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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 25/09/2026

Strangely I read Bad Blood by the investigative journalist who exposed Elizabeth Holmes' fraud when I attended a conference on Transhumanism a decade ago. I wrote about both of these things on Substack, you can read them here: emilyehoyle.substack.com

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 20/09/2026

Something I've learnt from studying the collective imagination of the ultra-wealthy is how their extreme anxieties about their mortality leads them to a place the rest of us find horrific.

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 16/09/2026

In Boundaries of Care and the Art of Survival, I reflect on Caroline Walker's Mothering exhibition from the perspective of a childfree millennial navigating today's intense cultural discourse on reproduction. Read it here for free: emilyehoyle.substack.com/p/boundaries...

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 15/09/2026

In my reflection on the @kneppwilding.bsky.social project I describe how the rebellion of native weeds became a symbol of hope and helplessness. Justice for ragwort. Read it here: emilyehoyle.substack.com/p/boundaries...

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 03/09/2026

With the passing of Gloria Steinem her legacy feels extra prominent given the erosion of equal rights and the backlash to progressive politics. When friends and students experience their own feminist awaken I often quote Steinem, "The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off."

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 01/09/2026

The lead performances in the new Hulu series Furious, are outstanding but Quincy Tyler Bernstine as Nora deserves all the rewards. I will actually miss her character now I've finished the series.

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 11/08/2026

🧵In 2019, I sat in a windowless London lecture theatre at a fringe transhumanist conference with 120 other people as speaker after speaker foretold a future of #AI super power and infinite youth.

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 10/08/2026

For a long time I wasn't ready to part with my dog's favourite toys after he passed away, so I decided to photograph them. Edgar the dragon was particularly special.

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 09/08/2026

The latest Vogue Australia cover is incredible! Featuring Katherine Bennell-Pegg, the first Australian astronaut 👩🏼‍🚀.

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 06/08/2026

You can now scan Substack for Al text. This is the result from my latest essay. Fully human written ⭐ like everything I write. By subscribing to my Substack, you support my work in a world of Al slop. I also write interesting stuff about tech bros who want to live forever. emilyehoyle.substack.com

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 04/08/2026

This brought me some delightful laughter today

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 30/07/2026

Spotted It's On You and I was intrigued. A critique of nudge theory by the very academics who made careers in behavioural science. Even advising the coalition government. Reading this insightful review from @duncangreenlse.bsky.social, has managed my expectation. blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 26/07/2026

Two interesting books I spotted at RHS Wisley today. An Almost Impossible Thing: The Radical Lives of Britain's Pioneering Women Gardeners by Fiona Davison and Wildly Different: How Five Women Reclaimed Nature in a Man's World by @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social. Both added to my "to read" list.

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 21/07/2026

My friend (@tobiasa1994.bsky.social) gifted me these awesome anti-AI stickers after my talk about tech elites last night. #AntiAI

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 14/07/2026

Exercise and podcasts: my healthy codependency.

Selfie of me running with my ponytail flicking behind me.

Selfie of me wearing headphones on a walk.

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 09/07/2026

I am thrilled to be the next speaker for pub/lic(k) by JWLLRS, the alternative art school in Morecambe. pub/lic(k) is an informal space for critical discussion and at 8pm on the 20th of July I will take you into the transhumanist imagination. free to attend, please share www.j-e-w-e-l-l-e-r-s.net

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle is an interdisciplinary feminist researcher and writer examining the socio cultures of transhumanist imaginaries. how Silicon Valley's most powerful tech elites want to live forever. arguing the powerful implications of the world's first transhumanist trillionaire requires an urgent critical response

pub/lic(k) is an informal space for critical discussion, where we invite significant thinkers to present their ideas to our local community every two months at a pub in Morecambe

Monday 20/07/26 Station Promenade, Morecambe
free entry

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 23/06/2026

His contempt for "the public" on clear view.

Screenshot of the BBC News website with the headline "Farage says £5m gift spending details 'not public's business'"

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 16/06/2026

Fatboy Slim at the Carnival Against Fascism in Brighton ✊ this is the British spirit to me @hopenothate.org.uk #antifascist

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 14/06/2026

I wrote my PhD thesis on transhumanism but I never expected it to feel this urgent. 📉 We’ve reached the era of the transhumanist trillionaire. Read the short piece at: emilyehoyle.substack.com/p/the-first-... #elonmusk #culturalcommentary #TechNews #leftist

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 10/06/2026

Something Very Bad is Going to Happen peels back the traditional wedding fantasy to reveal something much more sinister. What did you think of the miniseries? Read my piece here: emilyehoyle.substack.com/p/somethingb... #substack #netflix #dufferbrothers #thriller #popculture

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 10/06/2026

I think the way the BBC discusses immigration and equality plays a part in the legitimisation of the far right. Once again I'm hearing the Today Programme on Radio 4 establish the riots and their prejudices as "real concerns." So I'm again sharing @trillingual.bsky.social's book, Tolerate This.

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 09/06/2026

Today I had flat white with a robin fledgling, it was lovely.

