Phwoar, check out the reading lists for my new modules: 'Political Economy of Emerging Technologies' rl.talis.com/3/uwl/lists/... 'Labour in an Age of Platform Capitalism' rl.talis.com/3/uwl/lists/... UWL's MA in Digital Media, Culture and Economy launches next month & I'm so excited about it!!!

Looking forward to the UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development at the end of the month, where I'll be giving a keynote talk on AI slop and discovery collapse. mondiacult.cultura.gob.es/noticias/not...

Parisian comrades! I'll be at the Sorbonne on Tuesday talking about 'Women as Wetware? On the Fertile Imaginaries of Silicon Valley' 7.30pm, September 2, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University – Bachelard Amphitheater of the Sorbonne, FREE. www.eventbrite.fr/e/public-lec...

Large language mother www.forbes.com/sites/pialau...

😍 Sophie Lewis in conversation with Alva Gotby😍 spectrejournal.com/feminism-is-...

I've written to my MP about this, and you should too.

La ocultación del trabajo doméstico en las viviendas unifamiliaries de lujo españolas. revistascientificas.uspceu.com/constelacion...

Shaimaa has a scholarship to do a PhD on Palestinian literature with me at @uoe-llc.bsky.social, but she's stuck in Gaza because the foreign office won't help. Please share. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

'Domestic realism or something worse?' New essay on co-living and domestic imaginaries for Weird Economies. weirdeconomies.com/contribution...

Fun post from my PhD student Stefan Darling on the gender politics of resisting reproductive labour in the reality TV show 'Mums on Strike'

Some of my essays on post-work domesticities, newly collected and translated into Spanish!

I often think about Simondon’s point that the notion of ‘jobs’ in the sense of social roles distorts our understanding of ‘work’ in the sense of what is actually done in industry. I think it’s probably going to be useful for thinking about the social effects of the coming wave of AI deployment.

Post-lavoro, un’utopia di libertà jacobinitalia.it/post-lavoro-... An interview with myself and @wstronge.bsky.social in Jacobin Italia.

Coming up! I'll be talking about the myths and perils of commercial co-living, as part of Weird Economies' 'Out of Space? London Financescapes' series. Saturday 24th May, 11-5pm at Pelican House, Bethnal Green. Full details for the series here: weirdeconomies.com/financescape...

Got public luxury on my mind at the moment... See this wonderful, concise post from Phil Jones.

BOOK LAUNCH! London, July 3. www.scarlettletters.co.uk/event-detail...

‘When we are victorious on a world scale, I think we shall use gold for the purpose of building public lavatories in the streets of some of the largest cities of the world.’ - Lenin

The ides of merch

If you're curious about our new MA in Digital Media, Culture and Economy, come by the UWL open day tomorrow and I'll tell you all about it! I'm there until noon, waiting to chat about labour and ownership in a digital age. www.uwl.ac.uk/whats-on/ope...

@helenhester.bsky.social and I have written a piece for Tribune on the wider context of the government's benefit cuts. tribunemag.co.uk/2025/04/your... There's a much longer account of the history of unemployment and welfare in the book: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/postwork-... 👇

Enemy feminisms everywhere. Love and solidarity to my trans siblings - today, everyday, forever. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2440-e...

Is it possible defining 'woman' is, in and of itself, a reactionary liberal move that allows power to police boundaries of abjection, control and social positioning

Every trans person in existence proves a whole army of sex cops couldn't stop us. The organised force necessary to maintain sexual dichotomy proves it isn't a law of nature.

Submitted the final version of my next book on AI, Big Tech, and the geopolitical struggles over them. Now hopefully nothing important happens on those topics before it comes out... Pre-order here: www.amazon.co.uk/Silicon-Empi...

Genuinely excited to be leading this new Master's programme at the University of West London. It concentrates on issues of work and ownership in a digital age, and will really allow me to integrate my research and teaching. www.uwl.ac.uk/course/postg...

