#invisibilize

[protoslacker]

Invisibilizing History

I watched a 10-year old interview by Laura Flanders with Arundathi Roy about her introduction to a new edition of Dr. B. R. Amdedkar's 1936 book The Annihilation of Caste. Arundadathi Roy's book is The Doctor and the Saint… Caste, Race, and Annihilation of Caste: The Debate Between B. R. Ambedkar and M. K. Gandhi.

Roy explained that B.K. Ambedkar is widely revered in India, especially among the Dalits. And while The Annihilation of Caste has been and is a widely read book, "you can't buy it in a normal bookshop." Roy noted that Ambedkar had written the book for the privileged class and that "they have invisibllized it."

I had never heard the word "invisibilized" and looking for it led to an interesting Internet romp. I want to share a few of the links.

Nancy Friedman at Fritinancy posted a good etymology of the word "invisibilize." Friedman helpfully pointed to the use of the word "visibilize" in social science literature.

A link on social media posted by Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon pointed to an essay in Aperture (Spring 2011) by Ulrich Bear, The Less-Settled Space Civil Rights, Hannah Arendt, And Garry Winogrand which thickened the meaning of "visibilize" in a social science context. The word "visiblize" doesn't appear in Baer's essay, but I think its a fair reading of the article to say that "making visible" is political. Conversely how Arundathi Roy uses "invisiblized" is in a political context.

My curiosity about the word "invisibilize" is heightened by the Trump administration disappearing thousand of government Web pages and purging millions of documents of particular words on the pretext of the taint of diversity , equity and inclusion. Clearly the rational for the purges have much less to do with white people's fragile feelings and much more to do with political power.

Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon pointed to the Aperture article to draw attention to Hannah Arendt's essay published in 1957 in Dissent Magazine, Reflections on Little Rock (pdf). A critical excerpt from Seyla Benhabib's book The Reluctant Modernism of Hannah Arendt fleshed out why the essay is controversial.

History is complicated, but the complications don't make history unintelligible. Benhabib notes Arednt's sympathy for Black Americans, but also how her own experience as a European Jew occluded her understanding of Black lives. Derecka Purnell's essay, The Courage To Disagree, makes the point that Martin Luther King's "praise of Israel shouldn't impede the global demand for a free Palestine." Mohandas Gandhi's doesn't negate his importance.

History is complicated, but delving into the complications can illuminate what we cannot see or to become alert to what's been suppressed or invisibleized.

[8-0mph]

Chapter Eight, Stops and Starts.

Sorry for the wait.

[big-city-times]

their holiday cheese parties must go CRAZY

[narratwoda]

Invisi-Bill's new favorite pass time is hanging out with the other villains, taking them somewhere and pointing at a specific area and telling them that's where he "died." Then turning invisible.

[trollsenjoyer]

I'm also a wordgirl enjoyer

Im posting a lot less art than I have because... Beg me to show you more /jjjj just joking!! I just don't like the rest of the art anymore because I've been silently in the fandom for about two years and....... uknow.

[thesecretingredientislove]

Villain Pyramid

[adriantheanimator09]

MORE WORDGIRL CHARACTERS AS BATMAN CHARACTERS!!!! Eat up, y’all! >:)

Because people loved the first five I did, I MADE MORE!! I hope you like them! ^^

In case you don’t know who they’re supposed to be, here’s a list!

Wordgirl - Batman

Captain Huggy Face - Robin

Tobey - Catwoman (because Tobey has a crush on Wordgirl like Catwoman has a crush on Batman)

Whammer - Bane

Granny May - The Penguin

Energy Monster (Maria) - Clayface

Invisibill - Clock King

The Butcher - Professor Pyg

The Coach - Hugo Strange

[i-creatied-au]

I'm a little late, but I finished ships for 14th February :>

[theythatsayohmystars]

wordgirl video memes

ft. all my favorites!!

[drmadladofficial]

I actually was not expecting so many ppl to like my seymour content. hopefully you guys want to. see. more. ahahahaha get it guys....

[itzgmann]

The plain old mischief makers, Big Left Hand Guy and Invisi-Bill are here!

And why not mix my old hyperfixation with my new one? They're now a MWM render!

[drtwobrainsbrainsrot]

I'm alive!!! And I bring to you a silly little animation!!

[8-0mph]

One and the same.

More character intro art for AU under the cut.

[big-city-times]

hope you guys like ponies

[narratwoda]

them

[godsofthecatz]

I have like 5 things going on with art XD and I want to finish them before other things come up-

Have a last minute "wordgirl Tober" if you want you can # it or @ me

Hopefully this looks alright, I'll put them into words below! They go from, character, something random/fun, and a sorta reference to another character or two, even if they are already added, you can take them as you will, include your ocs with characters- just have fun!

1.wordgirl 2.Role swap 3.Henchmen 4.Invisi-Bill 5.Fantasy Au 6.Robots 7.Free Space 8.Ms.Question 9.Fears 10.Doppelganger 11.HuggyFace 12.Cross Over 13."The Best" 14.Free space

15.Two Brains 16.Magical Girl Au 17.Painting 18.Energy Monster 19.Species Swap 20.Primate 21.Free space

22.The Butcher 23.Sweets 24.Alien 25.Tobey 26.Cosplay 27.Team up 28.Free space 29. Miss Power 30.Any Au 31.Halloween/Free space