You are easily distressed but also easily happy. Remember that when in despair. Franz Kafka, 1914.

Found in 1823, this Roman mosaic from Bramdean Hampshire was recorded by John Lickman in 1828 The centre featured Medusa surrounded by deities Sadly an attempt to lift it in 1873 completely failed and the tesserae were finally shovelled up and used to repair holes in a road 😱 #MosaicMonday

I wrote about Claire-Louise Bennett's Big Kiss, Bye-Bye A novel that mistakes repetition for depth and intellectualism for intimacy. It has a voice that pulls you in, then refuses to move. open.substack.com/pub/julideda...

In this episode, Liana Psarologaki discusses her new book Site-Reliant Immersive Experiences. If you are interested in art and architecture you would might want to read it and listen to her. 💜 youtu.be/Rfisz9FjKh8

about dehumanization Perfect Victims, Mohammed el-Kurd

When in doubt, read Lispector

On friendship.

When in doubt, read Cixous.

It was a pleasure joining Melinda Karaca for her podcast about #love and #literature. We talked about #TheMuseumofInnocence and #OrhanPamuk. open.spotify.com/episode/32CS...

I'm thrilled to see a recently published lecture by my favorite philosopher, Vinciane Despret. Anyone interested in the ways in which we relate to animals should follow her work. youtu.be/BssYzBfLtgk?...

Masumiyet Müzesi'ni "İlişkisellik İnceleme Serisi" ile mercek altına alıyorum. Bu zincirde, serinin tüm bölümlerini bulabilirsiniz: #1: Hikâyenin Freudyen bir anlatı olduğunu vurgularken; Freud’un özne kavramlarını MM çerçevesinde yeniden hatırlatıyorum. youtu.be/qv9RET3KaaM

11. Still Life (1997). Intersperses footage of ad photographers with essayistic ruminating on 17th century still life paintings. Secular capitalism seemingly eliminates the possibility of divine objects while channeling the divine into the commodity through ideas of beauty, luxury, and perfection.

Do you also collect objects? The episode about the temporality and materiality of objects at #themuseumofinnocence is now online. I am joined by art historian and curator Irem Sezer, and we discussed the story of #OrhanPamuk’s novel by focusing on the museum itself. youtu.be/ncdSqg26xOs?...

Bugun Efe Cengiz'le kapitalist ve somurgeci sistem icerisinde zeytin agaclari ve insanlar arasindaki iliskisellikten bahsettik. <3 dinlemek icin: open.spotify.com/episode/0tpT... izlemek icin: youtu.be/NBAE6nwNQqI?...

Yeah, AI will be taking your jobs, but (again) at whose expense?

one of the most devastating things I have read about AI

The words 'curator' and 'curating' are everywhere, but who are they? A critical look at how institutions and market dynamics are shaping the inner workings of the art world and crushing diverse voices into Sameness. www.frieze.com/article/who-...

I wrote on the search for the feminine subjectivity through power of writing, and held hands of #AnnieErnaux and #VigdisHjorth. open.substack.com/pub/julideda...

a wonderful essay about Hjorth's If Only, the difference between male and female writers, and the power of writing (as a form of surviving tool for women) "...Ida doing something the younger couldn’t: she chooses herself as the wounded person she is." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

I love you, childhood. - Irigaray

It is very hopeful for all of us that the future might be brighter, and racial capitalism will have less and less of an impact on the world of the new generation. Winning against billionaires shows that people united will never be defeated.

This book helps us rethink our positionality as distant witnesses, our possible instincts of “saviorism,” and the role of photography in shaping perception. I hope you enjoy reading the book as much as I did. open.substack.com/pub/julideda...

Iki senedir Ingilizce yuruttugum okuma gruplarina Turkce (de) devam ediyoruz. Annie Ernaux’nun Bir Kadin kitabini okuyarak, Anne, Ozne, Bellek ve Feminen yazi uzerine konusacagiz. Her yeni kitapta bir baska feminist teoriyi ele alacagiz. Detaylar: [email protected]

For every woman blowing quietly into their mother wounds. We are not alone. Our mothers are not alone. julideda.substack.com/p/writing-fo...

Never trust a man, especially if he says he is “a normal guy like anyone else.”

The Accidentals / Guadalupe Nettel

Oh, Olga Tokarczuk, I was not familiar with your game.💜 open.substack.com/pub/julideda...

Our Palestine Solidarity Series returns. We will have a conversation with AJ Al-Kurdi on his work on intersectionality in Palestinian diaspora, queer & solidarity organizing. Join us! 30 July 2025, 19:00 CEST, zoom  Register via: www.southsouthmovement.org/intersection...

Rural landscape-inspired textile art with view to fields until the horizon, using hand-dyed fabric, stitching and mixed media by UK textile artist Magz Roberts #WomensArt

🔥 “Hellworld examines the megastructures of global capitalism, asking how revolutionary subjectivity might emerge within and against capital’s domesticating force. Central to this inquiry is the planetary factory...” Sep 2025.

A new little series for the summer! These will be mixed-media embroidery landscapes, I collected a small handful of pine bark when I was on holiday recently as I loved the curious shapes! I painted them grey and now they're perfect little rocks for some seascapes 😊 #sewing #artproject

'My wife doesn't work' poster (c.1978) by See Red Women's Workshop, London. Interviewed in the new womensart book....along with many more printmaking artists... #ReframingWomenPrintmakers !!

If you tell someone you are thinking about ending your life, they’d immediately (and maybe instinctively) try to stop you. But somehow they justify the death of thousands in their heads. Weirdos.

Insansonrasi taniklik ve direnisi dusunerek zeytinagaclariyla filistine kuş degil kök bakisiyla nasil bakabiliriz? 24 Haziran saat 19:00’da @Yikintilar_ara nin 3. cevrimici bulusmasinda olacagim. Davetlisiniz. 🌿 Zoom kayit linki: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I'm wondering how I'll explain to my daughter that, even two years later, people are still debating whether it was a genocide.

I don't see any difference between this disgusting pamphlet and the Nazi propaganda that urged good Germans to report Jews and foreigners to the authorities.

Next time someone asks, “What about Sudan? Why do you never talk about it?” Instead of telling them about interconnected imperialisms and oppressions, just ask them calmly, “What about it?” and wait for them to tell you NOTHING.

I encourage everyone to begin writing "genocide witnessing" diaries; we will need them in the future to document the true (decolonial) history.

Madleen may not have broken the siege, but broken some people’s silence.

“What message has this genocide imparted not only to Palestinians, but to all in the Global South?” chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-last-d... The Last Days of Gaza - The Chris Hedges Report

Trying to understand (a) under what authority you can detain a boat in international waters and force occupants to watch a video and (b) why witnessing any sort of violence could convince us that starving an entire population to death is justified.

Happy to share that I’ve completed three tasks on my to-do list — including drinking 2 liters of water. Well done, me!

You think you don't have any more pieces to be shattered; then you see a girl trying to escape flames.

“My will is that people carry on. Let your small fight continue until Alaa walks free. And your greater fight until they all walk free.” An interview with Laila Soueif manassa.news/en/stories/2...

“troops didn’t realize another unit was using him as a shield and shot him as he ran into a house.” apnews.com/article/isra...