Happy publication day to my new textbook with @nmckeever3.bsky.social This has been a long time in the making and @politybooks.bsky.social have been fantastic throughout the whole process. 🥂

thank you for the outpouring of support! those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.

You’ll find a few words of mine in this @economist.com article: www.economist.com/business/202...

Happy publication day to my new textbook with @nmckeever3.bsky.social This has been a long time in the making and @politybooks.bsky.social have been fantastic throughout the whole process. 🥂

To mark two weeks since the launch of the @aroaceresearch.bsky.social based at CLSR, @isobellogan.bsky.social sat down with the organiser @kristin-kaeuper.bsky.social to hear more about the network, plans for the future, and how you can get involved! 🧡💛💙 ⬇️Give it a listen⬇️

In this @telegraphnews.bsky.social article I mention some things to consider when transitioning to nonmonogamy www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitne...

This is terrible. Teen Vogue were a vital source of political critique and social commentary.

I've been trying to get deskilling into AI ethics for probably five years, and this Appiah essay trying to do this is a total mess www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Out this Friday!

This conference on asexualities at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social is going to be amazing!

My textbook is out in less than two weeks. @nmckeever3.bsky.social and me blogged about it here: www.politybooks.com/blog-detail/...

If you’re interested in asexuality or aromanticism, or intimate and romantic life more generally, then be sure to follow @aroaceresearch.bsky.social

Check out @nmckeever3.bsky.social and @lukebrunning.bsky.social‘s paper on the philosophy of asexuality here:

“Each generation has had to learn how to work with its newly acquired cognitive prostheses, whether stylus, scroll, or smartphone,” Kwame Anthony Appiah writes—but what’s different with AI is its speed and the intimacy of the exchange with it.

It’s Ace Week, and I want to say that one thing I’ve been happy to see in the past few years is how Audre Lorde’s erotic has become a resource for thinking asexual/aromantic embodiment and experience. ♠️

Why do we need an asexuality and aromanticism research network like @aroaceresearch.bsky.social? Here are some reasons 👇🏻

My PhD student @kristin-kaeuper.bsky.social has just launched an academic for scholars studying asexuality and aromanticism 👇🏻

I had a great time chatting to @stinaface.bsky.social and @ninajonesfilm.bsky.social about asexual representation, and you can listen to the podcast episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/3p5D... Also, go read my blog about the impacts of ace representation below 👀 Happy Ace Week everyone! 💜

For the start of ace week 2025 why not listen to this podcast on asexuality featuring @nmckeever3.bsky.social and @lukebrunning.bsky.social goodisinthedetails.libsyn.com/romantic-lov...

Last but certainly not least, please welcome our final new PhD researcher, Charlotte Curran! Charlotte will be looking into the interpretative, communicative and expressive work undertaken in romantic relationships 🏋️‍♀️🤔 Here’s Charlotte on her research and why she’s excited to be joining CLSR⬇️

Our next new face we’re so excited to introduce… Kristin Kauper! @kristin-kaeuper.bsky.social is embarking on their PhD with us researching asexuality and aromanticism🏳️‍🌈 They’ve got some amazing stuff in the works that we can’t wait to share with you! 👀✨ Over to Kristin to say hi ⤵️

Our next new CLSR member to introduce… Tom Wardell! Tom’s PhD will dive into the fascinating world of AI, exploring the possibility and ethics of human-chatbot relationships🤖❤️ Hear him talk about his research and how he’s found being a distance learner with CLSR so far👇👇

A good idea, apart from ‘with only limited AI use permitted for tasks such as formatting or idea generation’ www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

A good idea, apart from ‘with only limited AI use permitted for tasks such as formatting or idea generation’ www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

Call for papers for BSET '26 - taking place in Leeds in mid-July, this time with Jenny Saul and Krister Bykvist:

Society of Applied Philosophy conference is back in Edinburgh next summer, and has @jennysaul.bsky.social and Ishani Maitra, amongst others, as keynotes - the call for abstracts has just gone out.

So excited to be starting my research with CLSR! I’ve loved being here for my undergraduate and master’s degrees, and I’m really looking forward to continuing to work alongside such an amazing community🫶🫶

I’m excited to be mentoring Alex’s project! He’s doing some fascinating research.

I contributed to a discussion of friendship and loneliness in this gorgeous French language print magazine.👇🏻

Coming soon! In one month my new textbook with @nmckeever3.bsky.social will be published by @politybooks.bsky.social www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

One of my students doing great work!

Coming soon! In one month my new textbook with @nmckeever3.bsky.social will be published by @politybooks.bsky.social www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

Had an interesting time in the first @clsrleeds.bsky.social reading group of the year reading ‘“Just a little gay”: how sexual orientation comes in degrees’ by Kevin Richardson.

New publication! ✨ Remember Jonah Hill asking Sarah Brady to stop modeling to respect his “boundaries”? Or an abusive boss recommending mindfulness after your complaints? @almagro.bsky.social and I are now ready to tell you when and why therapy-speak might be wrong. 🔓Link in reply

What a total mess. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Really sad to hear that Jonathan Lear has died. His work was an influence and inspiration when I was a PhD. dailynous.com/2025/09/22/j...

New paper with @tom-mcclelland.bsky.social! What is it to see someone as an object – to perceptually objectify them? We argue that seeing is not just a metaphor. We see others afford doing things with and to. doi.org/10.1111/ejop...

Breaking: horses to lead press conference on stable door bolting. More as we have it.

Grim.

For Sexual Health Week I wrote a blog for Brook encouraging more people think about online dating www.brook.org.uk/blog/dating-...

I was quoted in this @mashable.com article about use of AI in personal conversations mashable.com/article/chat...

This implies the existence of non-sad philosophy workshops

Hi Bluesky, The English translation of my book on the Pelicot trial is coming out in a month! You know (or maybe you don't) how it is: preorders are crucial for the life of a book, so don't hesitate to preorder right now. a.co/d/a0qeZeh I hope the fantastic blurbs will convince you if you're not:

Erinne Paisley discussed women’s shared hermenutic labour around online dating. @lukebrunning.bsky.social asked why dating apps failed in their promise to make our lives easier.

It's the final day of our MANCEPT workshop on Intimate Utopias. My talk will present (very) rough material from an ongoing book project, and will ask why dating apps suck despite their promise to improve our lives.

It's always @teenvogue.com that steps up, while the rest of the media is still in the "is it authoritarianism? Some experts warn of rightward shift in Trump administration" mode. www.teenvogue.com/story/ice-wa...

What is omnisexuality? I was asked for my take by @pinknews.bsky.social www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/19/d...

We’re hiring—one year post in Ethics—urgent—deadline this time next week www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/122985-...

What is omnisexuality? I was asked for my take by @pinknews.bsky.social www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/19/d...

I shared some thoughts about a new academic study of dating apps in the @newscientist.com www.newscientist.com/article/2492...