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oyster's pistol@exiledpistol· Jul 5

this post reminds me of what I think is one of the most subtly sinister moments in the history of queer representation in the movies, Tom Hanks's big speech in PHILADELPHIA

A still of Tom Hanks as Andrew Beckett in PHILADELPHIA (1993), delivering the line "I love the law."

oyster's pistol@exiledpistol· Jul 5

Photograph of Jacques Rancière, author of The Ignorant Schoolmaster, wearing a bemused look

oyster's pistol@exiledpistol· Jun 15

W. E. B. Du Bois, Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil, Verso/etc.

oyster's pistol@exiledpistol· May 30

quote: it b 2 dumbass girls telling each other “exactlyyyy”

oyster's pistol@exiledpistol· May 29

god it’s even better than i remembered, it’s “vulnerably speaking,” not “transparently.” all just to get hit with this reaction

Photo of Jalen Hurts reacting to Cam Newton, looking moderately interested

oyster's pistol@exiledpistol· May 27

Amy Allen, The End of Progress: Decolonizing the Normative Foundations of Critical Theory, Columbia UP

oyster's pistol@exiledpistol· May 26

rereading Hegel Contra Sociology

Famous meme screenshot from GTA San Andreas depicting a character saying "Ah shit, here we go again"

oyster's pistol@exiledpistol· May 21

A frame from the HBO comedy SILICON VALLEY. In focus, a copy of Wired Magazine; the cover image is of the character Big Head/Nelson Bighetti, and the headline reads "Are The Hooli CEO Reumors Giving Nelson Bighetti a BIG HEAD?"

oyster's pistol@exiledpistol· May 17

they say facebook is dead but where else can I find gold like this

A a close-up photo of Trent Reznor at an event. Below, text reading:

"A studio employee made a homophobic joke around Trent Reznor. So he filled the entire studio with photos of naked men."

oyster's pistol@exiledpistol· Apr 30

Lame Deer with Richard Erdoes, Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions, Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster

oyster's pistol@exiledpistol· Apr 14

oh and also: Gore Vidal, Burr, Vintage

Cover of Gore Vidal's Burr: A Novel, featuring detail of a portrait of Aaron Burr

oyster's pistol@exiledpistol· Mar 9

Howie Roseman 2026

Idris Elba pictured, text reads "Learn to sit back and observe. Not everything needs a reaction."

oyster's pistol@exiledpistol· Feb 9

Du Bois gesturing towards what I think is the general problem with left-wing thinkers/organizers who argue for a central normative ideal, whether that be freedom, equality, recognition, whatever, on pg. 13 of Souls: