What I would be going to see at @edfringe if I was well enough to go. A long 🧵

@watsoncomedian https://t.co/grCCZ6Oy71

@jlukeroberts https://t.co/6LXuee72K3

Mat Ewins https://t.co/DL2Wzeslgk

@LouSanders https://t.co/0S3i6l7k3s

@TomStadeComic

@sarahkcomedy https://t.co/umJvuOqxax

@mattwinning https://t.co/8mCAozLxnq

Kwame Asante https://t.co/ciSGuovpnU

@JosieLong https://t.co/Jn3j8opNw1

Alfie Brown https://t.co/CYABtSCguw

@amateuradam https://t.co/swvvPCMSEd

Ali Brice https://t.co/rzslZRGfvW
@ThatGledhill https://t.co/XanlXLooRU

@AngelaBarnes https://t.co/ZZ7x7hgChG

@CatherineBohart https://t.co/GvJDFScbb8

@Daniel_Sloss https://t.co/orvkKUF865

Dalia Malek https://t.co/NHNWZ4LNiV

@MmmSausage https://t.co/ekPvvkHeEc

@TheRealSteveDay + pals https://t.co/O7rE6rzZlp
@EdGambleComedy https://t.co/POT4PHhhp6

@FastFringe https://t.co/Rqc0MTRdyc

@FinTaylorcomedy https://t.co/gfPi38Lbk5

@millerickcomedy https://t.co/UikjhVg27n

@gracepetrie https://t.co/qcBjnluVor

@heidi_regan https://t.co/R14IbNjt2T

@HelenBaBauer https://t.co/IgwPEOL8kV
@IvoGraham https://t.co/K033CaAW6n

@jamalimaddix https://t.co/wL9LGR7evz

@johnsfurcoat https://t.co/LDxfMsmO1m

@jojosutherland https://t.co/pAZzKF10vS

@JoshPughComic https://t.co/2JYtiBcVds

@JosieLong https://t.co/Jn3j8opNw1

@laurenpattison https://t.co/1d6LeKYT35
@MarcelLucont https://t.co/iJDBhN1wOk

@TheNickHelm https://t.co/4l9RKKDA29

@MrNishKumar https://t.co/Pzzx5z3c7H

Olaf Falafel https://t.co/2z1JWS4gYv

@patcanbefound https://t.co/ZCOVGq6GKX

Paul Currie https://t.co/0pqP7mZRTb

@paulsinha https://t.co/glkKO0ypqg
@Thephilellis https://t.co/NolLw2XZ9A

@PhilNWang https://t.co/vWS86eMrcc

@suziemo https://t.co/bQGihLnARM

@RaulKohliComic https://t.co/dzRN0RlgpR

@IamRichWilson https://t.co/mfZtUWoJWH

@RobertAuton https://t.co/1VkQVbYx13

@robrouse https://t.co/7RcKjIYjJX
@seymourmace https://t.co/g87Kf4mBFj

@sheepsofcomedy https://t.co/xauEQBH1VH

@timkeyperson https://t.co/sUPCaAxHAE

@rosentweets https://t.co/1xAUyRoa66

@mrTonyLaw https://t.co/UUKdzVY8Ew
This list isn’t exhaustive and I’ve almost definitely missed people off. Blame it on my damaged brain, not on the quality of their show. Please go and see as many shows as you can of people you’ve never heard of. Support live comedy.
NB. To all the newer acts who may think I may be someone worth knowing in comedy, I’m not anymore. I used to be a little bit but now I’m just a civilian. Adding me anywhere won’t do you any good. X

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The meat of the criticism is that the history Adler gives is insufficiently critical. Adler describes a few figures who had a great influence on how the modern US university was formed. It's certainly critical: it focuses on the social Darwinism of these figures. 2/x

Other insinuations and suggestions in the review seem wildly off the mark, distorted, or inappropriate-- for example, that the book is clickbaity (it is scholarly) or conservative (hardly) or connected to the events at the Capitol (give me a break). 3/x

The core question: in what sense is classics inherently racist? Classics is old. On Adler's account, it begins in ancient Rome and is revived in the Renaissance. Slavery (Christiansen's primary concern) is also very old. Let's say classics is an education for slaveowners. 4/x

It's worth remembering that literacy itself is elite throughout most of this history. Literacy is, then, also the education of slaveowners. We can honor oral and musical traditions without denying that literacy is, generally, good. 5/x