Marissa Fenley
@marissafenley.bsky.social
Harper Schmidt Fellow at UChicago / Associate Editor at Mid Theory Collective / Literary Fellow at Court Theater
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Ventriloquism’s Faulty Mechanics | TDR | Cambridge Core
Ventriloquism’s Faulty Mechanics - Volume 68 Issue 4
doi.org
My article "Ventriloquism's Faulty Mechanics" is out in TDR! Thanks so much for careful editing by Mariellen Sandford, Sara Brady, and Richard Schechner. doi.org/10.1017/S105...
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Almost no food, water, or medicine has gotten into Gaza in 3 months. 5 members of @jvpchicago have been on hunger strike since 6/16 to demand that IL reps #StopArmingIsrael in order to #StopStarvingGaza. To join their demand, use this call tool: bit.ly/JVPBTB
Tell Congress: Support the Block the bombs act. | JVP Action
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June 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Almost no food, water, or medicine has gotten into Gaza in 3 months. 5 members of @jvpchicago have been on hunger strike since 6/16 to demand that IL reps #StopArmingIsrael in order to #StopStarvingGaza. To join their demand, use this call tool: bit.ly/JVPBTB
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The first meeting of Praiseworthy Reading Group will take place TODAY @5pm. Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
June 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The first meeting of Praiseworthy Reading Group will take place TODAY @5pm. Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Today is day two of the Jewish Voice for Peace hunger strike to stop starving Gaza and stop arming Israel. We are hosting a full day of People’s education on Federal Plaza in solidarity. Join us, Chicago!
June 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Today is day two of the Jewish Voice for Peace hunger strike to stop starving Gaza and stop arming Israel. We are hosting a full day of People’s education on Federal Plaza in solidarity. Join us, Chicago!
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The people are crying out for an unalienated relationship to the world, to work, to our animal brethren!!
Unfortunately they are expressing that desire by destroying food safety systems rather than destroying capitalism, industrial agriculture, the wage...
Unfortunately they are expressing that desire by destroying food safety systems rather than destroying capitalism, industrial agriculture, the wage...
“When it comes to .. raw milk, I want to be free to form a relationship with a local farmer, look him in the eyes, pet his cow, and then decide if I feel safe to drink the milk from his farm.”
— Casey Means, Trump’s latest surgeon-general nominee.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
— Casey Means, Trump’s latest surgeon-general nominee.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump Picks a ‘MAHA’ Movement Leader for Surgeon General
The president said he would nominate Dr. Casey Means, a California doctor and wellness influencer, to be the next surgeon general.
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May 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The people are crying out for an unalienated relationship to the world, to work, to our animal brethren!!
Unfortunately they are expressing that desire by destroying food safety systems rather than destroying capitalism, industrial agriculture, the wage...
Unfortunately they are expressing that desire by destroying food safety systems rather than destroying capitalism, industrial agriculture, the wage...
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The editorial board of Mid Theory Collective is sponsoring a seminar at ASAP/16 on our working conditions. Please share and consider submitting to it!
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March 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The editorial board of Mid Theory Collective is sponsoring a seminar at ASAP/16 on our working conditions. Please share and consider submitting to it!
asap16.exordo.com/submissions/...
asap16.exordo.com/submissions/...
My brilliant friend, @bakaari.bsky.social, on the differences between looking at and looking after (and mysterious parcels on her doorstep)
two things:
1) i’d promised to write a funny essay, but once again my high school teacher was right when he said, “farah, you know you don’t need to be funny in writing?”
2) i’ve, since writing this, solved the mystery of who left me the ferrante novel.
mid-theory.com/2025/02/05/h...
1) i’d promised to write a funny essay, but once again my high school teacher was right when he said, “farah, you know you don’t need to be funny in writing?”
2) i’ve, since writing this, solved the mystery of who left me the ferrante novel.
mid-theory.com/2025/02/05/h...
Have I Seen You Before?
I manage my ubiquity by running copies of myself. “How was your run today?” asks the clerk at the wine store. It takes me a few seconds to catch up to the question. At first I think I mishear…
mid-theory.com
February 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
My brilliant friend, @bakaari.bsky.social, on the differences between looking at and looking after (and mysterious parcels on her doorstep)
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What a coup for the good folks at Mid Theory! I’ve been eagerly awaiting Martin’s book for quite some time, and this is a fantastic interview.
