Do ‘naturists’—ethical or otherwise
1. CENTRE at-rest genital #SurfaceAnatomy
2. for #othering #exceptionalisation
3. and, at least suggestively*, #sexualising — #pornographising
4. #erasure?
*not conscientiously taking care to NOT do so
#ReNormaliseNudity
#HumansWhoStillLookHuman
#genitalINCLUSION
1. CENTRE at-rest genital #SurfaceAnatomy
2. for #othering #exceptionalisation
3. and, at least suggestively*, #sexualising — #pornographising
4. #erasure?
*not conscientiously taking care to NOT do so
#ReNormaliseNudity
#HumansWhoStillLookHuman
#genitalINCLUSION
October 31, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Do ‘naturists’—ethical or otherwise
1. CENTRE at-rest genital #SurfaceAnatomy
2. for #othering #exceptionalisation
3. and, at least suggestively*, #sexualising — #pornographising
4. #erasure?
*not conscientiously taking care to NOT do so
#ReNormaliseNudity
#HumansWhoStillLookHuman
#genitalINCLUSION
1. CENTRE at-rest genital #SurfaceAnatomy
2. for #othering #exceptionalisation
3. and, at least suggestively*, #sexualising — #pornographising
4. #erasure?
*not conscientiously taking care to NOT do so
#ReNormaliseNudity
#HumansWhoStillLookHuman
#genitalINCLUSION
An this friends is what isolation, exceptionalisation and f*cking Far-Rage and his ilk inflict on people.
Nine years ago the godfather of Brexit, Lord Daniel Hannan, predicted life in Brexit Britain in June 2025. Roll the tape…
(VO by @gavinesler.bsky.social. Part 2 below👇)
(VO by @gavinesler.bsky.social. Part 2 below👇)
July 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
An this friends is what isolation, exceptionalisation and f*cking Far-Rage and his ilk inflict on people.
excellent read and v relevant to MMD's piece yesterday:
‘Using “populist” instead of more accurate but also stigmatising terms such as “far-right” or “racist” acts as a key legitimiser of far-right politics’
‘Instead, we witness either a euphemisation or exceptionalisation of far-right politics’
‘Using “populist” instead of more accurate but also stigmatising terms such as “far-right” or “racist” acts as a key legitimiser of far-right politics’
‘Instead, we witness either a euphemisation or exceptionalisation of far-right politics’
"We cannot pretend to stand against the far right while referring to its politics as “legitimate concerns”."
I wrote this short piece two years ago and it's got a lot worse with that fascist-enabling Labour government
theconversation.com/look-to-the-...
I wrote this short piece two years ago and it's got a lot worse with that fascist-enabling Labour government
theconversation.com/look-to-the-...
Look to the mainstream to explain the rise of the far right
Extremists are not ‘capturing’ our systems – they are part of them.
theconversation.com
May 7, 2026 at 7:57 AM
excellent read and v relevant to MMD's piece yesterday:
‘Using “populist” instead of more accurate but also stigmatising terms such as “far-right” or “racist” acts as a key legitimiser of far-right politics’
‘Instead, we witness either a euphemisation or exceptionalisation of far-right politics’
‘Using “populist” instead of more accurate but also stigmatising terms such as “far-right” or “racist” acts as a key legitimiser of far-right politics’
‘Instead, we witness either a euphemisation or exceptionalisation of far-right politics’
“The continued exceptionalisation of antisemitism, treating it as a standalone or special type of racism…….. is a recipe for the continued use of Jews as political footballs by both major parties and the entrenchment of anti-Jewish attitudes.”
www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/12/a...
www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/12/a...
Law and order crackdown won't make Jews safer
Jewish communities deserve real protection — not a false sense of security purchased at the expense of other marginalised groups.
www.crikey.com.au
December 12, 2024 at 12:24 AM
“The continued exceptionalisation of antisemitism, treating it as a standalone or special type of racism…….. is a recipe for the continued use of Jews as political footballs by both major parties and the entrenchment of anti-Jewish attitudes.”
www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/12/a...
www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/12/a...
Recently, @k8ebrown.bsky.social and I outlined how the mainstream media has actively mainstreamed far-right politics through processes of exceptionalisation, amplification, deflectionand, euphemisation, trivialisation, humanisation and idealisation
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) The mainstreaming of the far right and the media: reporting, enabling or countering?
