Tom O'Shea
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Huge thanks to Sanat Sogani for this conversation for the 'Justice Everywhere' site, in which we discuss punk, anarchism, radical republicanism, and the relationships between them. justice-everywhere.org/general/beyo...
Punk Rock, Radical Republicanism & the Politics of Joy: Beyond the Ivory Tower with Stuart White
When I mentioned anarchism to friends or family, the response was always, “That’s impossible—get rid of government and you get chaos.” So I wanted real answers.
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December 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Huge thanks to Sanat Sogani for this conversation for the 'Justice Everywhere' site, in which we discuss punk, anarchism, radical republicanism, and the relationships between them. justice-everywhere.org/general/beyo...
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Just published in Philosophers' Imprint: A powerful new paper from Rich Healey and Angie Pepper challenging 'pet-keeping'.
Pets, Power, and Legitimacy
This article argues that the relations of social and political power that obtain between humans and pets are illegitimate. We begin by showing that pets, a largely neglected population in political ph...
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December 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Just published in Philosophers' Imprint: A powerful new paper from Rich Healey and Angie Pepper challenging 'pet-keeping'.
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don't worry everyone Keir Starmer is being kept alive in the Golden Throne & his psychic power allows him to provide a navigation beacon for police & local councils to sustain humanity in the face of unrelenting threats
August 9, 2024 at 4:59 PM
don't worry everyone Keir Starmer is being kept alive in the Golden Throne & his psychic power allows him to provide a navigation beacon for police & local councils to sustain humanity in the face of unrelenting threats
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They've invented a pill that makes you arbitrary and unaccountable, a tyrant in your sphere.
December 10, 2025 at 8:26 AM
They've invented a pill that makes you arbitrary and unaccountable, a tyrant in your sphere.
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I'm not your lawyer and this is not legal advice, but you might consider burying yourself in the soft earth.
December 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I'm not your lawyer and this is not legal advice, but you might consider burying yourself in the soft earth.
"Special awards go to the students who obviously had no help from AI."
It's getting to the point where I am so happy to see a clumsy but earnest sentence that I would actually support this.
It's getting to the point where I am so happy to see a clumsy but earnest sentence that I would actually support this.
December 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
"Special awards go to the students who obviously had no help from AI."
It's getting to the point where I am so happy to see a clumsy but earnest sentence that I would actually support this.
It's getting to the point where I am so happy to see a clumsy but earnest sentence that I would actually support this.
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It probably goes without saying (and if it doesn't then hi, new person, you're about to learn something about me!) that this is extremely My Bag
My article on the fraught politics of desire in the history of radical feminism has now been published at Hypatia. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Radical Feminism and the Politics of Desire | Hypatia | Cambridge Core
Radical Feminism and the Politics of Desire
www.cambridge.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
It probably goes without saying (and if it doesn't then hi, new person, you're about to learn something about me!) that this is extremely My Bag
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This is a great article and I'm happy to see it in print! A really helpful contribution to ongoing debates about what we might salvage from radical feminist thought.
My article on the fraught politics of desire in the history of radical feminism has now been published at Hypatia. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Radical Feminism and the Politics of Desire | Hypatia | Cambridge Core
Radical Feminism and the Politics of Desire
www.cambridge.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This is a great article and I'm happy to see it in print! A really helpful contribution to ongoing debates about what we might salvage from radical feminist thought.
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My new article explores the neoliberalisation of the British worker coop movement. A lost history that speaks directly to today’s debates about ownership and the future of work. It's Open Access, so if it interests you, take a look! tinyurl.com/27r9j957
From New Left to Social Enterprise: A Conceptual History of the Industrial Common Ownership Movement, 1971–2001 | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
From New Left to Social Enterprise: A Conceptual History of the Industrial Common Ownership Movement, 1971–2001
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December 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
My new article explores the neoliberalisation of the British worker coop movement. A lost history that speaks directly to today’s debates about ownership and the future of work. It's Open Access, so if it interests you, take a look! tinyurl.com/27r9j957
My article on the fraught politics of desire in the history of radical feminism has now been published at Hypatia. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Radical Feminism and the Politics of Desire | Hypatia | Cambridge Core
Radical Feminism and the Politics of Desire
www.cambridge.org
December 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
My article on the fraught politics of desire in the history of radical feminism has now been published at Hypatia. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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It's official: 400 redundancies and a campus closure. At-risk staff will get a letter next week. Absolutely no serious consideration of any of the union's counterproposals.
