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Armanc Yildiz

@armanc.bsky.social
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Author | Anthropologist | Postdoc @ Humboldt Uni | Researching Anthroposophy, spirituality & science | Editorial hats @Culture&Religion + @amanthro.bsky.social | Tarot, knitting & 🐾 Donna's human

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Let this sink in. Cornell University refused to refund Jane Doe's tuition the semester she was raped. Without this money, she could not transfer to another school. Essentially, she was forced to stay on campus where she saw those seven rapists frequently. Eventually she dropped out of college.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My conversation with @firatbozcali.bsky.social on his great book, Smuggling Law (@stanfordpress.bsky.social) is online on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social and it's selected as the Book of the Day! listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/smuggling-law
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Smuggling Law: Unsettled Sovereignties in Turkey's Kurdish Borderlands with Fırat Bozçalı (Stanford UP, 2025) - New Books Network
Fırat Bozçalı is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto.
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Deborah Feldman @deborahfeldman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We know exactly who threatens our safety btw. We know where the threats, the hate, the abuse come from. Spoiler: it’s not Die Linke, and it’s not Neukölln.
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Ben Miller @benwritesthings.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
150 progressive Jewish people in Berlin who signed a letter critical of current media discourse on antisemitism and expressing solidarity with Elif Eralp and Die Linke—me included—are now the subject of direct violent threats.
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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
all kinds of people losing their shit over the left party winning the elections in Berlin, antisemitism accusations are thrown around, and people talk about the rise of islamofascism instead of the real threat of the afd fascism. very similar to Mamdani’s win in NYC
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robin celikates @robin-c.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I’m so angry I wrote an article: In Germany, fascist majorities are a real possibility again, but the centrist merger of a revived Red Scare with open racism shows that mainstream media & politics are unable or unwilling to comprehend the seriousness of the crisis tribunemag.co.uk/2026/09/germ...
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Warning from Germany: It’s Socialism or Barbarism
Fascism is at the door, and liberals are ushering it in. Only the left offers hope.
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Sophie Schmalenberger @soschma.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Teile diesen Scheiß nicht gern, aber hier ein Post von der Berliner AfD 2019(!), um zu verdeutlichen, dass es genau so eine rechtsideologische Instrumentalisierung & Skandalisierung des Antisemitismusvorwurfs heute in Statements von CDU etc. & die Überschriften deutscher Leitmedien geschafft hat.
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Für sachliche Politik @sachlichepolitik.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026
„Antisemitismus gibt es in allen Parteien“, sagte die Leiterin des Zentrums für Antisemitismusforschung an der TU Berlin der Deutschen Presse-Agentur. [...] „Ich sehe hier eine überzogene Diskussion, bei der es offensichtlich auch darum geht, die Regierungsbildung in Berlin zu beeinflussen."
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Nach Linke-Wahlsieg in Berlin: Antisemitismus-Forscherin findet Debatte „überzogen“
Die Historikerin Schüler-Springorum warnt vor einer zu einseitigen Debatte über Antisemitismus innerhalb der Linken nach der Berlin-Wahl. „Es ist gefährlich, das Thema zu instrumentalisieren“,sagt sie...
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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
For the first time in my life, the party I voted for won the election #berlinelections
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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
For the first time in my life, the party I voted for won the election #berlinelections
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I did NOT vote for the rapist @sarahgies.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Left Lens • Follow
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Robert Kraft pressuring Ed Sheeran to remove
Macklemore from the tour is the perfect time to remind you that Robert Kraft is in the Epstein Files
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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Oh my queen ❤️
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Adia Benton @ethnography911.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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‘I believed the hype’: the white South Africans denied refugee status in the US
Drive to save thousands of Afrikaners from false claims of ‘white genocide’ appears to show signs of slowing
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bianet English @bianet-eng.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"This operation declares that the Turkish state considers LGBTI+s criminals for simply existing" Journalist and LGBTI+ activist Yıldız Tar reflected on the recent crackdown on the queer community. bianet.org/haber/this-o...