PDF | To cite: Brown K and Mondon A (2026) 'The mainstreaming of the far right and the media: reporting, enabling or countering?' in The Far Right and... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...
www.researchgate.net
February 28, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Recently, @k8ebrown.bsky.social and I outlined how the mainstream media has actively mainstreamed far-right politics through processes of exceptionalisation, amplification, deflectionand, euphemisation, trivialisation, humanisation and idealisation
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
In the book, we develop in particular the role played by liberal and illiberal articulations of racism - the latter's exceptionalisation leading by contrast to the former's acceptance and mainstreaming
Regarding Islamophobia:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Regarding Islamophobia:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Articulations of Islamophobia: from the extreme to the mainstream?
This article will examine the construction and functions of, as well as relationship between, the diverse and changing articulations of Islamophobia. The aim is to contribute to debates about the d...
www.tandfonline.com
November 12, 2024 at 1:11 PM
In the book, we develop in particular the role played by liberal and illiberal articulations of racism - the latter's exceptionalisation leading by contrast to the former's acceptance and mainstreaming
Regarding Islamophobia:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Regarding Islamophobia:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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It contributes to the fledgling literature on the role the media plays in the mainstreaming of racism and the far right. It illuminates how processes of euphemisation, exceptionalisation and humanisation can lead to their legitimisation even when opposed by the filmmakers
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February 8, 2024 at 12:41 PM
It contributes to the fledgling literature on the role the media plays in the mainstreaming of racism and the far right. It illuminates how processes of euphemisation, exceptionalisation and humanisation can lead to their legitimisation even when opposed by the filmmakers
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C'est un peu toujours les mêmes takes sur l'IA, et je trouve pas ça génial si on s'intéresse à la perspective critique et émancipatrice.
Pas de perspectives de lutte et juste des injonctions à la consommation éthique, une exceptionalisation pas complètement justifié du phénomène IA,
Pas de perspectives de lutte et juste des injonctions à la consommation éthique, une exceptionalisation pas complètement justifié du phénomène IA,
Nouvel article :
L'IA, un enfer néocolonialiste écocidaire pour remplir les poches de quelques milliardaires technofascistes, d'un patronat qui souhaite remplacer ses salarié·es par des chatbots idiots ou d'Occidentaux qui souhaitent produire des images jaunes pisse sur leur temps libre.
L'IA, un enfer néocolonialiste écocidaire pour remplir les poches de quelques milliardaires technofascistes, d'un patronat qui souhaite remplacer ses salarié·es par des chatbots idiots ou d'Occidentaux qui souhaitent produire des images jaunes pisse sur leur temps libre.
Contre « l’intelligence artificielle » : lutter, comprendre, créer, soutenir les artistes & connaître notre histoire artistique. - L'ENVOL Bordeaux
5 milliards de mètres cubes d'eau. C'est ce que les datacenters dédiés à l'intelligence artificielle, ou IA, vont consommer d'ici 2027 ; soit l'équivalent de la consommation annuelle du Japon ou de ce...
envolanarchistebordeaux.org
December 27, 2025 at 9:16 AM
C'est un peu toujours les mêmes takes sur l'IA, et je trouve pas ça génial si on s'intéresse à la perspective critique et émancipatrice.
Pas de perspectives de lutte et juste des injonctions à la consommation éthique, une exceptionalisation pas complètement justifié du phénomène IA,
Pas de perspectives de lutte et juste des injonctions à la consommation éthique, une exceptionalisation pas complètement justifié du phénomène IA,
Le victimisme exceptionaliste est juste une autre forme de haine.
Les occidentaux usent de cette exceptionalisation pour se réhabiliter : ce n'est pas leur idéologie suprémaciste qui est à blamer, le nazisme n'était qu'une aberration.
Et le reste business as usual...
Les occidentaux usent de cette exceptionalisation pour se réhabiliter : ce n'est pas leur idéologie suprémaciste qui est à blamer, le nazisme n'était qu'une aberration.
Et le reste business as usual...
May 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Le victimisme exceptionaliste est juste une autre forme de haine.
