Thank you @histmat for including me as part of this year's Historical Materialism Conference! And thank you to @StoffelAlex for convening the panel on Marxism and sexuality.
My friend Laurel Rogers @FrancesBerning is conducting paid interviews with OnlyF*ns creators for their PhD dissertation!
A good opportunity to make £45 and contribute to much needed research on online sex work platforms - please share ☂️
INTERNATIONAL WHORES' DAY: On 2nd June 1975, more than 100 sex workers and their allies began an 8-day demonstration at the St Nizier Church in Lyon, France to protest criminalised and exploitative working and living conditions.
NEW on the @femfutprog blog 🚨
Laurel Rogers (@FrancesBerning) assesses the affordances and challenges presented by the growing ascendancy of digital platforms within the sex industry 👇
https://t.co/s0AaFbvGh8
@LornaBracewell I associate the “return to Marx” with the aftermath of the 2008 economic crisis and subsequent political movements like the Arab Spring and Occupy movement. I think the proliferation of social media also played a major role in rekindling an interest in Marxism.
“[Gender abolitionism] would better reflect the reality that scientists and feminists have been insisting on since the 1860s: that “men” and “women” are inferred from sexual characteristics, and that some of those traits are and can be changed.”
I’m thrilled to be able to share with you an essay reviewing three recent books by Julie Bindel, Kathleen Stock, and Helen Joyce. These three books exemplify the intellectual and political commitments of the so-called “gender critical” movement.
https://t.co/n0f70ymDni
Contra those scoffing that critiquing the politics of the Mattel movie implies one expected it to have good politics, it's useful to notice, while enjoying it, that its feminism is intersectionality-sans-class: "patriarchy" (unlike in reality) is ideology, not material relations.
BREAKING: Fascists attacked trans counter protesters protecting children attending a drag time story event in Honor Oak Pub this morning.
The fascists grabbed people and began attacking them, breaking the pub window and causing serious injuries.
Elon Musk announced that he will restrict the term "cisgender" on twitter, declaring it a slur.
This is a recycling of anti-gay tactics, which declared "straight" a slur.
"Cis" has a long history, and I examine it here.
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https://t.co/s88uBdzidg
If Heterosexualism Existed, We Wouldn’t Have To Make It Up | @reproutopia
"Significantly more so than First Dates, Love Island appears to make a good-faith attempt at selling the heterosexual labour relation as an appealing deal."
https://t.co/KHuzoo8DW0