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    • Musk v Trump: No matter who wins, the American people lose
      Musk v Trump: No matter who wins, the American people lose
    • ‘Remigration’ is American for ‘Ethnic Cleansing’
      ‘Remigration’ is American for ‘Ethnic Cleansing’
    • Phoning It In: (Re)making Race and Religion in Zora Neale Hurston’s New Orleans Underworld
      Phoning It In: (Re)making Race and Religion in Zora Neale Hurston’s New Orleans Underworld
  • Sex/Gender/Justice
    • ‘Remigration’ is American for ‘Ethnic Cleansing’
      ‘Remigration’ is American for ‘Ethnic Cleansing’
    • Since You’ve Been Gone: The Politics of Hysterectomy and the Impossibility of ‘Choice’
      Since You’ve Been Gone: The Politics of Hysterectomy and the Impossibility of ‘Choice’
    • Capitalism’s Violence calls for Collective Wrath, not Luigi Mangione’s Privatized Rage
      Capitalism’s Violence calls for Collective Wrath, not Luigi Mangione’s Privatized Rage
  • Christian Nationalism
    • Save the Children from Whom? America’s Queer Satanic Panic
      Save the Children from Whom? America’s Queer Satanic Panic
    • Praying for God to Snuff Out Judges in the Name of Revival 
      Praying for God to Snuff Out Judges in the Name of Revival 
    • ‘Remigration’ is American for ‘Ethnic Cleansing’
      ‘Remigration’ is American for ‘Ethnic Cleansing’
  • Politics
    • Praying for God to Snuff Out Judges in the Name of Revival 
      Praying for God to Snuff Out Judges in the Name of Revival 
    • ‘Remigration’ is American for ‘Ethnic Cleansing’
      ‘Remigration’ is American for ‘Ethnic Cleansing’
    • Capitalism’s Violence calls for Collective Wrath, not Luigi Mangione’s Privatized Rage
      Capitalism’s Violence calls for Collective Wrath, not Luigi Mangione’s Privatized Rage
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Mary Rambaran-Olm

Dr. Mary Rambaran-Olm is a scholar of Old and Middle English language and literature, specializing in the history of the early medieval English period, race & apocrypha. She has written for TIME, Smithsonian, HistoryWorkshop, and other outlets. Her forthcoming book co-edited with Dr. Erik Wade entitled Race in Early Medieval England will be out in 2023. You can find MRO on twitter: @isasaxonists and Medium

musk trump alien v predator
Archive, Authoritarianism, Immigration, OMFG, Politics/LawJune 6, 2025

Musk v Trump: No matter who wins, the American people lose

By Mary Rambaran-Olm

It’s the uncoupling of the decade—bigger than Brangelina and messier than Kanye breaking up with…

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Amber Ruffin strikes a winsome pose as she hosts the Dramatists Guild Foundation gala.
Archive, Culture, Immigration, Media Analysis, Politics/Law, Racial Justice, Sex/Gender/JusticeApril 9, 2025

Amber Ruffin Wasn’t Cancelled by the WHCA Just Because She’s a Queer Black Woman Who Rejects ‘Both-Sidesing’

By Mary Rambaran-Olm

Comedian Amber Ruffin was literally cancelled from hosting the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner recently…

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Archive, OMFG, Politics/Law, Racial JusticeSeptember 12, 2024

Well, the Harris-Trump Debate Happened — Now Enjoy Your Freedom and Choose Wisely

By Mary Rambaran-Olm

In the largest sacrifice the world has ever seen since Jesus disappeared into the clouds…

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Archive, Election 2024, OMFG, Politics/Law, Racial JusticeAugust 7, 2024

The Right Questions Kamala Harris’ Blackness — Yet as Long as She Holds Any Power She’ll Always Be Too Black for Them

By Mary Rambaran-Olm

Hey, do you all remember jamming to the song “Jesus loves the little children, all…

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Archive, Culture, Media Analysis, Politics/Law, Sex/Gender/JusticeFebruary 14, 2024

Does the Right Even Know Why it’s so Threatened by Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce?

By Mary Rambaran-Olm

Stop the presses! If you’ve been living in a neighboring cave, you too will know…

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Archive, Culture, OMFG, Sex/Gender/JusticeFebruary 7, 2023

The Right’s Satanic-Grammy-Panic Isn’t About the Devil or Pfizer or Even Scantily-Clad Women — It’s All About the Transphobia

By Mary Rambaran-Olm

When I need to know what’s wrong with the world and who to be outraged…

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Archive, Culture, Media Analysis, OMFG, Politics/Law, Racial JusticeDecember 23, 2022

From Elon to Elizabeth: The 7 Seals of the 2022 Apocalypse

By Mary Rambaran-Olm

It’s that time of year again. No, not the time for peace, joy, and love….

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Archive, Culture, Racial JusticeSeptember 15, 2022

Dear Amazon Prime, I’m Not a Racist, But Why Are You Destroying My Precious Middle-Earth With Black Hobbits?

By Mary Rambaran-Olm

Dear Amazon Prime,* As a loyal customer I’m appalled at your latest WOKE stunt and…

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