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Stephen Shapiro

@stephenshapiro.bsky.social

Edinburgh based: read my scholarly books below! I work on contemporary cultural studies, horror, world-systems perspectives, and a Gramscian Marx.

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Stephen Shapiro@stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 2h ago

Thoughts on Industry s4. • had one of the most homophobic and antisemitic plot lines seen for many years • beat its main theme "being exploited is also a [career] opportunity" to death • suggested that neo-fascists are that way because daddy wasn't nice to them 1/2

Glen O'Hara@gsoh31.bsky.social · 3h ago

The long, doleful story of how the University of Kent sank. Can't vouch for all the details, but apparently it took 7yrs, £29m in restructuring and £2m in consultancy to accept the inevitable: effective takeover. My view? You can delay, but not avoid, the inevitable. shepwayvox.org/2026/08/05/u...

University of Kent Financial Crisis: Cuts, Consultants and Merger with Greenwich

For six years the University of Kent cut jobs, closed subjects, sold financial breathing space and promised recovery. It spent £29.4 million restructuring itself and awarded at least £1.9 million o…

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Stephen Shapiro@stephenshapiro.bsky.social · yesterday

I've already explained in a 2-er thread why these morons are violating post-Temple Judaism. If they aren't stopped, there'll be war. bsky.app/profile/step... 2/

Stephen Shapiro@stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 2w ago

This action is not only incredibly incendiary and dangerous, but also heretical. No Orthodox Jew would ever go on the Mount and any that does is sinning. Why? The Temple had geographic zones - a zone for anyone, a zone only for Jews… 1/2 www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Stephen Shapiro@stephenshapiro.bsky.social · yesterday

If the legacy Jewish institutions in the West have any legitimacy anymore, they should be publicly protesting against incursions onto the Temple Mount, a fascist gesture that endangers every Jew, observant or not. 1/ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Jerusalem’s most important Muslim religious site facing ‘imminent’ threat of Israeli takeover, says Jordan

Country convenes emergency meeting of ministers from Arab and Islamic world, fearing such a move could ‘trigger a religious conflict’

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Dan Sohege@danielsohege.bsky.social · 22h ago

I grew up among Conservative politics. This is beyond that now. Defending a neo-nazi candidate shows how far Badenoch has shifted them to the far right. There is now no difference between her party and that of Restore and Reform. That should not be normalised. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Kemi Badenoch defends selection of man jailed for harassing Jewish MP in council election – as it happened

Conservative leader tells press she stands by decision to select Joshua Bonehill-Paine as a candidate for local election in Somerset

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