Les occidentaux usent de cette exceptionalisation pour se réhabiliter : ce n'est pas leur idéologie suprémaciste qui est à blamer, le nazisme n'était qu'une aberration.
Et le reste business as usual...
Les occidentaux usent de cette exceptionalisation pour se réhabiliter : ce n'est pas leur idéologie suprémaciste qui est à blamer, le nazisme n'était qu'une aberration.
Et le reste business as usual...
Le victimisme exceptionaliste est juste une autre forme de haine.
Les occidentaux usent de cette exceptionalisation pour se réhabiliter : ce n'est pas leur idéologie suprémaciste qui est à blamer, le nazisme n'était qu'une aberration.
Et le reste business as usual...
Les occidentaux usent de cette exceptionalisation pour se réhabiliter : ce n'est pas leur idéologie suprémaciste qui est à blamer, le nazisme n'était qu'une aberration.
Et le reste business as usual...
May 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Le victimisme exceptionaliste est juste une autre forme de haine.
Les occidentaux usent de cette exceptionalisation pour se réhabiliter : ce n'est pas leur idéologie suprémaciste qui est à blamer, le nazisme n'était qu'une aberration.
Et le reste business as usual...
Les occidentaux usent de cette exceptionalisation pour se réhabiliter : ce n'est pas leur idéologie suprémaciste qui est à blamer, le nazisme n'était qu'une aberration.
Et le reste business as usual...
Depends, rlly. I mean, politicians are often incoherent (& justificatory explanations, esp inre state terrorism, are generally left to academics to undertake), but the exceptionalisation of particular acts as being 'political' in nature otherwise forms a mundane part of public discourse. >
September 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Depends, rlly. I mean, politicians are often incoherent (& justificatory explanations, esp inre state terrorism, are generally left to academics to undertake), but the exceptionalisation of particular acts as being 'political' in nature otherwise forms a mundane part of public discourse. >
However, we need to reflect on two potential problems:
1. Euphemisation: populism & nativism are less stigmatising & accurate than racism;
2. Exceptionalisation: relying on party categorisation risks implying the far right are exclusive harbingers of exclusionary politics.
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1. Euphemisation: populism & nativism are less stigmatising & accurate than racism;
2. Exceptionalisation: relying on party categorisation risks implying the far right are exclusive harbingers of exclusionary politics.
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May 16, 2025 at 8:40 AM
However, we need to reflect on two potential problems:
1. Euphemisation: populism & nativism are less stigmatising & accurate than racism;
2. Exceptionalisation: relying on party categorisation risks implying the far right are exclusive harbingers of exclusionary politics.
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1. Euphemisation: populism & nativism are less stigmatising & accurate than racism;
2. Exceptionalisation: relying on party categorisation risks implying the far right are exclusive harbingers of exclusionary politics.
4/
The self-exceptionalisation by Zionists of ALL stripes, is the problem.
Fighting antisemitism by increasing it, because this was never about antisemitism
May 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The self-exceptionalisation by Zionists of ALL stripes, is the problem.
The far and extreme right in documentaries: euphemisation, exceptionalisation, and humanisation
By Luke Shuttleworth, Kevin Okonkwo, Flo Bremner & Aurelien Mondon
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
By Luke Shuttleworth, Kevin Okonkwo, Flo Bremner & Aurelien Mondon
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The far and extreme right in documentaries: euphemisation, exceptionalisation, and humanisation
Much debate has taken place recently on the way in which far and extreme right actors are portrayed by mainstream media. Building on an international corpus of 30 documentaries, we combine discours...
www.tandfonline.com
February 14, 2024 at 4:44 PM
The far and extreme right in documentaries: euphemisation, exceptionalisation, and humanisation
By Luke Shuttleworth, Kevin Okonkwo, Flo Bremner & Aurelien Mondon
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
By Luke Shuttleworth, Kevin Okonkwo, Flo Bremner & Aurelien Mondon
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The historical exceptionalisation of fascism and its persistent detachment from ‘mainstream’ racism/the racial state has done great damage
August 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The historical exceptionalisation of fascism and its persistent detachment from ‘mainstream’ racism/the racial state has done great damage
Consequently, this exceptionalisation conceals the EU's own exclusionary practices, particularly regarding migration policy, shifting attention away from the Union's failures to uphold its stated principles.
