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M. Rambaran-Olm

M. Rambaran-Olm

Shiny Unhappy People

Racism in the Evangelical World

14 min readApr 18, 2024

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Pink and orange balloons in a bunch with happy and sad faces on them

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Ascension From Hell

Leaving the confines of academic walls is an act of resistance

17 min readOct 6, 2022

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In the original piece by Gustav Doré, Lucifer is envisioned here falling from heaven. This version is vertically flipped so it showed Lucifer ascending from “heaven” as academics perceive “academia.” Lucifer/Satan is centered. He’s in the middle of transforming so he has a manlike body but his angelic wings are more pointed like that of a dragon.

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M. Rambaran-Olm

Not Qwhite Right

Part two of “Sounds About White.”

12 min readApr 30, 2022

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Not Qwhite Right

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M. Rambaran-Olm

SOUNDS ABOUT WHITE

Review of Matthew Gabriele & David M. Perry’s “The Bright Ages” (Harper Collins, 2021)

16 min readApr 27, 2022

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SOUNDS ABOUT WHITE

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M. Rambaran-Olm

Let Us Breathe. Say Their Names. (Part 1)

“[The police] are a very real menace to every black cat alive in this country. And no matter how many people say, ‘You’re being paranoid…

40 min readApr 28, 2021

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Let Us Breathe. Say Their Names. (Part 1)

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M. Rambaran-Olm

History Bites: Resources on the Problematic Term “Anglo-Saxon”. Part 3.

“We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.” — Angela Davis

7 min readSep 7, 2020

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History Bites: Resources on the Problematic Term “Anglo-Saxon”. Part 3.

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History Bites: Resources on the Problematic Term “Anglo-Saxon”. Part 2:

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” — James Baldwin

11 min readSep 7, 2020

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History Bites: Resources on the Problematic Term “Anglo-Saxon”. Part 2:

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History Bites: Resources on the Problematic Term “Anglo-Saxon”. Part 1.

“We have to work with what bites into our existence.” — Stuart Hall

12 min readSep 7, 2020

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History Bites: Resources on the Problematic Term “Anglo-Saxon”. Part 1.

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Race 101 for Early Medieval Studies (Selected Readings)

1994. Margo Hendricks and Patricia Parker. Women, ‘Race’ and Writing in the Early Modern Period. (Routledge).

7 min readJul 18, 2020

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Race 101 for Early Medieval Studies (Selected Readings)

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“Black Death” Matters: A Modern Take on a Medieval Pandemic

(A condensed version of this essay is also available at the Historianspeaks.org blog here)

9 min readJun 5, 2020

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“Black Death” Matters: A Modern Take on a Medieval Pandemic

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M. Rambaran-Olm

M. Rambaran-Olm

Literary Historian. Palaeographer. Antiracist Activist. Dual Citizen. WoC. Resident of the 5th Circle of Hell. Lover of 80s cartoons. Twitter: @isasaxonists

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