Megan M Wood
@meganmwood.bsky.social
Asst Prof Communication + Culture @ONU | PhD alum @UNC | Associate Editor @jcultecon.bsky.social | writes about the deeply dystopian character of U.S. political culture
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Megan M Wood
@meganmwood.bsky.social
· Nov 24
TWO Cultural Studies starter packs for the price of one! A collaborative effort with @gil-rodman.bsky.social. These packs include folks committed to cultural studies as both an intellectual and political practice.
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Exactly this. And I game, even. Just not that much.
New precise measurement of how online you are:
I am “I know about the Fuentes-Kirk feud, I know what groypers are, and I recognize the Pepe meme” online but not “recognize the video game references” online.
I am “I know about the Fuentes-Kirk feud, I know what groypers are, and I recognize the Pepe meme” online but not “recognize the video game references” online.
September 13, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Exactly this. And I game, even. Just not that much.
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Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13
The problem with every post-Millennial generation is they got to go straight to high speed internet. Of course you'll get computer madness that way. Make them start with those old screeching modems and work their way up
September 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13
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Listen to Larry Grossberg discuss his recent book "On the Way to Theory" on KPFA's "Against the Grain":
kpfa.org/episode/agai...
kpfa.org/episode/agai...
Nietzsche, Hall, and “Theory” | KPFA
In his new book, Lawrence Grossberg describes ways of thinking that have laid the foundation for the development of contemporary Western theory. Two of the thinkers he writes about are Friedrich Nietz...
kpfa.org
January 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Listen to Larry Grossberg discuss his recent book "On the Way to Theory" on KPFA's "Against the Grain":
kpfa.org/episode/agai...
kpfa.org/episode/agai...
I’m so glad to see this collection of essays published in honor of Larry. I had intended to contribute, but the timing of its preparation didn’t allow me to finish. I regret not being able to participate, but I’m grateful to celebrate this book and the community it represents.
Better Stories: Mapping Cultural Studies with Lawrence Grossberg
<p>Better Stories assembles essays and provocations in honor of Lawrence Grossberg’s radically contextual and affectively attuned lifework. In over fifty chapters, contributors trace mattering maps of...
imbricate.press
September 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I’m so glad to see this collection of essays published in honor of Larry. I had intended to contribute, but the timing of its preparation didn’t allow me to finish. I regret not being able to participate, but I’m grateful to celebrate this book and the community it represents.
In our current context, there is no shared reality largely *by design*
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Roenn🌎 on X: "I made a compilation of major Democratic politicians and left wing pundits unequivocally condemning the shooting. Contrast this with the response of major right-wing accounts. Are we even in the same reality? https://t.co/W9Lj9xu3lW" / X
I made a compilation of major Democratic politicians and left wing pundits unequivocally condemning the shooting. Contrast this with the response of major right-wing accounts. Are we even in the same reality? https://t.co/W9Lj9xu3lW
x.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
In our current context, there is no shared reality largely *by design*
x.com/RoennReeds/s...
x.com/RoennReeds/s...
A little too on the nose, as far as falling empires go
September 6, 2025 at 7:44 AM
A little too on the nose, as far as falling empires go
Sharing my latest in CC/CS, a special forum on sexual politics, authoritarian desire, and the 2024 Trump election. Free download link of my intro essay here, and @e-bumps.bsky.social's is also open access www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TQVDQ...
Many thanks to @marinalevina.bsky.social for her support!
Many thanks to @marinalevina.bsky.social for her support!
Daddy's home: sexual politics, authoritarian desire, and the re-election of Donald Trump
This essay introduces a forum on the sexual politics of authoritarianism in the wake of Donald Trump’s 2024 re-election. In it, Wood argues that gender and sexual politics are central to authoritar...
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September 6, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Sharing my latest in CC/CS, a special forum on sexual politics, authoritarian desire, and the 2024 Trump election. Free download link of my intro essay here, and @e-bumps.bsky.social's is also open access www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TQVDQ...
Many thanks to @marinalevina.bsky.social for her support!
