Laurel Rogers

PhD candidate at Goldsmiths University. Researching online sex work.

[Laurel Rogers @FrancesBerning]

@DidJoeBidenDie @grok is this real?

[Laurel Rogers @FrancesBerning]

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.

[Jessica Van Meir is moving to blu3 sky @jessicavanmeir]

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 ☂️

[Scarlet Alliance @scarletalliance]

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.

[Feminist Futures Programme @femfutprog]

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

[Laurel Rogers @FrancesBerning]

@LornaBracewell But maybe you have a more recent “return” in mind

[Laurel Rogers @FrancesBerning]

@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.

[Laurel Rogers @FrancesBerning]

“Gender is how women are oppressed; sex is the excuse patriarchy uses for the oppression of women.”

[Laurel Rogers @FrancesBerning]

“[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.”

[Grace Lavery @graceelavery]

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

[Laurel Rogers @FrancesBerning]

@enzoreds Run

[Laurel Rogers @FrancesBerning]

@halcyene Military R&D shift to the development of computers and AI systems after the banning of nuclear testing in 1963?

[Laurel Rogers @FrancesBerning]

@halcyene Lol nope

[Laurel Rogers @FrancesBerning]

@halcyene The uh… “pivot to AI”?

[Sophie Lewis @reproutopia]

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.

[Matt Davies @halcyene]

Joyous day out at #TransPrideLondon with pals 💖🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻

[Laurel Rogers @FrancesBerning]

The most satisfying whack I ever did hear

[Trans Safety Network @trans_safety]

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.

[Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky @ErinInTheMorn]

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.

Subscribe to support my work.

https://t.co/s88uBdzidg

[Laurel Rogers @FrancesBerning]

@SSteinLubrano Sounds like a furry convention

[Verso Books @VersoBooks]

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