Stuart Semmel
@semmiotic.bsky.social
British history, political thought, history of consciousness, movies, snacks
Do you happen to know what his favorite Bob Dylan album was?
November 18, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Do you happen to know what his favorite Bob Dylan album was?
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canto as in canto pop
November 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
canto as in canto pop
Especially if we’re interested in print history!
November 18, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Especially if we’re interested in print history!
I’m beginning to think this so-called “manual” wasn’t written by historians, for historians, and about historians.
November 18, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I’m beginning to think this so-called “manual” wasn’t written by historians, for historians, and about historians.
Exactly! As if a publisher being “long-defunct” makes them less interesting!
November 18, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Exactly! As if a publisher being “long-defunct” makes them less interesting!
Our mutual friend, if you know what I mean.
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Our mutual friend, if you know what I mean.
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When I was researching my book on blackface throughout the British Empire, *several* Brits both insisted that blackface was a US thing *and* that they remembered the BBC’s Black and White Minstrel Show fondly.
My book Transoceanic Blackface: Empire, Race, Performance is available from Northwestern University Press.
It maps the global history of blackface, minstrelsy, and related forms of racialized performance such as brownface and yellowface.
💙📚
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It maps the global history of blackface, minstrelsy, and related forms of racialized performance such as brownface and yellowface.
💙📚
📚👀
November 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
When I was researching my book on blackface throughout the British Empire, *several* Brits both insisted that blackface was a US thing *and* that they remembered the BBC’s Black and White Minstrel Show fondly.
They can ignore it if they want, but it’s not fraud!
November 16, 2025 at 5:13 AM
They can ignore it if they want, but it’s not fraud!
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I once had a guy on Twitter get so mad that he sent me a screenshot of a donation he made to Goodwill of three shirts to prove he was a better person than me
November 15, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I once had a guy on Twitter get so mad that he sent me a screenshot of a donation he made to Goodwill of three shirts to prove he was a better person than me
So you approve of the (second) movie title.
November 14, 2025 at 4:58 AM
So you approve of the (second) movie title.
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I used to have this organ, left it somewhere when I moved because it was way too heavy 🤦♂️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgPt...
Baba O'Riley (sort of) on the Lowrey TBO-1 organ with bass pedals. Teenage Wasteland
YouTube video by Bill Blake
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November 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I used to have this organ, left it somewhere when I moved because it was way too heavy 🤦♂️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgPt...
He had lots of good titles, but
they’re all wasted
they’re all wasted
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
He had lots of good titles, but
they’re all wasted
they’re all wasted
Do you know what year this was written? It’s hilarious that she was actually providing the words rather than just the acronym. Maybe she thought a non-academic needed to be told what the letters stood for. But the only thing stupider than “MOOC” is “Massive Open Online Course.”
November 13, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Do you know what year this was written? It’s hilarious that she was actually providing the words rather than just the acronym. Maybe she thought a non-academic needed to be told what the letters stood for. But the only thing stupider than “MOOC” is “Massive Open Online Course.”
These people can’t even take a second to Google something.
November 13, 2025 at 4:46 AM
These people can’t even take a second to Google something.