matthew ellis
@matthiasellis.com
wandering academic, currently teaching film/media/theory at Portland State
cinejourneys guide @cinejourneys.bsky.social
writing www.historiesofthepresent.com
podcast @tpnwicmfp.bsky.social
cinejourneys guide @cinejourneys.bsky.social
writing www.historiesofthepresent.com
podcast @tpnwicmfp.bsky.social
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This (not from that piece) is one of those charts where I am completely aware of the data but my mental map of how the global economy works still almost refuses to update to the new reality. Because the pace of change has been so rapid.
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This (not from that piece) is one of those charts where I am completely aware of the data but my mental map of how the global economy works still almost refuses to update to the new reality. Because the pace of change has been so rapid.
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Mikkel Flohr, The Political Economy of Ideas: Historical Materialism and the History of Ideas
www.jhiblog.org/2025/09/15/t...
www.jhiblog.org/2025/09/15/t...
The Political Economy of Ideas: Historical Materialism and the History of Ideas
by Mikkel Flohr
This think piece is part of the forum “The Return of Political Economy in Intellectual History”
www.jhiblog.org
September 26, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Mikkel Flohr, The Political Economy of Ideas: Historical Materialism and the History of Ideas
www.jhiblog.org/2025/09/15/t...
www.jhiblog.org/2025/09/15/t...
(and did you see anything good?)
November 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
(and did you see anything good?)
They've been covering it for sure, although more confrontationally than analytically or genealogically (which makes sense--Fuentes is their direct platform competition). I think the best work on this stuff is done by researchers like @hannahgais.bsky.social, who aren't beholden to streaming algos
I unpacked the implications of Nick Fuentes' collaboration with Tucker Carlson and the former Fox News host's willingness to portray the white nationalist livestreamer as a victim.
Someone wants him in the mainstream. Why? And what does it mean? postsfromunderground.ghost.io/on-tucker-ca...
Someone wants him in the mainstream. Why? And what does it mean? postsfromunderground.ghost.io/on-tucker-ca...
on tucker carlson, nick fuentes, the heritage foundation, and all that
If you had asked me in 2016 whether I thought I’d write a blog about the Heritage Foundation defending a former Fox News host after he hosted a friendly conversation with one of the country’s leading ...
postsfromunderground.ghost.io
November 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
They've been covering it for sure, although more confrontationally than analytically or genealogically (which makes sense--Fuentes is their direct platform competition). I think the best work on this stuff is done by researchers like @hannahgais.bsky.social, who aren't beholden to streaming algos
I don't know anything about you, in fact, I didn't know you even existed until this reply
November 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I don't know anything about you, in fact, I didn't know you even existed until this reply
I'm actually working on something for Boston Review on the right and their use of signification in media that will probably cover some of this!
November 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I'm actually working on something for Boston Review on the right and their use of signification in media that will probably cover some of this!
I've been working on a larger piece about the conservative right and signification, I might include this
November 8, 2025 at 4:55 AM
I've been working on a larger piece about the conservative right and signification, I might include this
no more posting NO MORE POSTING this should have been an essay on my substack. ok /FIN
November 8, 2025 at 2:55 AM
no more posting NO MORE POSTING this should have been an essay on my substack. ok /FIN
But they aren't making more conservatives. They stopped making those kinds of guys. The kinds of guys that are emerging are far scarier than even the Ben Shapiros of the world, because they are products of a crisis of legitimacy and economic and social crisis. But that's not a political movement.
November 8, 2025 at 2:54 AM
But they aren't making more conservatives. They stopped making those kinds of guys. The kinds of guys that are emerging are far scarier than even the Ben Shapiros of the world, because they are products of a crisis of legitimacy and economic and social crisis. But that's not a political movement.