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Show notes/Links:
“Allegations of white supremacy are tearing apart a prestigious medieval studies group”: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/09/19/its-all-white-people-allegations-white-supremacy-are-tearing-apart-prestigious-medieval-studies-group
Jesse on Gabriele: https://reason.com/2020/07/08/the-reaction-to-the-harpers-letter-on-cancel-culture-proves-why-it-was-necessary/
Some David Perry receipts:
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Original complaint about spiked review and more positive one published in LARB was here but is now protected:
This is whiteness in action. This is silencing BIPOC scholars *doing* the work and labor while white men (and women) profit by doing half-assed work and their club of editors (yes they are friends - as noted in an email) work behind the scenes to keep us in the "dark".
Also:
24 hrs later & no word from anyone. Notably columbusing, gatekeeping and academic dishonesty takes place daily for BIPOC and it is more often than not that particular wyte scholars aren't receptive to call-ins, let alone being held accountable.
Seph Rodney backs up Bond:
Erik Wade tweetstorm:
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Bond is weaponizing her feelings:
![Twitter avatar for @KhristianSmith1](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/KhristianSmith1.jpg)
She also apologized too quickly for MRO’s liking:
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Some whole other apology rejection:
![Twitter avatar for @erik_kaars](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/erik_kaars.jpg)
![Ana Lucia Araujo's tweet on April 30th, 2022, reading "People with zero training in history, using pseudonym, fake profile picture, posing as historians for their Twitter minions to trash historians. What is this? New Jessicakurgism? But in on her benefit, at least Jessica Krug was trained as a historian"](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.substack.com%2Fmedia%2FFR6Kye_XMAItq1V.jpg)
![Ana Lucia Araujo's tweet on April 30th, 2022, reading "To whom it may concern: I no longer follow or respond tweets from academics I don't know in person who use profile pictures of black persons (celebs, cartoon versions, etc) and fake names when they are not black and don't respond to people defending these imposters"](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.substack.com%2Fmedia%2FFR6LEsMXsAEPdCP.jpg)
![Ana Lucia Araujo's tweet on April 30th, 2022, reading "Also, in case you missed: I also block academics using profile picture of Asian woman to defend black woman who is not black"](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.substack.com%2Fmedia%2FFR6Lml0WYAAAVoF.jpg)
![Twitter avatar for @analuciaraujo_](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_40/analuciaraujo_.jpg)
The spiked review: https://mrambaranolm.medium.com/sounds-about-white-333d0c0fd201
Gabriele apology:
![Twitter avatar for @prof_gabriele](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/prof_gabriele.jpg)
The LARB, too, has failed various accountability checks:
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Smithsonian Mag review of The Northman: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-true-history-behind-robert-eggers-the-northman-180979954/
The Guardian on same: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/apr/22/norse-code-white-supremacists-reading-the-northman-robert-eggers
The image of “Christ of Mercy between the Prophets David and Jeremiah” by Diego de la Cruz comes from here.
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