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Nutty professor who once threatened Post reporter with machete runs ‘speakeasy’ tattoo parlor — inking communist-inspired art
NY Post ^ | 9/19/26 | David Spector

Posted on 09/19/2026 5:14:57 PM PDT by Libloather

The deranged ex-CUNY professor who once held a machete to a Post reporter’s neck is now running a “speakeasy tattoo parlor” where she inks communist-inspired body art on her radical customers.

Shellyne Rodriguez, 46, who was fired from Hunter College in 2023 shortly after being filmed menacing Post reporter Reuven Fenton with a machete and threatening to “chop him up,” has found a new calling as a tattoo artist.

The Instagram for the business, called Comrade Comadre, bills it as a “speakeasy tattoo parlor and community library.”

The account is filled with images of radical tattoo designs — including Soviet-inspired red star and sickle.

Photos show Rodriguez inking the quarter-sized red five pointed star on the right arm of CUNY graduate school Professor Ruth Wilson Gilmore, 76, who advocates for abolition of prisons.

Her husband Craig, 58, a community organizer, got a black and gray sickle tattoo right above his wrist resembling the one on the former Soviet flag.

Manhattan Institute investigative analyst Stu Smith said it was no surprise that both Rodriguez and Wilson taught at CUNY.

“CUNY has an unchecked level of radicalism there, there’s so many issues with CUNY it makes me sad that what should be a gem of New York City is tarnished by these activist professors, it’s really sad,” Smith said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Education
KEYWORDS: art; communist; professor; tattoo

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The commie tats are permanent, yes? The Maine nazi should check out the place...


1 posted on 09/19/2026 5:14:57 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

My, how very... capitalist of her.


2 posted on 09/19/2026 5:17:43 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: Libloather

Side note to her customers: Ms. Rodriguez wields a mean machete. So don’t even think about skipping out on the bill.

😬


3 posted on 09/19/2026 5:20:47 PM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: Libloather

People like this remind me of Heyokhas, or ‘contrarians’. In Lakota culture these are people who do everything in reverse (e.g. riding horses backwards, wearing clothes inside out, washing with dirt, etc.).


4 posted on 09/19/2026 5:21:58 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: neverevergiveup

5 posted on 09/19/2026 5:27:44 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Libloather

Thought for sure she was running for office.


6 posted on 09/19/2026 5:33:42 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Libloather

I have no idea what school CUNY is, just that it is very close to another word that can’t be posted here.


7 posted on 09/19/2026 5:46:06 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: Libloather

Does she do digits, too? When they ship me off to the concentration camp I want someone competent to do the ID.


8 posted on 09/19/2026 6:11:29 PM PDT by decal (They won't stop, so they'll have to be stopped)
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To: Inyo-Mono

I have no idea what school CUNY is, just that it is very close to another word that can’t be posted here.


I appreciate your restraint; there are increasingly more than a few FReepers here who aren’t so considerate.


9 posted on 09/19/2026 6:19:08 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Libloather

Democrats!


10 posted on 09/19/2026 6:19:52 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Libloather

Laser removal of tats is very painful and expensive.

Some inks don’t ever come out, no matter how many treatments one gets.

The most difficult colors to remove are yellow and RED.

Just Sayin’


11 posted on 09/19/2026 6:23:00 PM PDT by left that other site ( For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; He will save us Is.33:2h)
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To: Libloather

She gots jailhouse skillz.


12 posted on 09/19/2026 9:13:16 PM PDT by Kudsman (Killing and raping infidels, it's a cultural thing. )
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To: Libloather

WRH is wrong with these people??


13 posted on 09/20/2026 4:01:28 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Libloather

Good. I would have preferred facial branding but if the idiots want to tattoo themselves with warning labels, Im all for it.


14 posted on 09/20/2026 4:15:23 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (You choose; a world without dogs or a world without muslims.)
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