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Elizabeth Otto @libbyotto.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I'm quoted in today's New York Times: the AfD's attacks on the Bauhaus use "the same language that the National Socialists used in 1933." The piece shows what the party's win in Saxony-Anhalt could mean for theaters, museums, and the arts across the state. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/w...

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German Art Institutions Prepare for a Fight as Far Right Looks to Take Power

As the Alternative for Germany party seeks to control a state government for the first time, its push for “patriotic” art has drawn comparisons with Nazi policies.

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Elizabeth Otto @libbyotto.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Okay, this is helpful--I thought it DID have to do with ideology? It was shocking news today! (And for 2026 already???)

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Christina Riggs @christinajriggs.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Proud to be part of this fantastic special issue of Visual Studies: Colourised Histories, edited by @liziwat.bsky.social and Dominic Williams, bridging film and still photography to address questions of historical method, racialization, ethics, AI, and more. Thread 🧵 to introduce each article 🗃️📜📷📸🎥

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Visual Studies

Colourised Histories, reading digital/analogue photography and film archives now. Volume 40, Issue 1 of Visual Studies

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”

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Abandoning trans people is 'fascist logic', says leading feminist philosopher

Leading feminist philosopher Judith Butler has declared that abandoning trans people or any minority is operating within 'fascist logic'.

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New Fascism Syllabus @newfascismsyllabus.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Dr. @brianjgriffith.bsky.social -- one of NFS' two co-curators -- has just published an OpEd on @commondreams.org that explores the legal and political parallels between Benito #Mussolini's declaration of #dictatorship in January 1925 and Donald J. #Trump's re-election as POTUS. See the link below.

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100 Years After Mussolini's Dictatorship, a Trumpian US Flirts With the Long Night of Authoritarianism | Common Dreams

The comparisons between Mussolini's declaration of dictatorship in 1925 and Trump’s re-election are striking.

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Jen Evans @jennifervevans.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

By omitting the tragic story behind Felix González-Torres "Untitled" (Portrait of Ross in L.A.), the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery is setting a perilous precedent, warns art scholar Ignacio Darnaude. www.out.com/gay-news/fel...

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The Smithsonian's queer erasure of an AIDS artwork should alarm us all

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Elizabeth Otto @libbyotto.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Man, that guy just always knows to say the right thing.

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Elizabeth Otto @libbyotto.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Do not despair! That is what they want. Focus. Pick your battles--as many as you can, but also no more than that. We must be in the eye of the shit storm and know it's not stopping anytime soon. We can do this because we must.

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Unvirtuous Abbey @unvirtuousabbey.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

“Make good trouble.” ~ John Lewis

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Elizabeth Otto @libbyotto.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

But let's concentrate on something really positive: that woman is a total badass!!!!! I hear civil courage is making a comeback.

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Elizabeth Otto @libbyotto.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

If he doesn't watch out, I'm going to put him on his back and change his freaking diaper. But in fact, the comparison isn't fair; infants are infinitely more charming, at least most of the time. He's just an ass all the time. And here we are for the next 4 years. Sigh.

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Michael Bérubé @michael-berube.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Just imagine if she'd actually criticized the pathetic fragile manbaby

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Elizabeth Otto @libbyotto.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Ah, this must have been the signings in the stadium directly after the inauguration?

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Elizabeth Otto @libbyotto.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Zadie Smith is just the smartest. This review of a new edition of The Third Reich of Dreams is as much about our own times as the Nazi period. Her essay is deeply chilling and brilliant. Also everyone must read The Fraud. Just saying. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

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The Dream of the Raised Arm | Zadie Smith

It’s no wonder those who lived under the Third Reich suffered ceaseless nightmares. What of our dreams today, under the totalitarianism of the online algorithm?

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