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'This operation declares that the Turkish state considers LGBTI+s criminals for simply existing'
Journalist and LGBTI+ activist Yıldız Tar reflected on the recent crackdown on the queer community.
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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Dear friends, there has been a massive crackdown on the lgbtq associations, cafes, bars and venues across five different cities in Turkey. Please consider adding your signature to this petition campaign and help us with spreading the word. Thanks! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Open Letter from Academics and Researchers Condemning the Mass Detention of LGBTI+ Human Rights Defenders in Türkiye
We, the undersigned academics and researchers from around the world, strongly condemn the mass detention of LGBTI+ human rights defenders in Türkiye and urge their immediate release. In the early morn...
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 14/09/2026
Turkish authorities launch anti-LGBTQ raids, detaining dozens aje.news/r4ghur
Turkish authorities launch anti-LGBTQ raids, detaining dozens
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bianet English @bianet-eng.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Widespread police raids, online censorship target Turkey’s LGBTI+ community in new crackdown bianet.org/haber/widesp...
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Widespread police raids, online censorship target Turkey’s LGBTI+ community in new crackdown
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
9/11/2001 I was a freshman in high school in Alabama, I wore a hijab. In gym class my teacher wheeled in a screen. Something horrible was happening. I watched, mouth agape as the second tower hit. We were silent. As that period reached an end, my name was announced on the loud speaker. 1/
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Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
‘The Matrix’ creator Lilly Wachowski on J.K. Rowling and the new ‘Harry Potter’ series: “She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.” variety.com/2026/tv/feat...
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Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’
‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
sikhs were beat up for supposedly being muslim. muslims were branded terrorist cells. democrats were sent anthrax and called pro-terrorist for opposing invading iraq. this post-9/11 unity you always hear republicans, democrats and the media talking about NEVER HAPPENED.
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Ketil Slagstad @slagstadk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It was a pleasure to talk to @armanc.bsky.social about the history of trans medicine, activism, and the recurrent efforts to standardize sex on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast.
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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Have you listened to our conversation with @slagstadk.bsky.social on his amazing book, Standardizing Sex (@uchicagopress.bsky.social) yet? It’s published on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social . Check it out! newbooksnetwork.com/standardizin...
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Ketil Slagstad, "Standardizing Sex: A History of Trans Medicine" (U Chicago Press, 2025) - New Books Network
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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I interviewed Francesca Sbardella on her great book, Inhabiting Silence (@berghahnbooks.bsky.social) for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. Check it out: newbooksnetwork.com/inhabiting-s...
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Francesca Sbardella, "Inhabiting Silence: An Anthropologist in the Cloister" (Berghahn Books, 2025) - New Books Network
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 08/09/2026
There should be alarm bells ringing at full tilt in Westminster when it comes to the coordinated intimidation campaign we saw over the weekend. What we got instead is a toothless statement that the government “condemns.” Not nearly good enough, I’m sorry.
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What Happened In Dover and Portsmouth Should Scare Us
Not because hundreds of men protested, but because they appeared disciplined, coordinated and ready to do it again.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Scott Fitzgerald Gray @scottfgray.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The number of people still seemingly unaware that Substack has a Nazi problem means it’s apparently worth mentioning yet again that Substack has a fucking Nazi problem.
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Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Rich people more likely to steal children’s sweets, finds Ig Nobel prize-winning study
We round up the winners at awards for achievements that ‘first make people laugh and then make them think’
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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Rich people more likely to steal children’s sweets, finds Ig Nobel prize-winning study
We round up the winners at awards for achievements that ‘first make people laugh and then make them think’
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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I talked to Elizabeth Davis about her beautiful book, Artifactual (@dukepress.bsky.social) for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. Check it out! newbooksnetwork.com/artifactual
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Elizabeth Anne Davis, "Artifactual: Forensic and Documentary Knowing" (Duke UP, 2023) - New Books Network
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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
As the nation continues to mark 250 years since 1776, the roughly 86% of those in elected office & positions of power who are Anglo (yes, still, even in 2026) may be facing the risk of renewed scrutiny and fresh political attack.
