Elisabeth R. Anker
@libankerdc
Professor: Political Theory & American Culture Author: UGLY FREEDOMS (Duke) & Orgies of Feeling: Melodrama and the Promise of Freedom (Duke) Next Books: “Every Man a Sovereign” and “Going Low” Libby to my pals Web:
Walking around DC basically like getting punched in the face over and over again
Every place offering shelter to Republicans on the mall right now is a place they want to destroy
Yes! Mamdani calling out America’s Ugly Freedoms! And showing how to make freedom for all, not just a few
“Show me what the algae pool looks like!” “THIS IS what the algae pool looks like!”
Jerkoff to Ossoff is honestly a pretty compelling slogan who's ready to hire me for campaign messaging
Wondering what happened to equipment from the Iraq war? Repurposed for the streets of Washington DC:
Damn - this is a BRILLIANT photo for this article. props where props are due
An administration heading a political party populated with tons of little neo-n*zis suing Harvard for anti-semitism is PEAK 2026 BULLSHIT
Is Trump threatening to grab Cuba by the p***y? What even is this
Amidst all the attacks in journalism, this excellent book has just come out to help us understand how attacks on the “liberal media” started in the first place. Great work @ajbauer.bsky.social !!
I wanted to go on here to pass on that the brilliant political theorist and more importantly fabulous human being Bill Connolly passed away yesterday. This is such a loss, I'll have more to say later but for now my heart breaks.
This book was truly awful. I find it genuinely dismaying that it got all of these accolades. It was SO poorly researched and tone deaf. And in an era of rapid onset fascism, the authors argued for less concern for public health and more state neglect. And then got rewarded for this?? WTF people
W: Just a sweet guy who likes to paint his toes in the bubble bath
Also, in South Korea it’s not one and done: ALL OTHER ACCOMPLICES also sentenced.
Is this Justice Being Done? Men with impunity held to account?? So unfamiliar I forgot this could happen
“The salon played yenta to billionaire money and alpha-male minds, and together they all converged on a master philosophy: they were apex predators ordained by nature to exploit and subjugate others. This creed allowed them to steer intellectual history into its current fascist dead-end.”
Bari Weiss is a one trick pony who always does the same thing: enforce right-wing conformity under the name of heterodox courage
Reminds me of when my kid was looking at my bookshelf and asked me who F-Anon was
And the *only* reason we even know about Epstein is because ONE intrepid reporter actually took young girls’ testimony seriously. If it wasn’t for Julie Brown’s tenacity - and RESPECT FOR THESE YOUNG GIRLS - we’d all be in the dark. SO: Who’s following the next trail?