Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)
"Some of the most heated debates of our age – from trans rights to immigration reform to the ethics of AI – are underpinned by ancient fears of monstrosity, and cynical attempts to exploit them." ICYMI, in @[email protected] 1/ 🧪🗃 #histsci aeon.co/essays/those...
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Show threadDr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)2d ago
"...telling stories about monsters isn’t simply a way of describing beings that are nothing like humans. It’s also how societies define and police who they think counts as fully human, through acts of what I call monster-making or monstrification." 2/
Show threadDr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)2d ago
"Far from being a habit confined to history, monstrification endures today. Monster-making in the 21st century may not always include the word ‘monster’, but that just makes the practice more insidious. 3/3