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robin celikates @robin-c.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
the article is now available in English: apache.be/2025/12/22/p...
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Philosophy professor from Ghent University spoke at secret conference of “race scientists”
Bouke de Vries from Ghent University gave a lecture to ‘race scientists’ and eugenicists.
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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Always the same BS, and unsurprisingly coming from an elitist place, why does this argument need to be made with a blue collar worker? Also, as a postdoc I feel pretty precarious. Thank you, professor at Yale, for telling me I don't need unions.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 26/08/2026
JK Rowling has engaged in Holocaust denial. She denies the fact that nazis raided the Magnus Hirschfeld institute and burned all their books which contained the first research on trans people.
Screenshot of a post on X by J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) quote-tweeting another user.
​Rowling's caption reads: "I just... how? How did you type this out and press send without thinking ‘I should maybe check my source for this, because it might’ve been a fever dream’?"
​The quoted post states: "The Nazis burnt books on trans healthcare and research, why are you so desperate to uphold their ideology around gender?"
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Yossi Bartal @yossibartal.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Everyone's moving to Mamdanistan!
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Otter spotted for first time in 100 years in New York City’s Bronx River
Image captured in early June shows animal foraging in the waterway in first since early 1900s, signaling its recovery
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Dr. Katja Thieme (she/they) @katjathieme.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Bouke de Vries is the supervisor who used his ERC grant to shimmy Nathan Cofnas into a postdoc position for which he did not actually qualify. There's a lot we already know about de Vries. 1/
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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
It’s like: let’s make a list of white supremacist academics… wait, they’re doing it themselves!
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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I just saw that Harvard included "viewpoint diversity" questions in course evaluations: "In this course (including sections), I feel comfortable expressing my views on controversial topics" or "...students listen attentively with ... a willingness to change their point of view." Is this resistance?
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Crystal Frasier @amazonchique.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The fact that HBO compelled even this lukewarm non-apology out of one of the modern world's proudest and more powerful bigots means that her hatred is actually affecting their bottom line.
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Hadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I just saw that Harvard included "viewpoint diversity" questions in course evaluations: "In this course (including sections), I feel comfortable expressing my views on controversial topics" or "...students listen attentively with ... a willingness to change their point of view." Is this resistance?
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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
If you needed a break from the world, this derpy baby will be living with us from November on, and I can’t wait 😍😍😍
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026
I've never seen such an effort to censor a document as I have the Amnesty International report on gender critical groups because of JK Rowling. They removed the report from the Wayback Machine and now I got a DMCA strike on my Google Drive for having it. It was deleted and removed from my account.
A screenshot of an email viewed in dark mode with the subject line "Google DMCA Violation." The email from Google informs the recipient that they have received a notification under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that some of their materials allegedly infringe on copyrights. It explains the removal process, mentions that notice details will be posted on Lumen, warns against repeated violations, and lists one affected Google Drive URL at the bottomA nearly identical mobile browser screenshot of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. It shows a search for the same Amnesty International UK resources URL, resulting in the same message: "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine."A mobile browser screenshot of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. A URL for an Amnesty International UK resources page is entered in the search bar, but the page displays the message: "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine."
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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Here's your well-meaning @theguardian.com
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If you needed a break from the world, this derpy baby will be living with us from November on, and I can’t wait 😍😍😍
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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
My article, "The closet and the headscarf: Chronotopes of secular emancipation in White Germany" is out and open access! journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.... #anthrosky #GermanStudies #Religion #Sexuality
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The closet and the headscarf: Chronotopes of secular emancipation in White Germany
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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
My article, "The closet and the headscarf: Chronotopes of secular emancipation in White Germany" is out and open access! journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.... #anthrosky #GermanStudies #Religion #Sexuality
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The closet and the headscarf: Chronotopes of secular emancipation in White Germany
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Hadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
different jobs ergo different people feeling vulnerable
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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This is such an intellectually lazy take on a clearly racist incident: why is it their concern to figure out who belongs to the Black communities, rather than why is it made impossible to create a safe space for them?
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