Maitrayee Basu (@maitrayeeb) 's Twitter Profile
Maitrayee Basu

@maitrayeeb

Assistant Professor, Race and Media @LeedsUniMedia. Research: affect, feminism, digital platforms. šŸ‰šŸ³ļøā€āš§ļøā˜•šŸ¦€

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Some parents just told me in my baby sensory class that the Labour Party told them that they shouldn’t vote for me because I wasn’t blocked from standing because of liking a few tweets, but for more serious reasons. I’ve heard this several times now. This is a vicious lie. I’m

Some parents just told me in my baby sensory class that the Labour Party told them that they shouldn’t vote for me because I wasn’t blocked from standing because of liking a few tweets, but for more serious reasons. I’ve heard this several times now. This is a vicious lie. I’m
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Critical, eloquent and theoretically brave and rigorous. It was a pleasure to attend Zhen Troy Chen 's talk in #ica24 on erotic entrepreneurs in China and reversing the algorithmic gaze.

Critical, eloquent and theoretically brave and rigorous. It was a pleasure to attend <a href="/TroyZChen/">Zhen Troy Chen</a> 's talk in #ica24 on erotic entrepreneurs in China and reversing the algorithmic gaze.
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As an editor bringing in stellar interdisciplinary work on race and media has brought me in conversations with some brave and passionate decolonial scholars. Nathasha Fernando 's paper on feminist podcasting, race and politics of allyship in Italy blew our minds at #ica24 .

As an editor bringing in stellar interdisciplinary work on race and media has brought me in conversations with some brave and passionate decolonial scholars. <a href="/natifernando/">Nathasha Fernando</a> 's paper on feminist podcasting, race and politics of allyship in Italy blew our minds at #ica24 .
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Thank you Cyberdivalive for kicking down doors and holding the space for people like me. You are a pioneer and dreamer and I am privileged to be your collaborator, fellow plotter and friend.

Thank you <a href="/cyberdivalive/">Cyberdivalive</a> for kicking down doors and holding the space for people like me. You are a pioneer and dreamer and I am privileged to be your collaborator, fellow plotter and friend.
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Conferences spaces like these have always given me hope and clarity. As I finally start writing my book proposal I feel lucky to be surrounded by such brilliant, kind and critical friends. #ica24 reminded me that I don't need to walk the road alone.

Conferences spaces like these have always given me hope and clarity. As I finally start writing my book proposal I feel lucky to be surrounded by such brilliant, kind and critical friends. #ica24 reminded me that I don't need to walk the road alone.
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I was lucky to be asked to review one of the articles in this issue, and frankly it blew me away. Read the whole issue immediately! P.S. I am also co-editing a special issue for New Formations on 'race, racisms and resistance'. If you are working on an article do get in touch.

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I met the brilliant and kind @ProfRanjanaDas in 2019 & I asked her about her cool methodology. So grateful to be learning from her - we met for jhaal dumplings in #ica24 and chatted about digital vignettes, auto ethnographic work and participatory research.

I met the brilliant and kind @ProfRanjanaDas in 2019 &amp; I asked her about her cool methodology. So grateful to be learning from her - we met for jhaal dumplings in #ica24 and chatted about digital vignettes, auto ethnographic work and participatory research.
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Keir Starmer says he opposes schools teaching young people about trans issues & identities Trans identity is real. This is a cruel abuse of trans kids They need love & support - not negation & dismissal thepinknews.com/2024/06/25/kei… thepinknews.com/2024/06/25/kei…

Keir Starmer says he opposes schools teaching young people about trans issues &amp; identities

Trans identity is real. This is a cruel abuse of trans kids

They need love &amp; support - not negation &amp; dismissal 

thepinknews.com/2024/06/25/kei… thepinknews.com/2024/06/25/kei…
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MAJOR CAMPAIGN VICTORY! The Austin For Palestine Coalition + UMAW campaign demanding that SXSW drop weapons manufacturers and war profiteers is successful! This is a huge win accomplished by the hard work of activists & the principled artists who withdrew their labor in solidarity with Palestine.

MAJOR CAMPAIGN VICTORY! The <a href="/A4PCoalition/">Austin For Palestine Coalition</a> + UMAW campaign demanding that SXSW drop weapons manufacturers and war profiteers is successful!
This is a huge win accomplished by the hard work of activists &amp; the principled artists who withdrew their labor in solidarity with Palestine.
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This morning My desk 4 am. Was so burnt out mid-June after a whole academic year of teaching new modules, long commute and on and off sickness. #ica24 and the gorgeous oceanic bounty in Australia has given me back my body, passion for writing and ideas I was dithering on.

This morning 
My desk
4 am. 

Was so burnt out mid-June after a whole academic year of teaching new modules, long commute and on and off sickness. #ica24 and the gorgeous oceanic bounty in Australia has given me back my body, passion for writing and ideas I was dithering on.
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Anyways. Black and brown folks will learn the Labour Party is no longer for them. Because even in the face of easy victory they’re throwing us under the bus

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⁦Rishi Sunak⁩ ⁦Kemi Badenoch⁩ ā€œYou don’t just get to be black on Tuesday. You don’t get to leverage your racial identity when you feel like it.ā€ ⁦Carys Afoko⁩ ā€œit’s worse than that. They’re drawing from an account and they haven’t put a penny in.ā€

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Beautiful #LondonPride to us all! Let's abolish fascist trans hate. Let's make surrogacy and abortion and hormones freely and abundantly available. Let's abolish the family. Let's bring hammers down on heteropatriarchy.

Beautiful #LondonPride to us all! Let's abolish fascist trans hate. Let's make surrogacy and abortion and hormones freely and abundantly available. Let's abolish the family. Let's bring hammers down on heteropatriarchy.
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If Goldsmiths - with a very strong & active union - can get away with sacking nearly 100 people for spurious financial reasons, then I shudder to think about what's next for other universities. Please send messages of support to Goldsmiths UCU & donate to gofundme.com/f/help-goldsmi…

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This Friday I am speaking to AL teachers on why reading Butler has been formative for me as a feminist thinker and why her ideas on gender as performative, iterative, and socially co-constituted continues to be vital in critically opposing transphobia and racism today.

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Watched the #TraitorsUS S2 reunion where #Peppermint gave words to exactly how I was feeling about being voted out first as the first trans woman in the show. #JohnBercow pipes in with a useless point defending the choice "as going with evidence"! UK parliamentary politics now.