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M. Rambaran-Olm

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Apr 18, 2024

Shiny Unhappy People

Racism in the Evangelical World

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

M. Rambaran-Olm

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Oct 6, 2022

Ascension From Hell

Leaving the confines of academic walls is an act of resistance

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.

M. Rambaran-Olm

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Apr 30, 2022

Not Qwhite Right

Part two of “Sounds About White.”

Not Qwhite Right

M. Rambaran-Olm

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Apr 27, 2022

SOUNDS ABOUT WHITE

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

A piece of bread with mayo on it (on the left). The mayo has a sad face on it. On the right is the front cover of “The Bright Ages.” The background is a wooden board.

M. Rambaran-Olm

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Apr 28, 2021

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…

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

M. Rambaran-Olm

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Sep 7, 2020

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

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

M. Rambaran-Olm

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Sep 7, 2020

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

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

M. Rambaran-Olm

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Sep 7, 2020

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

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

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

M. Rambaran-Olm

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Jul 18, 2020

Race 101 for Early Medieval Studies (Selected Readings)

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

Race 101 for Early Medieval Studies (Selected Readings)

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Jun 5, 2020

“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)

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

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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