at 1:16 PM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Maha. Maha lost her husband in a bombing the same day her child was born prematurely. She is now living in a dirty bathroom inside a school trying to keep her and baby Muhammad (named after her husband) alive. She is trying to afford a tent.
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Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians in a two day military raid on the West Bank city of Jenin. The raid completely destroyed areas of the city as Israel detained an unspecified number of Palestinians.
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/11/israel-kills-nine-palestinians-in-48-hour-raid-on-jenin/
#Pal…
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/11/israel-kills-nine-palestinians-in-48-hour-raid-on-jenin/
#Pal…
Israel kills nine Palestinians in 48-hour raid on Jenin
Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians in a two day military raid on the West Bank city of Jenin. The raid completely destroyed areas of the city as Israel detained an unspecified number of Palestinians.
mondoweiss.net
November 22, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians in a two day military raid on the West Bank city of Jenin. The raid completely destroyed areas of the city as Israel detained an unspecified number of Palestinians.
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/11/israel-kills-nine-palestinians-in-48-hour-raid-on-jenin/
#Pal…
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/11/israel-kills-nine-palestinians-in-48-hour-raid-on-jenin/
#Pal…
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*gets convicted for murder*
Let me be clear, there is no equivalence —none— between me and the Golden State Killer
Let me be clear, there is no equivalence —none— between me and the Golden State Killer
November 22, 2024 at 3:39 PM
*gets convicted for murder*
Let me be clear, there is no equivalence —none— between me and the Golden State Killer
Let me be clear, there is no equivalence —none— between me and the Golden State Killer
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This. With little to no support and a ticking time bomb in my belly, I did what everyone said was “the right thing”. The grief and sorrow nearly killed me. The adoption system needs reform on many levels.
msmagazine.com/2024/11/20/a...
msmagazine.com/2024/11/20/a...
Is Adoption Reform a Missing Element in the Fight for Reproductive Justice? - Ms. Magazine
Is Adoption Reform a Missing Element in the Fight for Reproductive Justice? Roughly 20,000 women relinquish a child every year.
msmagazine.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:56 PM
This. With little to no support and a ticking time bomb in my belly, I did what everyone said was “the right thing”. The grief and sorrow nearly killed me. The adoption system needs reform on many levels.
msmagazine.com/2024/11/20/a...
msmagazine.com/2024/11/20/a...
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A billion dollar industry that preys on vulnerable people
"Years later, I learned the reason behind this fervent chase: In an industry where demand far exceeds supply, the price tags on our children’s heads are steep, and adoption profiteers were fiercely competing for me, their inventory supplier"
"Years later, I learned the reason behind this fervent chase: In an industry where demand far exceeds supply, the price tags on our children’s heads are steep, and adoption profiteers were fiercely competing for me, their inventory supplier"
This. With little to no support and a ticking time bomb in my belly, I did what everyone said was “the right thing”. The grief and sorrow nearly killed me. The adoption system needs reform on many levels.
msmagazine.com/2024/11/20/a...
msmagazine.com/2024/11/20/a...
Is Adoption Reform a Missing Element in the Fight for Reproductive Justice? - Ms. Magazine
Is Adoption Reform a Missing Element in the Fight for Reproductive Justice? Roughly 20,000 women relinquish a child every year.
msmagazine.com
November 22, 2024 at 2:40 PM
A billion dollar industry that preys on vulnerable people
"Years later, I learned the reason behind this fervent chase: In an industry where demand far exceeds supply, the price tags on our children’s heads are steep, and adoption profiteers were fiercely competing for me, their inventory supplier"
"Years later, I learned the reason behind this fervent chase: In an industry where demand far exceeds supply, the price tags on our children’s heads are steep, and adoption profiteers were fiercely competing for me, their inventory supplier"
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in the last few years I stopped treating pleas about false equivalence seriously and started treating them as a tell - the speaker has given up trying to actually defend the behavior we're talking about, hoping that they can distract you with some other, worse behavior offscreen
November 22, 2024 at 3:28 PM
in the last few years I stopped treating pleas about false equivalence seriously and started treating them as a tell - the speaker has given up trying to actually defend the behavior we're talking about, hoping that they can distract you with some other, worse behavior offscreen
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Shelling of the Khalid bin al-Walid School in Nuseirat, Gaza, where displaced Palestinians are sheltering.
November 22, 2024 at 1:12 AM
Shelling of the Khalid bin al-Walid School in Nuseirat, Gaza, where displaced Palestinians are sheltering.