And last but not least, Madeleine Read interviews Martin Harries on his new book 'Theatre After Film,' exploring how theatre responds to and contests cinema’s effects on culture
mid-theory.com/2025/02/05/t...
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Theater After Film: A Conversation with Martin Harries
I also think that because theater and film each saw the other as its doppelganger, theater felt pressure to differentiate itself from cinema in a way that was even more powerful than for other form…
mid-theory.com
February 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
What a coup for the good folks at Mid Theory! I’ve been eagerly awaiting Martin’s book for quite some time, and this is a fantastic interview.
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For MTC, @kellypendergrast.bsky.social writes about the aesthetics of the Stanley cups and the bodies that coalesce around it.
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Screening Stanley
Each clip-on addition is a talisman of got-my-shit-together-ness —these fragments I have shored against my ruins—with the fully dressed cup acting as a stand-in for an aesthetically organized life.…
mid-theory.com
January 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
For MTC, @kellypendergrast.bsky.social writes about the aesthetics of the Stanley cups and the bodies that coalesce around it.
mid-theory.com/2025/01/22/s...
mid-theory.com/2025/01/22/s...
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a new @mid-theory.bsky.social mixtape for your friday afternoon! in this mixtape, we asked our december writers for their favorite winter comforts. i got a lot of good recs from these writers, and would love more 👀 what gets you through the winter?
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Mixtape #4: Winter Comforts
For Mixtape #4, we asked some of our writers: What arts, writing, or culture help get you through the winter months? Matthew Beeber, Chicagoan: While it may not get me through all the winter months…
mid-theory.com
January 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
a new @mid-theory.bsky.social mixtape for your friday afternoon! in this mixtape, we asked our december writers for their favorite winter comforts. i got a lot of good recs from these writers, and would love more 👀 what gets you through the winter?
mid-theory.com/2025/01/10/m...
mid-theory.com/2025/01/10/m...
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New evidence shows AI's thirst for power may be distorting the flow of power to US consumers (gift link):
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse
There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas
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December 27, 2024 at 4:31 PM
New evidence shows AI's thirst for power may be distorting the flow of power to US consumers (gift link):
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Thanks to @americanstudier.bsky.social for featuring my essay in #ScholarSunday! (perfectly timed with the shirtless Luigi lookalike contests in Brazil)
Featured in this #ScholarSunday's thread by @americanstudier.bsky.social is @marissafenley.bsky.social's latest for MTC, which you won't want to miss reading this weekend.
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mid-theory.com/2024/12/20/t...
December 23, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Thanks to @americanstudier.bsky.social for featuring my essay in #ScholarSunday! (perfectly timed with the shirtless Luigi lookalike contests in Brazil)
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The look-alike contest trend is a whole problem! So I wrote about it for @mid-theory.bsky.social (shepherded by remarkable editors @ Martha Henzy and @bakaari.bsky.social)
The look-alike essay to end all look-alike essays. Our associate editor @marissafenley.bsky.social writes about the popularity and politics of look-alike contests from Timothée Chalamet to Luigi Mangione, the American search for a public, and how the uncanny got cozy.
mid-theory.com/2024/12/20/t...
mid-theory.com/2024/12/20/t...
The Look-Alike Contest and the Search for a Public
Unlike a Proud Boy rally, the look-alike contests provided a non-threatening way for white men to celebrate the fact that they all look alike. It seems that to be exceptionally neutral, remarkably …
mid-theory.com
December 20, 2024 at 4:22 PM
The look-alike contest trend is a whole problem! So I wrote about it for @mid-theory.bsky.social (shepherded by remarkable editors @ Martha Henzy and @bakaari.bsky.social)
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have you, like me, wondered what is going on with these celeb lookalike contests? my dear friend @marissafenley.bsky.social (who is truly a genius) has answers at @mid-theory.bsky.social about what these events signal about the American public, race, and power
mid-theory.com/2024/12/20/t...
mid-theory.com/2024/12/20/t...
The Look-Alike Contest and the Search for a Public
Unlike a Proud Boy rally, the look-alike contests provided a non-threatening way for white men to celebrate the fact that they all look alike. It seems that to be exceptionally neutral, remarkably …
mid-theory.com
December 20, 2024 at 4:12 PM
have you, like me, wondered what is going on with these celeb lookalike contests? my dear friend @marissafenley.bsky.social (who is truly a genius) has answers at @mid-theory.bsky.social about what these events signal about the American public, race, and power
mid-theory.com/2024/12/20/t...
mid-theory.com/2024/12/20/t...