Many thanks to @marinalevina.bsky.social for her support!
I was honored to be a part of the volunteer collective that assembled this resource library, and I hope you (no matter who you are) find it useful; the immense power of education must be put to good collective use.
Resource on Addressing Authoritarianism and Fascism:
www.natcom.org/about-this-r...
Resource on Addressing Authoritarianism and Fascism:
www.natcom.org/about-this-r...
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August 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I was honored to be a part of the volunteer collective that assembled this resource library, and I hope you (no matter who you are) find it useful; the immense power of education must be put to good collective use.
Resource on Addressing Authoritarianism and Fascism:
www.natcom.org/about-this-r...
Resource on Addressing Authoritarianism and Fascism:
www.natcom.org/about-this-r...
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The article itself is studiously balanced. (To a fault to my mind, but that's my perspective.) But this very dry paragraph in the middle is the whole deal. Why would an educational institution make this leap without any evidence of efficacy?
June 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The article itself is studiously balanced. (To a fault to my mind, but that's my perspective.) But this very dry paragraph in the middle is the whole deal. Why would an educational institution make this leap without any evidence of efficacy?
August 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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It's so so important to understand that these technologies are absolutely failing within a market context, they all lose a ton of money and are set to lose more, the only path to profit for these vultures is to attach themselves to educational and government institutions.
The article itself is studiously balanced. (To a fault to my mind, but that's my perspective.) But this very dry paragraph in the middle is the whole deal. Why would an educational institution make this leap without any evidence of efficacy?
June 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
It's so so important to understand that these technologies are absolutely failing within a market context, they all lose a ton of money and are set to lose more, the only path to profit for these vultures is to attach themselves to educational and government institutions.
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If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the GI Rights Hotline.
There is support. You don’t have to go through with it. 877-447-4487
There is support. You don’t have to go through with it. 877-447-4487
June 8, 2025 at 1:46 AM
If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the GI Rights Hotline.
There is support. You don’t have to go through with it. 877-447-4487
There is support. You don’t have to go through with it. 877-447-4487
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Thankfully, there are still tells in each of these, but some I'm not sure I'd be able to identify if I wasn't suspicious to begin with.
Thankfully, there are still tells in each of these, but some I'm not sure I'd be able to identify if I wasn't suspicious to begin with.
Mark Gadala-Maria on X: "Less than 24 hours ago, Google dropped Veo 3, blurring the line between reality and AI. Its video and audio quality is so lifelike, it’s unsettling. Here are 20 insane examples & a full guide on how to use it: 1) A standup comedian telling a joke: https://t.co/gLdpRX0TmC" / X
Less than 24 hours ago, Google dropped Veo 3, blurring the line between reality and AI. Its video and audio quality is so lifelike, it’s unsettling. Here are 20 insane examples & a full guide on how to use it: 1) A standup comedian telling a joke: https://t.co/gLdpRX0TmC
x.com
May 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Thankfully, there are still tells in each of these, but some I'm not sure I'd be able to identify if I wasn't suspicious to begin with.
Thankfully, there are still tells in each of these, but some I'm not sure I'd be able to identify if I wasn't suspicious to begin with.
It's the *breakneck speed* at which our country is hitting rock bottom that, I admit, caught me by surprise.
April 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
It's the *breakneck speed* at which our country is hitting rock bottom that, I admit, caught me by surprise.
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In "On the Way to Theory," Lawrence Grossberg introduces the major ways of thinking that provide the backstory for contemporary Western theory, including theorists Kant, Marx, and Heidegger to Foucault, Deleuze, and Hall. Read the intro for free now!
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August 19, 2024 at 7:59 PM
In "On the Way to Theory," Lawrence Grossberg introduces the major ways of thinking that provide the backstory for contemporary Western theory, including theorists Kant, Marx, and Heidegger to Foucault, Deleuze, and Hall. Read the intro for free now!
