Are you alarmed by the recent TradWife takeover of every corner of social media? If so you might like to read my book ‘The Return of the Housewife’ which currently has a lovely 50% discount @manchesterup.bsky.social

I’ve always loved this book cover 📚

Briefly here to post that the ‘Women Strike Back’ exhibition has just launched in Bristol. It explores the activism of Black and South Asian women. Free and open to the public. Pls do share the news. www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...

Like the beauty requisite, domestic perfection is ruthlessly promoted on social media creating an ideal scenario for unfettered capitalist production & gendered inequalities of domestic labour. 30% discount on my book for Women’s History Month @manchesterup.bsky.social @uoy-sociology.bsky.social

Bridges across the Tyne, photo by Sally Ann Norman.

Very much looking forward to being in conversation with Seeta Peña Gangadharan about ideas of refusal and resistance. "Time for Refusal? The politics of resistance against AI". All welcome! - Thursday 27th Feb at Goldsmiths, room RHB 2014, www.gold.ac.uk/find-us/, www.gold.ac.uk/campus-map/r...

It’s the Epstein files deja vu: how many more powerful men knew about his crimes, and helped him out anyway? | Marina Hyde

Apply for our PhD placement scheme to get involved in extraordinary research at the Library. There are eight available placements exploring a variety of themes including war poetry, 21st-century digital tools, illustrated newspapers and decarbonisation. Find out more: link.bl.uk/PhDPlacements

“I love the Brontës, & if I had my way fewer people would read their books. Nothing ruins something for me quicker than other people liking it too.” As an unhappy teen I read Wuthering Heights, then Jane Eyre. Part of my joy was rebelling against the 1990s cultural obsession with Jane Austen.

“The Return of the Housewife takes a clever, well-researched approach to understanding the persistent, gendered inequalities of housework… This book should be on every feminist scholar’s reading list!” Thank you @choicereviews.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social

“In court, month after month, I have come to think that children have as little agency as they did in the 19th century, when in England they were legally the possessions of their fathers with no rights of their own.”

I’m thrilled to see this 🤩 Thank you to all of the wonderful booksellers, fellow authors, friends, colleagues and family who have championed The Housewife this year. And of course to the wonderful @manchesterup.bsky.social & @uoy-sociology.bsky.social I feel very lucky!

Best of 2025!🏆 We're thrilled to announce the four MUP books selected by @choicereviews.bsky.social as Outstanding Academic Titles for 2025: The return of the housewife (@emmahcasey.bsky.social) Global Marxism Youth and sustainable peacebuilding (@hmberents.bsky.social) Readers and mistresses 🚀

It is fifty years since Silvia Federici wrote her seminal essay ‘Wages Against Housework’. Today women continue to do most unpaid labour and are promised that housework is good for the soul- a route to health and happiness. This is a regressive myth. In The Return of the Housewife I explain why.

👩‍💻 What draws women into #FarRight & #Tradwife circles? 📚 Join Lois Shearing & @emmahcasey.bsky.social for an eye-opening discussion on #Radicalisation & gender. 🗓️ Mon 10 Nov, 6:30–8pm 🎙️ Chair: @racheloneill.bsky.social 👉 Register: forms.office.com/e/twwa0D0VaR #PinkPilled #ReturnOfTheHousewife

📚 The Divine Feminine: Women & the Rise of the Right Join authors Lois Shearing & @emmahcasey.bsky.social for a vital talk on women’s roles in #farright movements, radicalisation & tradwife culture. 🗓 Mon 10 Nov 6.30-8pm 🎙 Chair: Dr Rachel O'Neill ✅ Register: forms.office.com/e/twwa0D0VaR

Call for book proposals! Are you passionate about punk? 🤘 Do you have an idea for a book? 📖 Send us your idea for a fresh take on punk to mark the 50th anniversary, that could be the next instalment our acclaimed British Pop Archive series. 🎶 More details below 👇 #booksky #punk

I’m really looking forward to speaking at this event at LSE alongside Lois Shearing and chaired by Rachel O’Neill. All welcome! Link to register is below. @lsemedia.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Precinct 1 (Shopping City, Salford), by Mandy Payne, Sheffield-based artist. Spray paint and oil paint on marble. #WomensArt #NorthernArt

‘The womanosphere trades in individualistic strategies for rebelling against the perceived liberal status quo, reinforcing age-old gender hierarchies.’ Great article by @foxpack.bsky.social My book also explores how the current romanticising of women’s unpaid labour has sinister undertones.

Sage have very kindly made this interview free to read until the end of October. Link is below ⬇️

Hey #sociologists - a very informative interview with Ann Oakley about housework, wives, research methods and her influential career. Skilfully carried out by @emmahcasey.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Easington, County Durham, 1984, photo by Izabela Jedrzejczyk. From her series Striking Women, about women there who were supporting miners during the strike (@sidegallery.bsky.social).

Ann Oakley & I discuss writing at the kitchen table, the Women’s Liberation Movement & eternal reinvention of housewifery as occupation. “I wonder how much women would have been able to accomplish if they hadn’t had to organise their lives around important men” 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

‘Entirely man-made famine in Gaza’ is confirmed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...