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If the MLA is going to suppress our ability to discuss important issues and take collective action, we can withhold our dues & stop doing service for them. Join me in pledging to not renew your membership & to resign from any governance/leadership position you hold: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Pledge to Not Renew MLA Membership
As a direct response to the MLA Executive Director and Executive Council's refusal to forward members’ resolution calling for an endorsement of BDS, I pledge to not renew my MLA membership and to resi...
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December 17, 2024 at 3:57 PM
If the MLA is going to suppress our ability to discuss important issues and take collective action, we can withhold our dues & stop doing service for them. Join me in pledging to not renew your membership & to resign from any governance/leadership position you hold: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Over at the newsletter I just shared my super-sized 203rd #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Featuring + 🗃️
americanstudier.substack.com/p/scholarsun...
americanstudier.substack.com/p/scholarsun...
#ScholarSunday Thread 203
Shared on December 15, 2024
americanstudier.substack.com
December 15, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Over at the newsletter I just shared my super-sized 203rd #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Featuring + 🗃️
americanstudier.substack.com/p/scholarsun...
americanstudier.substack.com/p/scholarsun...
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Please take a moment to repost our Truthout folks starter pack and help us grow our community on Bluesky!
December 16, 2024 at 2:51 AM
Please take a moment to repost our Truthout folks starter pack and help us grow our community on Bluesky!
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A brief glance at Quincy’s webstore reveals titles like “The Anarchist Review of Books,” “Let’s Make Bread! A Comic Book Cookbook,” the latest issue of “Butt” magazine and “Bubbles,” described as an “Independent Fanzine About Comics And Manga.”
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A brief glance at Quincy’s webstore reveals titles like “The Anarchist Review of Books,” “Let’s Make Bread! A Comic Book Cookbook,” the latest issue of “Butt” magazine and “Bubbles,” described as an “Independent Fanzine About Comics And Manga.”
blockclubchicago.org/2024/12/10/q...
Quimby's Bookstore, Wicker Park's Indie Publishing Paradise, For Sale After More Than 3 Decades
Quimby's, known for its wide variety of books, comics and zines, opened in Wicker Park in 1991. Its current owner has been at the helm since 1996, and is looking for a buyer to take the store into the...
blockclubchicago.org
December 10, 2024 at 10:18 PM
job!
A brief glance at Quincy’s webstore reveals titles like “The Anarchist Review of Books,” “Let’s Make Bread! A Comic Book Cookbook,” the latest issue of “Butt” magazine and “Bubbles,” described as an “Independent Fanzine About Comics And Manga.”
blockclubchicago.org/2024/12/10/q...
A brief glance at Quincy’s webstore reveals titles like “The Anarchist Review of Books,” “Let’s Make Bread! A Comic Book Cookbook,” the latest issue of “Butt” magazine and “Bubbles,” described as an “Independent Fanzine About Comics And Manga.”
blockclubchicago.org/2024/12/10/q...
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NBCC member @sarahmdowling1.bsky.social interviewed Amber Jamilla Musser about her book "Between Shadows and Noise: Sensation, Situatedness, and the Undisciplined" for @mid-theory.bsky.social:
Thinking with Sensation: An Interview with Amber Jamilla Musser
To think with noise is to think with what makes one uncomfortable. Amber Jamilla Musser is a professor of English and Africana Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center. Across her numerous books, she co…
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December 11, 2024 at 2:00 PM
NBCC member @sarahmdowling1.bsky.social interviewed Amber Jamilla Musser about her book "Between Shadows and Noise: Sensation, Situatedness, and the Undisciplined" for @mid-theory.bsky.social:
My article "Ventriloquism's Faulty Mechanics" is out in TDR! Thanks so much for careful editing by Mariellen Sandford, Sara Brady, and Richard Schechner. doi.org/10.1017/S105...
Ventriloquism’s Faulty Mechanics | TDR | Cambridge Core
Ventriloquism’s Faulty Mechanics - Volume 68 Issue 4
doi.org
December 9, 2024 at 6:56 PM
My article "Ventriloquism's Faulty Mechanics" is out in TDR! Thanks so much for careful editing by Mariellen Sandford, Sara Brady, and Richard Schechner. doi.org/10.1017/S105...