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NEW: Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. ⤵️
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. ⤵️
If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds…
propub.li
December 19, 2024 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. ⤵️
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. ⤵️
Someone send this man Gramsci's prison notebooks stat
As he was being led into an extradition hearing, Luigi Mangione struggled with officers and shouted:
“It’s completely out of touch and an insult to the intelligence of the American people.”
He may have said “and their lived experience,” after that.
“It’s completely out of touch and an insult to the intelligence of the American people.”
He may have said “and their lived experience,” after that.
December 11, 2024 at 9:41 AM
Someone send this man Gramsci's prison notebooks stat
We all live in this timeline
December 9, 2024 at 10:05 PM
We all live in this timeline
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Season 4 of the brilliant "Conjuncture" podcast -- co-sponsored by the Antipode Foundation -- opens with feminist historian Catherine Hall talking about the history of racial capitalism, colonizing geographies, and social reproduction trinitysocialjustice.com/racial-capit...
Racial Capitalism
Catherine Hall discusses the history of racial capitalism, colonizing geographies, social reproduction, and her groundbreaking new book Lucky Valley.
trinitysocialjustice.com
October 22, 2024 at 9:40 AM
Season 4 of the brilliant "Conjuncture" podcast -- co-sponsored by the Antipode Foundation -- opens with feminist historian Catherine Hall talking about the history of racial capitalism, colonizing geographies, and social reproduction trinitysocialjustice.com/racial-capit...
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MIT has a set of books labelled "Open Access" but it's a little clunky to find them on the MIT Press site, and so I've gone ahead and mirrored 400+ of them here:
archive.org/details/mit_...
archive.org/details/mit_...
December 1, 2024 at 2:49 PM
MIT has a set of books labelled "Open Access" but it's a little clunky to find them on the MIT Press site, and so I've gone ahead and mirrored 400+ of them here:
archive.org/details/mit_...
archive.org/details/mit_...
Literally no one, especially no New Yorker, is gonna turn in John Q for some damn reward money. All the insurance companies execs will STAY shook. www.kxan.com/news/10000-r...
$10,000 reward offered for information on UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting: NYPD
Thompson, 50, was killed in a “targeted attack” just before 7 a.m. on Wednesday morning, according to authorities.
www.kxan.com
December 7, 2024 at 1:49 AM
Literally no one, especially no New Yorker, is gonna turn in John Q for some damn reward money. All the insurance companies execs will STAY shook. www.kxan.com/news/10000-r...
A NINETY PERCENT error rate, and United Healthcare knew it.
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futurism.com/neoscope/uni...
Murdered Insurance CEO Had Deployed an AI to Automatically Deny Benefits for Sick People
Before United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was murdered, a lawsuit filed against the firm revealed just how bad its claims-denying was.
futurism.com
December 7, 2024 at 1:41 AM
A NINETY PERCENT error rate, and United Healthcare knew it.
futurism.com/neoscope/uni...
futurism.com/neoscope/uni...
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Grateful to WHYY's @whyythepulse.bsky.social for the opportunity to talk about why ChatGPT et al don't understand (but seem like they do).
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Artificially intelligent, or simply appearing intelligent?
On our latest episode of The Pulse, we dig into why even though generative AI can produce coherent language, experts say it is nothing more than a stochastic parrot.
🔗 lnk.to/whyy-thepulse
On our latest episode of The Pulse, we dig into why even though generative AI can produce coherent language, experts say it is nothing more than a stochastic parrot.
🔗 lnk.to/whyy-thepulse
December 6, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Grateful to WHYY's @whyythepulse.bsky.social for the opportunity to talk about why ChatGPT et al don't understand (but seem like they do).
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Why didn't they just put the photos inside a glass case that only the manager can open
BREAKING: CVS removes photos of executives from its website in wake of UnitedHealthcare CEO’s assassination
December 6, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Why didn't they just put the photos inside a glass case that only the manager can open
Excellent thread 👇
In my notifications this morning, a probably bad faith person claimed to be trans and asked me to answer the question “What is a woman?” Then when I looked for the reply it was gone. 1/9
November 29, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Excellent thread 👇