Ann Oakley & I discuss writing at the kitchen table, the Women’s Liberation Movement & eternal reinvention of housewifery as occupation. “I wonder how much women would have been able to accomplish if they hadn’t had to organise their lives around important men” 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

“No matter how hard you work or how capable you are, you can't do it all yourself”- Thatcher’s advice to women in 1990. Employing domestic servants dwindled after WW2 but domestic ‘help’ remained. Listen to me discussing housewives alongside @lucydelap.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social

The Summer Sale is on ☀️ Get 50% off EVERYTHING until the 7th July. Yes, every book on our website! Unlock with code SUN50 at checkout. Had your eye on any of our latest hardbacks, or new in paperbacks? Now's your chance 👇 manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk #booksky

It is fifty years since Silvia Federici wrote her seminal essay ‘Wages Against Housework’. Today women continue to do most unpaid labour and are promised that housework is good for the soul- a route to health and happiness. This is a regressive myth. In The Return of the Housewife I explain why.

“Here we see Ann Oakley at her best – bringing to the surface the hitherto overlooked experiences of women and their vital contribution to the home and domestic life.“ My review of Ann Oakley’s ‘The Science of Housework’ for @sociologyjnl.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Looking for some summer reading? All MUP books including The Return of the Housewife are available with a 50% discount until 7 July here: linktr.ee/ManchesterUn... @manchesterup.bsky.social

The Summer Sale starts now ☀️ Get 50% off EVERYTHING until the 7th July. Yep, we said everything. Unlock with code: Sun50 Had your eye on any of our newest hardbacks, or Academic New in Paperbacks? Now's your chance 👇 Browse by subject at the link in bio 🔗 #booksky #academicsky

Thank you for hosting my book signing @foxlanebooks.bsky.social It was such a pleasure to meet you all! I was overwhelmed by all the interesting & thoughtful people who came along to @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social

Sign up to join us in celebrating our 60th birthday on the 18th June! #sociology @britsoci.bsky.social

The Department of Sociology is turning 60 years old! 🎉 Join us on the 18th June for lively discussions and conversation on Sociology past, present and future, as we celebrate 60 years of legacies and sociological ideas at York. Sign up and schedule here 👉 buff.ly/mzLFh0a #UoY #Sociology #60years

Why does the burden of housework still fall on women? Sociologist Emma Casey offers a powerful call to challenge the prevailing myths around housework. The Return of the Housewife - 7 Jun yorkfestivalofideas.com/2025/calenda... #YorkIdeas @emmahcasey.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social

“Struggle is rebranded as resilience. Burnout becomes a badge of honour. Emotional labour becomes content.” Great article @livvygibbs.bsky.social @graceblakeley.substack.com My book The Return of the Housewife echoes this - especially the relentless digital glamorisation of women’s unpaid labour.

Sure Start was a life-line for us. I wouldn’t have survived as a single mum scraping a living in London with no family nearby without their emotional & practical care. Woodside Children’s Centre in E17 gave us the best start; baby weighs, childcare, financial advice, friendship, community & fun.

Join @emmahcasey.bsky.social for an illuminating look at the world of "cleanfluencers" as she examines why the burden of housework still falls on women. 7th June 2025. Part of the @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social. FREE event at @york.ac.uk, tickets here:

'The world doesn't care if we die' - in case the genocide is passing you by, read this www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

I’m very much looking forward to bringing The Return of the Housewife to the York Festival of Ideas next month! The discussion will be chaired by the fabulous Lois Shearing. I can’t wait! @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social

On Thurs 22nd May @annastrhan.bsky.social and Rachael Shillitoe will be giving the NSRN Annual Lecture, where they will be talking about the research behind their new book. The lecture is open, online, and everyone is welcome. Details and registration link 🔗 buff.ly/hkmYG8C #Sociology #Lecture

Betty Draper. The Stepford Wives. Bree Van de Kamp. Inside the Gen Z housewife wars: can you ever be a feminist and house proud? Featuring @emmahcasey.bsky.social's 'The return of the housewife': www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/in... #booksky #feminist #tradwife

We're thrilled to have FIVE authors at @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social! 2nd June- @jakecampbell88.bsky.social & Jean Strouse (online) 5th June- Mikael Klintman (online) 7th June- @emmahcasey.bsky.social (in-person) 9th June- @aldersonday.bsky.social (in-person) yorkfestivalofideas.com/2025/calendar/

Sign up to join us in celebrating our 60th birthday on the 18th June! #sociology @britsoci.bsky.social

“Linking housework, digital & platform society, self-help, & feminist theory, the book is a wide-ranging critical blueprint for a new domestic revolution”. I really enjoyed discussing digital housewifery with @drdaveobrien.bsky.social for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social

Listen! @emmahcasey.bsky.social talks to @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about the brilliant "The Return of the Housewife: Why Women Are Still Cleaning Up" newbooksnetwork.com/the-return-o...

Today I recorded an interview with the wonderful Prof Ann Oakley at her office at UCL. Definitely a career highlight sort of day. Watch this space for a publication of our conversation about the science of housework and beyond!

As a sociologist @emmahcasey.bsky.social studies the rapid return of the housewife, both in real life and across social media - for @StylistMagazine she spells out why our love of cleaning influencers and #tradwife content is much darker than it first appears: www.stylist.co.uk/life/return-...

I’m so especially happy to see my book on the shelves at @foylesforbooks.bsky.social My late dad’s favourite bookshop 💕📚