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March 30, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Consequently, this exceptionalisation conceals the EU's own exclusionary practices, particularly regarding migration policy, shifting attention away from the Union's failures to uphold its stated principles.
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Wrote this in 2024 (src: doi.org/10.1177/0010...), with some suddenly very quaint optimism about terrorrial issues in the Arctic. How one gets overtaken by events...
January 14, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Wrote this in 2024 (src: doi.org/10.1177/0010...), with some suddenly very quaint optimism about terrorrial issues in the Arctic. How one gets overtaken by events...
The first paper w/@aurelmondon.com, K Okonkwo & F Bremner examines how the far right is portrayed in documentaries. We find that although film-makers adopt an ostensibly critical stance, far-right actors strategically use the platform to normalise their politics. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The far and extreme right in documentaries: euphemisation, exceptionalisation, and humanisation
Much debate has taken place recently on the way in which far and extreme right actors are portrayed by mainstream media. Building on an international corpus of 30 documentaries, we combine discours...
www.tandfonline.com
May 18, 2026 at 1:11 PM
The first paper w/@aurelmondon.com, K Okonkwo & F Bremner examines how the far right is portrayed in documentaries. We find that although film-makers adopt an ostensibly critical stance, far-right actors strategically use the platform to normalise their politics. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We problematise this journalistic practice in our article on documentary films about far-right actors (w/ @aurelmondon.com, Kevin Okonkwo & Flo Bremner) which, similar to the @zeit.de piece, tend to offer personality-focused accounts of the far right. doi.org/10.1080/0141... 2/5
The far and extreme right in documentaries: euphemisation, exceptionalisation, and humanisation
Much debate has taken place recently on the way in which far and extreme right actors are portrayed by mainstream media. Building on an international corpus of 30 documentaries, we combine discours...
doi.org
February 8, 2026 at 11:50 AM
We problematise this journalistic practice in our article on documentary films about far-right actors (w/ @aurelmondon.com, Kevin Okonkwo & Flo Bremner) which, similar to the @zeit.de piece, tend to offer personality-focused accounts of the far right. doi.org/10.1080/0141... 2/5
We problematise this journalistic practice in our article on documentary films about far-right actors (w/ @aurelmondon.com, Kevin Okonkwo & Flo Bremner) which, similar to the @zeit.de piece, tend to offer personality-focused accounts of the far right. doi.org/10.1080/0141... 2/5
The far and extreme right in documentaries: euphemisation, exceptionalisation, and humanisation
Much debate has taken place recently on the way in which far and extreme right actors are portrayed by mainstream media. Building on an international corpus of 30 documentaries, we combine discours...
doi.org
February 8, 2026 at 11:42 AM
We problematise this journalistic practice in our article on documentary films about far-right actors (w/ @aurelmondon.com, Kevin Okonkwo & Flo Bremner) which, similar to the @zeit.de piece, tend to offer personality-focused accounts of the far right. doi.org/10.1080/0141... 2/5
Zionism is on the side of Nazis so long as Nazis support their pet colonial apartheid project. Both desire the intense isolation and exceptionalisation of Jewish people; both rely on anti-semitism to justify the unjustifiable. Both are racist ethnonational ideologies.
January 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Zionism is on the side of Nazis so long as Nazis support their pet colonial apartheid project. Both desire the intense isolation and exceptionalisation of Jewish people; both rely on anti-semitism to justify the unjustifiable. Both are racist ethnonational ideologies.
Far Right and Extreme Right in Documentaries
The far and extreme right in documentaries: euphemisation, exceptionalisation, and humanisation
Much debate has taken place recently on the way in which far and extreme right actors are portrayed by mainstream media. Building on an international corpus of 30 documentaries, we combine discours...
t.co
April 17, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Far Right and Extreme Right in Documentaries
The far and extreme right in documentaries: euphemisation, exceptionalisation, and humanisation www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The far and extreme right in documentaries: euphemisation, exceptionalisation, and humanisation
Much debate has taken place recently on the way in which far and extreme right actors are portrayed by mainstream media. Building on an international corpus of 30 documentaries, we combine discours...
www.tandfonline.com
February 9, 2024 at 9:33 AM
The far and extreme right in documentaries: euphemisation, exceptionalisation, and humanisation www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....