Maria W. Norris
@mariawnorris.bsky.social
Asst. Professor; Security Studies; Political Violence; Genocide; Pop Culture;
Typos galore.
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Typos galore.
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The evening show had to be delayed by 30 minutes because of safety concerns. The cast took to social media to say how frightened they all were.
Imagine performing in a musical about the rise of the Nazis, while neo-Nazis were marching outside.
Imagine performing in a musical about the rise of the Nazis, while neo-Nazis were marching outside.
September 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The evening show had to be delayed by 30 minutes because of safety concerns. The cast took to social media to say how frightened they all were.
Imagine performing in a musical about the rise of the Nazis, while neo-Nazis were marching outside.
Imagine performing in a musical about the rise of the Nazis, while neo-Nazis were marching outside.
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The Wall Street Journal needs to issue a full retraction and apology to the trans community for this. Nothing less will suffice. They put us all in danger and recklessly put out incorrect information.
September 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The Wall Street Journal needs to issue a full retraction and apology to the trans community for this. Nothing less will suffice. They put us all in danger and recklessly put out incorrect information.
But that's not the world we live in. Instead, we live here, in a world enmeshed in genocidal epistemology where some of us never even register as grievable, having never been alive in the first place.
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September 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
But that's not the world we live in. Instead, we live here, in a world enmeshed in genocidal epistemology where some of us never even register as grievable, having never been alive in the first place.
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If Kirk's death is worthy of societal and political grief, then all deaths should be.
That would require a political and social structure that prioritises the preservation of life. Of all life.
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That would require a political and social structure that prioritises the preservation of life. Of all life.
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September 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
If Kirk's death is worthy of societal and political grief, then all deaths should be.
That would require a political and social structure that prioritises the preservation of life. Of all life.
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That would require a political and social structure that prioritises the preservation of life. Of all life.
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In this case, Kirk's death is more worthy of societal grieving than the lives of children lost in school shootings, or the lives of those killed by police violence.
Because some lives do not register as actual lives in the political and social conscience.
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Because some lives do not register as actual lives in the political and social conscience.
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September 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
In this case, Kirk's death is more worthy of societal grieving than the lives of children lost in school shootings, or the lives of those killed by police violence.
Because some lives do not register as actual lives in the political and social conscience.
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Because some lives do not register as actual lives in the political and social conscience.
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When lives are arranged in such a continuum, then some deaths are not grieved because it was from someone whose 'life was never considered a life, never was a life, does not fit the norm of a life, so does not register as grievable or a loss'.
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September 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM
When lives are arranged in such a continuum, then some deaths are not grieved because it was from someone whose 'life was never considered a life, never was a life, does not fit the norm of a life, so does not register as grievable or a loss'.
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This has implications for what we, as a society, actually count as a life, and what lives are considered worth preserving. This is part of what Butler calls a genocidal epistemology, where the living character of a population is arranged in a continuum.
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September 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This has implications for what we, as a society, actually count as a life, and what lives are considered worth preserving. This is part of what Butler calls a genocidal epistemology, where the living character of a population is arranged in a continuum.
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As a personal note, it is still a strange to write and talk about all of this, after the dual trauma of my abusive ex-boss and having my work stolen.
I stepped away from the field of terrorism studies for a reason.
I stepped away from the field of terrorism studies for a reason.
June 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
As a personal note, it is still a strange to write and talk about all of this, after the dual trauma of my abusive ex-boss and having my work stolen.
I stepped away from the field of terrorism studies for a reason.
I stepped away from the field of terrorism studies for a reason.
This is all colonialism. It is all empire. It always was. Terrorism policy in the UK is about controlling the foreign deviant.
Hence proscribing Palestine Action.
It's the Empire, doing what it always does.
Hence proscribing Palestine Action.
It's the Empire, doing what it always does.
June 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This is all colonialism. It is all empire. It always was. Terrorism policy in the UK is about controlling the foreign deviant.
Hence proscribing Palestine Action.
It's the Empire, doing what it always does.
Hence proscribing Palestine Action.
It's the Empire, doing what it always does.