Jana Bacevic
@unsocialtheory.bsky.social
Feral theorist. Anthropologist & sociologist by education, philosopher by practice, anti-disciplinary by choice. Associate professor, Durham University; migrant, equalities & environment rep, @ducu.bsky.social.
Under the pavement, the forest! 🌳🌲🌳✊🏴
Under the pavement, the forest! 🌳🌲🌳✊🏴
by "the wave" I obviously do not mean the wave of non-monogamy (when is *not* a peak? 😀) but the wave of Mainstream Media (re)Discovers ENM, which occurs in predictable waves
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
by "the wave" I obviously do not mean the wave of non-monogamy (when is *not* a peak? 😀) but the wave of Mainstream Media (re)Discovers ENM, which occurs in predictable waves
I mean, not least of all, the blatant provision of unwilling freshers to Haidt's synecure should have really raised some objections
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I mean, not least of all, the blatant provision of unwilling freshers to Haidt's synecure should have really raised some objections
always a good time to be us 🤗 ✊ #injurytooneinjurytoall #injusticetooneinjusticetoall
November 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
always a good time to be us 🤗 ✊ #injurytooneinjurytoall #injusticetooneinjusticetoall
hmmm. curiouser and curiouser!
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
hmmm. curiouser and curiouser!
Golden Compass/Pullman spin-off; Fortitude Season 4
November 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Golden Compass/Pullman spin-off; Fortitude Season 4
people say this to me in relation to an alarming number of things (crossing the border into UK; writing my book) with alarming frequency 😁
November 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
people say this to me in relation to an alarming number of things (crossing the border into UK; writing my book) with alarming frequency 😁
He can be 'soft' and allegedly 'charmed' because it costs him nothing to do that. Thinking that this somehow fundamentally (or even temporarily) changes anything is naïve beyond description. Politics does not run on personal affinity.
November 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
He can be 'soft' and allegedly 'charmed' because it costs him nothing to do that. Thinking that this somehow fundamentally (or even temporarily) changes anything is naïve beyond description. Politics does not run on personal affinity.
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And it's not just global leaders who speak this way: this is the consensus in economics and tech — and among the climate scientists and advocates who are perhaps most influential in the news media.
I explain it all in detail here, and show you how to fight back.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
I explain it all in detail here, and show you how to fight back.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Language of Climate Politics: Fossil-Fuel Propaganda and How to Fight It
Fossil-Fuel Propaganda and How to Fight It
bookshop.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
And it's not just global leaders who speak this way: this is the consensus in economics and tech — and among the climate scientists and advocates who are perhaps most influential in the news media.
I explain it all in detail here, and show you how to fight back.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
I explain it all in detail here, and show you how to fight back.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Reposted by Jana Bacevic
for those of you with short memories or subject to progressive erasure by AI (I asked my students into 2022 if they knew any sociological interventions in Covid-19 and they jointly responded "no"), I wrote the gist of this critique in April 2020: @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There's no such thing as just 'following the science' – advice is political | Jana Bacevic
As we’re seeing in this pandemic, politicians tend to favour the evidence that supports their argument , says the sociologist Jana Bacevic
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 AM
for those of you with short memories or subject to progressive erasure by AI (I asked my students into 2022 if they knew any sociological interventions in Covid-19 and they jointly responded "no"), I wrote the gist of this critique in April 2020: @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
...which may, godforbid, *actually* change the status quo. Which is the one thing that the UK has been remarkably successful at avoiding for the last...500? 600? 900? years
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
...which may, godforbid, *actually* change the status quo. Which is the one thing that the UK has been remarkably successful at avoiding for the last...500? 600? 900? years
it's also (and this is where I think it may not be entirely accidental) one of the things that keep the UK's 'middle' class in tepid zombie-like state with occasional vague gestures at "injustice" by e.g. shopping at Oxfam. any serious taxation and you'll have a seriously engaged body of voters...
November 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
it's also (and this is where I think it may not be entirely accidental) one of the things that keep the UK's 'middle' class in tepid zombie-like state with occasional vague gestures at "injustice" by e.g. shopping at Oxfam. any serious taxation and you'll have a seriously engaged body of voters...