Please share widely.
Please share widely.
December 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
It's official: 400 redundancies and a campus closure. At-risk staff will get a letter next week. Absolutely no serious consideration of any of the union's counterproposals.
Please share widely.
Please share widely.
Dear predatory journal:
Thank you for sending me the abstract of an old article of mine. As respected experts in the field of mail merge, I'd gladly consider joining your editorial board, once you pay the standard Email Processing Charge. Quick decision guaranteed after the funds reach my account.
Thank you for sending me the abstract of an old article of mine. As respected experts in the field of mail merge, I'd gladly consider joining your editorial board, once you pay the standard Email Processing Charge. Quick decision guaranteed after the funds reach my account.
December 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Dear predatory journal:
Thank you for sending me the abstract of an old article of mine. As respected experts in the field of mail merge, I'd gladly consider joining your editorial board, once you pay the standard Email Processing Charge. Quick decision guaranteed after the funds reach my account.
Thank you for sending me the abstract of an old article of mine. As respected experts in the field of mail merge, I'd gladly consider joining your editorial board, once you pay the standard Email Processing Charge. Quick decision guaranteed after the funds reach my account.
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truth coming out of her well to shame humanity
November 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
truth coming out of her well to shame humanity
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i'm not convinced by your lived experience actually. i just don't think it would have went down like that
November 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
i'm not convinced by your lived experience actually. i just don't think it would have went down like that
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they should replace everything with millions of blinding lights
November 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
they should replace everything with millions of blinding lights
Like a grizzled detective writing a book about how to commit the perfect murder, I reckon I could produce a decent guide for students engaged in the far worse crime of getting AI to write their essays.
December 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Like a grizzled detective writing a book about how to commit the perfect murder, I reckon I could produce a decent guide for students engaged in the far worse crime of getting AI to write their essays.
Going to resign my brief membership of Your Party. I hated the gleeful cynicism of those on the left who were willing the whole thing to collapse. But apart from the public spats and locking in the terrible name, it’s now going to be strangled in the cradle by the dead hand of British Trotskyism.
December 1, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Going to resign my brief membership of Your Party. I hated the gleeful cynicism of those on the left who were willing the whole thing to collapse. But apart from the public spats and locking in the terrible name, it’s now going to be strangled in the cradle by the dead hand of British Trotskyism.
Every tenth publication, academics should be allowed to publish a weird essay in a prominent journal with no editorial interference.
November 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Every tenth publication, academics should be allowed to publish a weird essay in a prominent journal with no editorial interference.
Daydreaming of getting two cats called Guelph and Ghibelline.
November 30, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Daydreaming of getting two cats called Guelph and Ghibelline.
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David Leopold, "Hegel and Utopia," European Journal of Philosophy (2025)
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Hegel and Utopia
G.W.F. Hegel is usually held to be anti-utopian in his political philosophy. I aim to challenge that standard reading, outlining and defending a more positive account of his relation to utopianism. T....
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November 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
David Leopold, "Hegel and Utopia," European Journal of Philosophy (2025)
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Sleeping in Hannah's office while the mattress for our new bed arrives, and the academic books all have titles like 'Porkopolis' or 'Fish versus Power'.
November 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Sleeping in Hannah's office while the mattress for our new bed arrives, and the academic books all have titles like 'Porkopolis' or 'Fish versus Power'.
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CFP: 5th Venice Multidisciplinary World Conference on Republics and Republicanism. June 26-28, 2026. Venice International University.
The conference is open to all work on republicanism, but with special focus on 'Power, Freedom and Oligarchy'.
Deadline: December 30
www.univiu.org/campus-servi...
The conference is open to all work on republicanism, but with special focus on 'Power, Freedom and Oligarchy'.
Deadline: December 30
www.univiu.org/campus-servi...
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
CFP: 5th Venice Multidisciplinary World Conference on Republics and Republicanism. June 26-28, 2026. Venice International University.
The conference is open to all work on republicanism, but with special focus on 'Power, Freedom and Oligarchy'.
Deadline: December 30
www.univiu.org/campus-servi...
The conference is open to all work on republicanism, but with special focus on 'Power, Freedom and Oligarchy'.
Deadline: December 30
www.univiu.org/campus-servi...
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Lively picket with great music outside Old College
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Lively picket with great music outside Old College
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It’s publication day! Spread the word. The perfect Christmas gift for the pessimist in your life.
November 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
It’s publication day! Spread the word. The perfect Christmas gift for the pessimist in your life.