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 09/06/2026

We need to talk about where the reproductive politics of pronatalism is actually leading us. Read my essay here: emilyehoyle.substack.com/p/male-seeds... #culturalcritique #transhumanism #pronatalism #socialcommentary #independentwriter

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 04/06/2026

Protect our water not data centers, artwork by @oona.seas on Instagram

Illustration of waterfowl, one on the water another flying with the words "Protect Our Water Not Data Centers" by @oona.seas

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 02/06/2026

The @nytimes.com just published an article titled "Jeffrey Epstein’s Sperm May Have Survived Him". In my January Substack I discuss Epstein's pronatalist vision of the "male seed" and what it tells us about power and elitism. Read it here: emilyehoyle.substack.com/p/male-seeds... #Substackwriter

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 28/05/2026

Ideas of "bodily perfection" in elite sport have always been questionable (just look at the history of sex testing) but is the Enhanced Games taking it to the next level? My latest Substack dives into why the Enhanced Games is selling an imaginary future. 🔗 emilyehoyle.substack.com/p/selling-lo...

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 27/05/2026

At the Enhanced Games longevity was the real winner. Subscribe and Read: emilyehoyle.substack.com/p/selling-lo... #EnhancedGames #Transhumanism #Longevity #TechBros

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 25/05/2026

Bank holiday weekend and I finished Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke.

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 25/05/2026

My car in a heatwave is like driving an oven.

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 21/05/2026

What if marriage is a curse? In an era of Tradwives and obsession with "the one," Netflix’s Something Very Bad is Going to Happen is the perfect horror for our time. Flipping the dream wedding into a nightmare. Read 'Are you sure he's the one?' on Substack emilyehoyle.substack.com/p/somethingb...

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 21/05/2026

I wrote about the "immortality bus" and the true crime story of the volunteer who was abroad. You can read my latest deep dive into the weird world of transhumanism here: emilyehoyle.substack.com/p/thefearofsex

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 17/05/2026

Why did Bryan Johnson recently post his partner's "perfect" vaginal microbiome score online? In my latest piece, The Fear of Sex, I go beyond the cringe to explore the cultural anxieties driving the weird world of transhumanism. Read here: emilyehoyle.substack.com/p/thefearofsex

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 03/05/2026

One marathon, £3,180 raised, 646.24 miles completed overall. All for Prostate Cancer Research. You can donate here: www.justgiving.com/page/emilyrunsthemarathon

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 03/05/2026

Told it was unlikely I would get a place due to the competitive nature of marathon majors. (I was told something similar about PhD funding, something else I would go on to achieve.) In life, I have found, it is always worth backing yourself.

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 03/05/2026

I started running in November 2024. I had never attempted to run before. Just under a year and half since I put on running trainers for the first time I completed The London Marathon for Prostate Cancer Research. A week later, in May 2026, my name and time is in the Sunday paper. #LondonMarathon2026

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 25/03/2026

An example of how the practice of witnessing is a powerful tool employed to make us believe in the dominant narrative about the technological future. The imagination is filling in a lot of the gaps here.

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 23/03/2026

Hosting an event with the brilliant author of this fantastic book, The Feminist Art of Walking. Very excited!!! @plutopress.bsky.social

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 21/03/2026

Very excited to announce on the 23rd of March Feminist Movie Monday will be hosting a talk and film screening with Dr Morag Rose. Limited spaces, register here: lnkd.in/eGjZMs_Q This event is in aid of Prostate Cancer Research

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 18/03/2026

New Scientist spotted in the supermarket. Headlines include “how to hack your unconscious” and mind supremacy. How fantastical transhumanism may seem, similar narratives are dominant in popular science.

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 14/03/2026

Whatever happened to the guys who put LED lights in their forearms? 💉 A look at the rise and fall of the fringe biohacking scene, and how the vibe shifts from microchip implants to mainstream self surveillance. Read "Under the Skin" here: emilyehoyle.substack.com/p/going-unde...

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 10/03/2026

My next essay will be a result of a 2 hour train journey, a 13 year old laptop and a suitably sized croissant.

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 09/03/2026

I really enjoyed this German spy thriller on Netflix, called Unfamiliar. Honestly just love seeing older actresses in badass roles while being desirable and cool af.

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 09/03/2026

100% of proceeds from these tees will be donated to Prostate Cancer Research. Whether you run 5k or 42 this is for you: everpress.com/sports-outdo... #runningclub

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 05/03/2026

Hidden Valley Road by @robertkolker.com deserves a mention on #WorldBookDay. I unashamedly brought it because a Tiktok creator recommended it as one of the best non-fiction books, and he was right. I was deeply moved by this book and I write about it here: emilyehoyle.substack.com/p/stale-beer...

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 04/03/2026

Continuing the revisitation of my Substack posts from last year. This is the one where I confess to being featured on Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In emilyehoyle.substack.com/p/millennial...

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Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com · 25/02/2026

I was reminded of this article I wrote over a decade ago for The F-Word (kind of amazing I found it) about the Channel 4 documentary Living Dolls. I am really grateful to the editors of F-Word who helped shape my early writing. I learnt a lot from them. thefword.org.uk/2014/02/livi...

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