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Ben Woodard

@naughtthought.bsky.social

Writer, researcher, and teacher on philosophy, biology, sci-fi, horror and decolonial theory https://benwoodard.substack.com/ https://www.ici-berlin.org/people/woodard/

144 Followers  |  109 Following  |  17 Posts  |  Joined: 29.11.2023  |  1.9226

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Social, Anti-Social, Parasocial There’s some fun narratives out there that trans people and sometimes autistic people invented the internet.

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12.10.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

probably not

21.09.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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F. H. Bradley and the History of Philosophy F. H. Bradley and the History of Philosophy

Dying to learn more about...British Idealism? Then look no further: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-f-h-bra...

19.09.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Glow Havocβ€Šβ€”β€Šprologue and chapter 1 Glow Havoc

two sections from a new novelette I am working on medium.com/@woodardbenj...

#gothculture #horror #alienhorror

04.09.2025 08:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Integrated Credit Program Fall Semester 2025 β€” The School of Materialist Research ξ‚€οΈŽ Β  Call for Applications Informal Intensive Study Courses: Integrated Credit Program, Fall Semester of 2025 This Fall, the Integrated...

will be teaching (online) on genetics and politics at the School for Materialist Research: schoolofmaterialistresearch.org/Integrated-C...

28.06.2025 09:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sylvia Wynter - ICI Berlin Sylvia Wynter has produced a rich body of work synthesizing Black studies, anthropology, cybernetics, literary studies, Caribbean studies, feminist theory, and more. One pivotal concept within her the...

in a few weeks

www.ici-berlin.org/events/sylvi...

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Summer University 2025 Summer university is an annual gathering for experimental, cross-disciplinary learning, a zone of autonomy to produce knowledge, together, in the open.

It breathes: t9m.mj.am/lnk/AU4AAG4l...

30.05.2025 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Uninhabited from Zer0 Books Is it inhabited? This question makes the shared stakes of science fiction and colonialism obvious, wherein the wide imaginaries of empire and wh...

www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/o...

It's OUT!!
#decolonial #scifi #postcolonial

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We are cooked/what's cooking? The world seems toast and we’re going into spring/summer…it’s gonna be a shit time.

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Call for Papers! Scales of Life - ICI Berlin This symposium seeks to investigate how information processing, cognition, and other forms of sensing and making sense occur at different scales, and how the ways of understanding these scales inform ...

CFP for a conference I am co-organizing:

www.ici-berlin.org/call-for-pap...

#berlin #sts #biology #cognition

04.02.2025 11:33 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Uninhabited from Zer0 Books Is it inhabited? This question makes the shared stakes of science fiction and colonialism obvious, wherein the wide imaginaries of empire and wh...

New book coming out in March: www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/o...

#sci-fi #decolonialism #sciencefiction

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Sad Ghost I am see-through blue and ragged at the ends that flap disconcertingly above the ground. Otherwise, my edges have been smoothed on the top…

Flash fiction on depression and hauntings:
medium.com/@woodardbenj...

18.01.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lots of people talking about the kinds of possibilities that #DavidLynch opened up...for me it wasn't the surreal or artistic ones that mattered the most but the fact that he shattered so many presumptions about high vs low art...I cannot imagine watching a Lynch film in anything but a filthy seat

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fuck.

16.01.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trying to fine international groups that are interested in anti-fascist work...too many of them in Europe are closed systems, black boxes, and seem only interested in tracking what the altright is doing rather than constructing counter moves with @hopenothate being one exception

09.12.2024 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Giving a talk next week in #vilinus on biology and idealism

28.11.2024 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In conversation with Ben Woodard and Camille Crichlow by Dr Lara Choksey

Reposting this conservation: www.ucl.ac.uk/racism-racia...

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