Michael McCarthy

I'm a professor. We're not the 'elite' the powerful billionaires say we are. Most professors don't have tenure. An increasing number don't even have full-time jobs. How did these inconsequential people become enemies of the state?

"We are not the elites the billionaires claim we are. Most professors don’t have tenure. The humanities professoriate don’t even have full time jobs, have been known to sleep in their cars. How did these inconsequential people become enemies of the state?"
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Must be because I'm an Erse

The people of Canada have spoken: Wokeness must return to power

Les peuples du Canada disent : « Le Wokisme doit retourner au pouvoir. »

YouTube video by Mojo Pin The New Pope (2020) - I would like a pope...

Time to watch this a twentieth time, I guess.

Political scientists have come a long way. The new ones are astonishingly lifelike #mpsa

If you’re going to MPSA in Chicago this week and have nothing to do Thursday at 8 a.m. you could come see my talk about Laclau and Mouffe’s concept of the frontier

Nazi gives Nazi salute at Nazi rally, leading many to ask: is this guy a Nazi or something?

Dad’s birthday is January 6. He’s a big MAGA guy. Every year now we tell him “sorry no big gift like in 2021 Pop”

I make a point of asking every religious studies student I come across “So, is God real?” Some day I might even get one of them to answer that

This does not map as neatly to political divides as you might initially expect. I’ve had people who agree with me 99% take the boss battle approach and people who are sworn enemies take the august sage approach

About 1/3 of non-academics who hear I’m getting a PhD in political philosophy don’t care, another 1/3 think I’m an august sage, and the final 1/3 treat every conversation with me like a boss battle. It’s really fun to pull that lever every time I meet someone new

Theory Bro New Year’s Eve

Quite a damning report on APSA's actions at the LA conference

I "graduated" from Accutane today, but because I am 30 years old (unlike most Accutane patients), the dermatology nurse gave me the option of not honking the "Accutane horn." I am perhaps too dignified; though my heart yearned to, I did not honk

DISTURBING: political theory grad student calls politics “politricks” on account of the endemic deceit in public decision making

In episode five of #WolfHall: The Mirror and the Light, the incomparable Abraham tapestries in Hampton Court’s majestic Great Hall have been meticulously recoloured to show their original vibrancy. The result is stunning—so much kudos to the brilliant art department.

The CFB playoff debate shows fans yearn for formalization of rules while capital incentivizes programs to seek deformalization. Of course, this dynamic is already familiar to readers of Franz Neumann’s “Behemoth: The Structure and Practice of National Socialism, 1933-1944”

Imagine getting assassinated by Banksy

Union beanies arrived @indianagrads.bsky.social

Looking to connect Bluesky's legion of philosophy PhD students. I've gotten a start based on my followers, please let me know if I should add you!

(Apologies if I've missed a mutual here...)

Unlike our football team, graduate workers will never be defeated

True wokeness has never been tried, and it’s about time we started

It should be easier to switch between multiple accounts on this app. That’s my only complaint. Oh, and the posts aren’t as funny and not as many of my friends are here

When are they adding Fleets to Bluesky?

A comic depicting 12 different types of political theory paper, with titles poking fun at different types of paper.

Since it seems like these classics from the bad place are re-circulating here, I humbly present my most (only?) viral post to date: types of political theory paper…

I went to see an opera right before the Paul-Tyson match. That’s probably the biggest Smart-to-Stupid swing I’ve ever experienced

IGWC delivers demand letter to IU Board of Trustees Created in 2019, IGWC is still fighting for adequate wages for graduate student workers.

Was interviewed for the student newspaper about our grad union @indianagrads.bsky.social

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In 2018, I debated RFK Jr.’s brother Max on Medicare for All and won. This has no bearing on the news. Just gloating about that again

Okay fine I’ll post here, too