Today on the academic blog @helenhester.bsky.social and @wstronge.bsky.social, authors of Post-work: What It Is, Why It Matters and How We Get There, discuss work, freedom and the future. What does the future hold for work in our new age of crisis? bit.ly/4c3SRbP @bloomsburyphilo.bsky.social

If you're new here: a critical tech and Internet culture starter pack I made last year, featuring some of my favourites. There are a few bigger accounts here, but the point is mostly to point folks to voices and people they might not otherwise find go.bsky.app/VFxSES6

#slavojzizek is Post-Work! on sale here⬇️ www.bloomsbury.com/uk/postwork-... @helenhester.bsky.social @wstronge.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bloomsburyphilo.bsky.social

🚨NEWS 🚨 We’re launching the UBS Hub, a new initiative at the Autonomy Institute that will push Universal Basic Services beyond theory—towards real-world impact 📈 It’s time to reimagine what’s possible for public services👇 buff.ly/Ms58Jvf

Rethinking the Politics of Housing: a conversation between myself and @alvagotby.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zOH...

Will responding to Labour's plans for £6bn of devestating welfare cuts

A dear feminist science studies mentor passed on March 5. Have a good journey Sandra Harding. ❤️ Harding was UCLA Distinguished Professor Emerita of Education and Gender Studies, former Director of the Center for the Study of Women. Link is an oral history interview with Sandra on her career.

“Transport officials need a radically new framework for undrstndg the mobility needs of women + caregivers in our cities – and a good place to start is reimagining the "mobility hubs" where so many of their journeys begin,” says a new report. Feminist geographers have been studying this for decades!

I'll be in conversation with the BBC’s Senior North America Correspondent, Gary O’Donoghue, on Thursday at 5.30pm. Details and registration here: www.uwl.ac.uk/whats-on/con...

The book is officially out! Huge thanks to Liza for her patience; this was supposed to be submitted before my youngest (now two!) arrived.

FEBRUARY 14th! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhgl...

BLOG: why write a book on 'post-work'? Why now? It's taken various iterations, over several years, and we (@helenhester.bsky.social and I) felt the need to make a much more significant intervention than a mere primer...🧵 autonomy.work/portfolio/po...

Psst, buddy... Wanna see some endorsements? My book with @wstronge.bsky.social is out this month. Here's some of the generous comments we received from kind and brilliant people.

NEW REPORT 🚨 "Welfare as Women’s Independence: How can the Women’s Liberation Movement inform our radical visions of women’s welfare?" by Lucy Cann This new study looks back to past feminist debates to draw learning for future forms of feminist welfare 👇 https://buff.ly/3WfPkAn

A lot is really discouraging about the rise of fascism in the US. I feel particularly distressed at how difficult and unlikely a popular front between liberals and the left is, largely as a result of the horrible turn of liberalism this last year. 1/19 🧵

Tomorrow, @alvagotby.bsky.social launches her new book 'Feeling at Home' at Foyles on Charing Cross Road. I was so fortunate to supervise her PhD, & her work just goes from strength to strength! If you're in London, come & talk about the emotional politics of housing www.foyles.co.uk/events/alva-...

Call for Papers - Postdigital Feminisms: Platformed-Lives, Labour, Intimacies, and Activism link.springer.com/journal/4243...

Looking forward to participating in 'Hyper Functional, Ultra Healthy' at Somerset House next week: 'a biannual series dedicated to examining the intersections of well-being and societal shifts, particularly in the face of technological and ecological change'. www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/hyp...

"Why must Palestinians prove their humanity? And what are the implications of such an infuriatingly impossible task?" A virtual book talk with Mohammed El-Kurd and Robin D.G. Kelley on Feb 11 @ 7:30pm ET www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

The Gingerbread Man, one of literature's most notorious gobshites, did nothing wrong.

I am collecting examples of the most thoughtful writing about generative AI published in 2024. What’s yours? They can be insightful for commentary, smart critique, or just because it shifted the conversation. I’ll post some of mine below as I go through them. #criticalAI

New video recording - The Politics of Disablement and Precarious Work in Contemporary UK with Ioana Cerasella Chis If you did not get the chance to join our December event but would like to check out the presentation/discussion, the video recording is available here: youtu.be/m8M8Fe2liD4?...

lost my joie de vivre, lads