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Aruna D’Souza πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

@arunadsouza.bsky.social

Writer and critic, mostly contemporary art, sometimes food, always politics. New York Times and 4Columns, among other places. I’m surprisingly sweet. πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

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He wasn’t so creeped outβ€”he was bothered by the insufficient food and drink. And he never turned down the regular invitations.

Also: Noam Chomsky wrote Epstein a bday letter?!

05.08.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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05.08.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oops. My neighborhood.

05.08.2025 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It was driving me nuts and then I figured it out.

04.08.2025 22:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2653    πŸ” 357    πŸ’¬ 65    πŸ“Œ 15
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UPDATED: List of 200+ U.S. BDS Victories! | USCPR (Last updated November 2017) By popular demand, below is a list of U.S. Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) wins, originally released to commemorate ten years since Palestinian civil society issued t...

According to this, only a handful of US cities have made BDS-related actions, and even fewer (I think) actually have a BDS policy in place. Portland and Berkeley, not sure which others. uscpr.org/usbdsvictori...

04.08.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am trying to think of a single state or city that supports BDS? 34 states specifically outlaw it already. (I mean, making this a policy even at a symbolic level is AWFUL, but Trump is out here trying to pretend he’s the only one carrying Israel’s water.)

04.08.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Whoa this is outrageous.

04.08.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is always the correct response

04.08.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t get the people who think AI will make reading and writing obsolete. Don’t you have to read the AI results? Don’t you have to write all these bad takes on Twitter? You’ll read and write, the question is whether you do it well (read things worth reading, write things worth writing).

04.08.2025 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is an eye roller, sure, but consider that they use this same philosophy about healthcare, housing, voting rights, livable wages...

04.08.2025 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 167    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

When you see writing like Williams’s it’s a good sign that the writer doesn’t have a coherent thought to share. What garbage.

04.08.2025 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I need to find the perfect chip to dip in some good old French onion dip (the kind with the dry soup mixed into sour cream).

04.08.2025 02:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly on both counts.

03.08.2025 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Biden was a terrible bad awful actor in the Anita Hill hearings.

03.08.2025 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Someone posted that no one builds a massive ballroom if they expect to move in 3 years and I can’t stop thinking about that.

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I’m really glad that my kid’s schools didn’t have a β€œgifted kids” program. (Mine in Canada didn’t either.) I suspect it was because we were in a college town and every parent would have insisted their child be in it. But it allowed us to sidestep some deeply problematic shit.

03.08.2025 12:03 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œAccording to a Newsweek tally, Pirro is the 23rd current or former Fox News host nominated by Trump this year.”

03.08.2025 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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02.08.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sign that says β€œImmigrants welcome, ICE NOT/ Free Palestine” on the front of the Astoria Food Pantry in Queens.

Sign that says β€œImmigrants welcome, ICE NOT/ Free Palestine” on the front of the Astoria Food Pantry in Queens.

Please consider giving to the Astoria Food Pantry, which serves immigrants in Queens, many of whom have been prevented from going to work because of fear of ICE raids. The line of those waiting for food was down the block when I passed by today. www.astoriafoodpantry.com/donate-money...

02.08.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1194    πŸ” 472    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 13

The hostages have been suffering under the same conditions as Gazans as a whole since Oct 7: being killed by indiscriminate Israeli bombing and starved by Israel’s blockade. Netanyahu has never cared about the hostages’ well being anymore than he’s cared about those of Gazan innocents.

02.08.2025 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Genuinely a fantastic show. Def on my comfort watch list, along with Ted Lasso, Poirot, Buffy, Lucifer, and all the Jane Austen and Jane Austen adjacent remakes.

02.08.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Would watch

02.08.2025 02:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚

02.08.2025 02:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Omg BRUUUUUUCE

02.08.2025 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I love Brice Springsteen but this is a photo of a mailman from a 1950s sitcom.

02.08.2025 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

So is this why they held that press conference at Four Seasons Landscaping?

01.08.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Another reason to vote for Mamdani 🀣😏

01.08.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
theartdaddy_ Aruna D'Souza is a 5-star Art Daddy with a pen sharp enough to slice through museum walls and institutional gaslighting in one stroke. Author of Whitewalling (aka the diversity discourse takedown heard round the world), co-curator of the Lorraine O'Grady retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum, and all-around intellectual glamazon, she doesn't just critique
- she restructures. Her writing in 4Columns, The New York Times, and Bookforum is always giving: smart, unsparing, and never trying to be liked. She doesn't need to be β€” she's right.
Aruna's the kind of Daddy who won't let you off the hook, and thank god. Her footnotes go harder than some people's entire careers. She rewrites what art criticism can do - not just analysis, but care, rupture, refusal. Basically, she's the reason your fave institution is sweating through its DEl statement.
#CitationIsSeduction #FootnoteMeDaddy
#WhitewallingChangedMyLife #MuseumHeelsOn #ArtDaddyCertified #LorraineOGirlies #PowerCrit #ArunaSaidItBetter #5StarFeministFury
#KillYourDarlingsKeepAruna

theartdaddy_ Aruna D'Souza is a 5-star Art Daddy with a pen sharp enough to slice through museum walls and institutional gaslighting in one stroke. Author of Whitewalling (aka the diversity discourse takedown heard round the world), co-curator of the Lorraine O'Grady retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum, and all-around intellectual glamazon, she doesn't just critique - she restructures. Her writing in 4Columns, The New York Times, and Bookforum is always giving: smart, unsparing, and never trying to be liked. She doesn't need to be β€” she's right. Aruna's the kind of Daddy who won't let you off the hook, and thank god. Her footnotes go harder than some people's entire careers. She rewrites what art criticism can do - not just analysis, but care, rupture, refusal. Basically, she's the reason your fave institution is sweating through its DEl statement. #CitationIsSeduction #FootnoteMeDaddy #WhitewallingChangedMyLife #MuseumHeelsOn #ArtDaddyCertified #LorraineOGirlies #PowerCrit #ArunaSaidItBetter #5StarFeministFury #KillYourDarlingsKeepAruna

The Art Daddy IG account named me a 5-star Art Daddy, certificate and everything πŸ₯° The blurb is so cute. I want a t-shirt saying β€œintellectual glamazon” πŸ˜‚

01.08.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just to clarify: if stuff is coming INTO the U.S., that’s the U.S. CBP’s responsibility. Canadians are responsible for what’s coming into Canada. Hope that helps.

Also one kilogram is 2.2 pounds, for the metrically challenged. Seems hardly a good enough reason to ANNEX A WHOLE COUNTRY.

01.08.2025 12:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Disgusting

01.08.2025 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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