I interviewed Jules Gleeson about her excellent book Hermaphrodite Logic: A History of Intersex Liberation. revsoc21.uk/2026/03/13/f...

Today in @thenation.com: a rich, insightful piece from @jadsalfiti.bsky.social on the complex, decades-long intersection of the Palestine and queer movements, and why Palestine has become such a vital queer issue. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Next week I'm moderating an @histmat.bsky.social event on the instantly-canonical 'Feminism Against Cisness' with @riislover667.bsky.social, @reproutopia.bsky.social, Lola Olufemi, and @weakanalogy.bsky.social. Thursday, December 11, 6pm GMT, online To register: www.eventbrite.com/e/feminism-a...

It's the most wonderful time of the year! (annual HM conference in under a month) Register here: www.historicalmaterialism.org/product/twen...

I'm one of the speakers at The Site's annual conference later this month. The full program is here: www.the-site.org.uk/events/hope-...

If you're in the US or Canada, you can get 50% off 'Eros and Empire' until September 8! www.sup.org/books/politi...

Alex Stoffel (@stoffelalex.bsky.social) traces how liberal narratives that once instrumentalised LGBTQ+ rights as markers of modernity have given way to a resurgent right-wing politics, where sexuality becomes a site of fear, control and civilisational anxiety. revsoc21.uk/2025/08/14/e...

THIS COMING SATURDAY, 26 July: London Trans Pride. We’re meeting at 1pm in front of All Souls Langham Place. LTP has been going since 2018, and has only grow in urgency under the current attack on trans lives. Join us in celebration & protest! 🏳️‍⚧️ All info: londontranspride.org

Thanks to everyone who came along to the @pinko.online event yesterday! You can pick up a copy of After Accountability @housmansbookshop.bsky.social if you haven’t got one yet.

6 pm tonight in London at Pelican House, join us and @stoffelalex.bsky.social for a reading and discussion of AFTER ACCOUNTABILITY www.pinko.online/pinko-in-lon...

Max @maxfox.bsky.social and I are doing a reading and discussion of @pinko.online's After Accountability this evening in London. 6pm at Pelican House! www.pinko.online/pinko-in-lon...

On Tuesday 27 May, between 17:00–18:30 (BST) join Historical Materialism editor Alexander Stoffel (@stoffelalex.bsky.social) and Juliana Gleeson discussing 'Queer, Trans, and Intersex Liberation History'. The event will be broadcast online, further details from the link below.

I got to speak to @acidhorizon.bsky.social about my book. We talk marxism, desire, queerness, palestine, RFK, you name it. You can listen here: www.patreon.com/posts/eros-a... youtu.be/weYN5J8GcEw

Juliana Gleeson and I will be speaking about our books on sexual liberation histories later this month. The event will be live-streamed on YouTube, 27 May, 5pm BST. Registration link here: www.eventbrite.com/e/1342159758...

I got to join Miranda Melcher @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social for an interview about Eros and Empire last week: newbooksnetwork.com/eros-and-emp...

grateful for this very clear review of the book's argument and stakes

Now announced... CfP: Twenty-Second Annual Historical Materialism London Conference, 'Resurgent Reaction: Marxist Strategies at the End of the Liberal Order'. This year taking place 6-9 November 2025 at SOAS University, London

I wrote up some provisional reflections on the changing character of US empire for @histmat.bsky.social www.historicalmaterialism.org/article/empi...

Come join me and @stoffelalex.bsky.social for a conversation with @asaenzdesicilia.bsky.social about his important new book, Subsumption in Kant, Hegel and Marx, hosted by the Gender, Sexuality and Feminism Stream @histmat.bsky.social. Register here www.eventbrite.com/e/subsumptio...

Congratulations on your new book Eros and Empire, @stoffelalex.bsky.social! 👏👏Extra excited to read it after such a great launch @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social Check out the book at www.sup.org/books/politi...

Here's a beautiful edit of one of our actions at ISA! #EndScholasticide #EndGenocide #FreePalestine #DemocracyAtISA #MembersVote #BDSatISA #TheElephantInTheBallroom #PresidentsAddress

I thought I’d start putting together a list for people working within queer and trans Marxism. Please let me know if that’s you, so I can add you! go.bsky.app/6sdaeHP

NYC friends and comrades -- I'll be in town next month for two events. 1. 'Provincializing Cisness' on Friday, 7 March, 5-7pm at NYU Ida Birkvad and I will be facilitating a panel discussion with Durba Mitra, Emma Heaney, @asliz.bsky.social, and Howard Chiang csgsnyu.org/event/provin...

In Eros and Empire, Alexander Stoffel analyzes three prominent US-based social movements—gay liberationism, Black lesbian feminism, and AIDS activism—to argue that they were fundamentally shaped by their transnational entanglements. #ReadUP #ReadSUP www.sup.org/books/politi...

Eros and Empire is out today! Yikes! 20% discount code - for US and Canada: STOFFEL20 - for international orders: FFF24 www.sup.org/books/politi...

Come join our gathering in Paris in 1-3 July!

🍉On 13th February, the ISA Council will be voting on a motion against #scholasticide & for #BDS. ISA members: please urge your section & caucus chairs to vote in favour of the motion🍉 #BDSatISA

I thought I’d start putting together a list for people working within queer and trans Marxism. Please let me know if that’s you, so I can add you! go.bsky.app/6sdaeHP

So excited for @stoffelalex.bsky.social 's book launch for Eros and Empire. Sign up below! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/eros-and-e... Find the book here: www.sup.org/books/politi...

'Eros and Empire' comes out next month! please tell everyone. throw a party. invite bella hadid. www.sup.org/books/politi...

The London launch event for my book 'Eros and Empire' will be happening in Whitechapel on Friday, March 14! Please do come if you're around! You'll get to hear from @aycacu.bsky.social, Abeera Khan, and Nivi Manchanda, sooooooo www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/eros-and-e...

heart-wrenching but magnificent essay

The call to abolish the family is back, sparking fierce debate on the left. As capitalism reshapes how we live and relate, Alex Stoffel asks if breaking free from the family’s grip can open the door to true liberation. revsoc21.uk/2024/12/22/w...

Foucault failed to consider the public execution of a CEO followed by popular celebrations, sovereign power is so back

the holiday season is for reading psychoanalysis

For all those wanting to follow members of the Historical Materialism Editorial Board, Corresponding Editorial Board, and Advisory Board, we have put together a little starter pack...

This is a really helpful lecture — situates Palestine within fossil fuel-based & US-led global capitalism and punctures liberal accounts centered on humanitarianism or the power of the Israeli lobby youtube.com/watch?v=oWKS...

Sally Rooney you will always be famous

Judith Butler wrote a whole book about the psychosocial operations of scapegoating and then the Wizard in Wicked just tweeted it out