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My latest for @Quillette

artappraiser — Fri, 26 Aug 2022 02:14:25 +0000

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My latest for @Quillette tells the insane story of Laith Marouf, a vicious anti-semite who used hyper-woke gibberish as a smokescreen for hatred. Trudeau's govt has paid him more than *$600K* since 2016—including $130K for a 6-city 2022 "anti-racism" tourhttps://t.co/eMgYlQumRP
— Jonathan Kay (@jonkay) August 25, 2022

Non-binary tiktoker gives

artappraiser — Sat, 20 Aug 2022 21:03:49 +0000

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Non-binary tiktoker gives stern instructions for how to gender them and we are expected to obey pic.twitter.com/fcnWqCECA7
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 19, 2022

P.S. also this: "I'm too lazy

artappraiser — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 18:48:43 +0000

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P.S. also this: "I'm too lazy to market my own book so that people type the title into Amazon and order it. Barnes & Noble should do it for me"

I see a JIHAD FORMING GOING

artappraiser — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 18:43:37 +0000

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I see a JIHAD FORMING GOING AFTER BARNES & NOBLE; their name is trending on Twitter and this jihad appears to be why.

There’s a lot of misinformation, but here are the facts:
1. #BarnesAndNoble is refusing to stock most authors on shelves
2. It disproportionately affects marginalized authors, debuts, & MG
of confirmation from authors (including bestsellers), agents, editors, & booksellers
— Gabi Burton(@query_queen339) August 19, 2022

If you shop at #barnesandnoble, order books by BIPOC authors, marginalized authors, debut authors, LGBT authors, underrepresented authors. Tell them in the only language they speak ($$$) that these books matter, and that they are worthy of shelf space, too.
— Finley Chuva // is writing (@finleychuva) August 18, 2022

#BarnesAndNoble you have lost my business. Only carrying the top 1-2 books from each publisher is elitist and exclusionary. This is how you destroy diversity in publishing. Shame on you.
— Jennifer Brennise (@JBrennise) August 18, 2022

#BarnesAndNoble has suddenly decided NOT to carry KEY PLAYER, the 4th FRONT DESK book, coming out in 2 weeks! Here are the new details of their new “nationwide strategy”—only giving shelf space for Top 1-2 books per publisher! I am not Top enough, apparently! #FrontDeskSeries pic.twitter.com/AQOoTUyQT2
— Kelly Yang (@kellyyanghk) August 18, 2022

Guess the Woke Bookstore just isn't delivering the numbers of customers they need!

"we all deserve a chance to go for our dreams" translated = socialize book publishing and marketing and shove popular white authors under the bus, make people buy our stuff by shoving it down their throats

in the U.S.:

artappraiser — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 18:05:12 +0000

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in the U.S.:

This Sachs’ take twists my knickers a bit. We all sometimes feed our audience exactly what they believe, perhaps both Sachs and Lewis are doing this, but at least Lewis is making her case. Sachs is doing the angsty teenager eye-roll. “Oh god MOM, do we HAVE to do this AGAIN?” pic.twitter.com/6FfGYrDRHV
— Carl (@HistoryBoomer) August 19, 2022

We all agree that stabbing Rushdie was wrong, horrific, no argument there, but what about the book, “The Satanic Verses”? Would we all agree it’s good, righteous even, to write a book that might offend, or is guaranteed to offend, many Muslims? How fully do *you* embrace Rushdie? pic.twitter.com/n4nsuB7t8M
— Carl (@HistoryBoomer) August 19, 2022

Join us Friday August 19:

One week after the brutal attack on author @SalmanRushdie, the NY literary community is rallying in solidarity and presenting public readings from Rushdie's works on the steps of @nypl on 5th Avenue.#StandWithSalman. Details: https://t.co/KnAChMITce pic.twitter.com/l6M55aasHr
— PEN America (@PENamerica) August 19, 2022

in the U.K.

The Left refuses to admit that they are aggressors. @mrianleslie investigates why https://t.co/TcGKw7Haqp
— The Critic (@TheCriticMag) August 18, 2022

"More often than not the ‘representatives’ of various religions and communities that are picked by the state tend to be the most hardline and uncompromising."

My latest @spikedonline on Rushdie and Britain's failed model of state-backed multiculturalism.https://t.co/KCcRxPpj6D
— Dr Rakib Ehsan (@rakibehsan) August 19, 2022

Salman Rushdie and the sacred right to irreverence. Following last week’s savage attack, Simon Schama argues that disrespect is essential for democracy and the author’s fight for free expression is for us all. By @simon_schama #PayWall #MustRead 1/6 https://t.co/0hIB76GVJU
— alain servais (@aservais1) August 19, 2022

Why do these thick middle

artappraiser — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 02:20:40 +0000

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Why do these thick middle class activists chose Harrods ? Why not a local Tesco’s or Asda? Might that be too risky to be seen wasting food in this way?
In any case I bet yummy mummy and woke daddy are beaming with pride. https://t.co/USRLypdOPL via @MailOnline
— Peter Whittle (@prwhittle) August 9, 2022

Jilani's details point out

artappraiser — Sun, 07 Aug 2022 07:54:51 +0000

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Jilani's details point out how sad this type of thing truly is in this particular case, and it's also a reminder that, in general, so many are basically trying to grift off of Wokeness:

Leguizamo played an Italian in the Super Mario Bros movie didn't he? https://t.co/ngxVg4NTbZ
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) August 5, 2022

Actors play people who are different than themselves, that's the point. Otherwise, it's a documentary.
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) August 5, 2022

Also...Castro's family were Europeans and Franco's lineage is actually not that far away.
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) August 5, 2022

This goes even deeper https://t.co/M32XJRMrV7
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) August 5, 2022

The production crew making this movie isn’t actually the usual Hollywood crowd https://t.co/GXXNM9Qv7C
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) August 6, 2022

Jose Rivera, one of the writers for the film, was the first Puerto Rican screenwriter ever nominated for an Oscar. Rivera also penned the Motorcycle Diaries one of the two probably most acclaimed movies about Che Guevara.
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) August 6, 2022

.@8RosarioSanchez on how the

artappraiser — Sun, 07 Aug 2022 06:33:04 +0000

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.@8RosarioSanchez on how the FiLiA Conference defends women’s rights and gets abuse from progressives https://t.co/LoFWMc7hGJ
— The Critic (@TheCriticMag) August 7, 2022

ah nice example of how

artappraiser — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 22:05:20 +0000

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ah nice example of how responsible socially conservative Black males respond to the idea of their tax dollars helping to pay for Woke higher ed:

https://t.co/MjGbv09HLQ
— Isaiah L. Carter (@IsaiahLCarter) August 4, 2022

even tho they are probably very anti-violence, it's like: I wanna strangle her

note that the Twitter account

artappraiser — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 21:33:50 +0000

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note that the Twitter account posting the video of the "takeover" self-describes as Abolitionist, anti-capitalist & anti-imperialist collective amplifying the voice of the people through direct action, public ed + community space