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Dr Emma Casey

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Reader 📚 University of York. Home cultures and domestic economies.‘The Return of the Housewife: why women are still cleaning up’ out now! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/978…

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/09/2026
TV tonight: the unmarried women who were forced to give up their babies
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TV tonight: the unmarried women who were forced to give up their babies
An enraging documentary hears from women sent away for becoming pregnant outside marriage. Plus: the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Here’s what to watch this evening
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
“We never talked about men or clothes. It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution – real girl's talk.” - Nina Simone, singer, musician and civil rights activist #WomensArt
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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Are you alarmed by the recent TradWife takeover of every corner of social media? If so you might like to read my book ‘The Return of the Housewife’ which currently has a lovely 50% discount @manchesterup.bsky.social
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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I’ve always loved this book cover 📚
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Sadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Briefly here to post that the ‘Women Strike Back’ exhibition has just launched in Bristol. It explores the activism of Black and South Asian women. Free and open to the public. Pls do share the news. www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
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New exhibition to explore histories of Black and South Asian feminist pioneers
"Women Strike Back!"
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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Like the beauty requisite, domestic perfection is ruthlessly promoted on social media creating an ideal scenario for unfettered capitalist production & gendered inequalities of domestic labour. 30% discount on my book for Women’s History Month @manchesterup.bsky.social @uoy-sociology.bsky.social
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Bridges across the Tyne, photo by Sally Ann Norman.
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Dan McQuillan @danmcquillan.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Very much looking forward to being in conversation with Seeta Peña Gangadharan about ideas of refusal and resistance. "Time for Refusal? The politics of resistance against AI". All welcome! - Thursday 27th Feb at Goldsmiths, room RHB 2014, www.gold.ac.uk/find-us/, www.gold.ac.uk/campus-map/r...
Event flyer with same info as post.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/02/2026
It’s the Epstein files deja vu: how many more powerful men knew about his crimes, and helped him out anyway? | Marina Hyde
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It’s the Epstein files deja vu: how many more powerful men knew about his crimes, and helped him out anyway? | Marina Hyde
I’m sorry, but this is not just a political scandal. Time to refocus on the horrific mistreatment of women and girls, and the role of these ghouls, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Apply for our PhD placement scheme to get involved in extraordinary research at the Library. There are eight available placements exploring a variety of themes including war poetry, 21st-century digital tools, illustrated newspapers and decarbonisation. Find out more: link.bl.uk/PhDPlacements
The front page of the Daily Graphic newspaper published Saturday 25 August, 1917, featuring portraits of 'Women in the Order of the British Empire', including Lady Byron, the honourable Mrs Alfred Lyttelton, Her Majesty the Queen.
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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
“I love the Brontës, & if I had my way fewer people would read their books. Nothing ruins something for me quicker than other people liking it too.” As an unhappy teen I read Wuthering Heights, then Jane Eyre. Part of my joy was rebelling against the 1990s cultural obsession with Jane Austen.
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It's Giving Topshop Corset: 4 Thoughts on That Trailer for Emerald Fennel’s Wuthering Heights.
I would find it extremely titillating if it didn’t remind me of something teenage me would recreate in my bedroom after seeing the “Justify My Love” video too many times.
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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
“The Return of the Housewife takes a clever, well-researched approach to understanding the persistent, gendered inequalities of housework… This book should be on every feminist scholar’s reading list!” Thank you @choicereviews.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social
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The Return of the Housewife - Choice 360
This holiday season we're spotlighting a review that digs into the inequalities of housework within the context of today's social media "cleanfluencers."
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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
“In court, month after month, I have come to think that children have as little agency as they did in the 19th century, when in England they were legally the possessions of their fathers with no rights of their own.”
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I was warned my children would be ripped in half when we divorced. But I had no idea just how brutal custody cases can be
My experience of court was eye-opening. And when I sat in on other cases, I realised how often mothers are vilified
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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
I’m thrilled to see this 🤩 Thank you to all of the wonderful booksellers, fellow authors, friends, colleagues and family who have championed The Housewife this year. And of course to the wonderful @manchesterup.bsky.social & @uoy-sociology.bsky.social I feel very lucky!
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Best of 2025!🏆 We're thrilled to announce the four MUP books selected by @choicereviews.bsky.social as Outstanding Academic Titles for 2025: The return of the housewife (@emmahcasey.bsky.social) Global Marxism Youth and sustainable peacebuilding (@hmberents.bsky.social) Readers and mistresses 🚀
Promotional image for the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles of 2025 by Manchester University Press. Four book covers sit on a blue and black gradient background with gold confetti. White Manchester University Press logo in bottom centre of image.
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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
It is fifty years since Silvia Federici wrote her seminal essay ‘Wages Against Housework’. Today women continue to do most unpaid labour and are promised that housework is good for the soul- a route to health and happiness. This is a regressive myth. In The Return of the Housewife I explain why.
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LSE Department of Media and Communications @lsemedia.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
👩‍💻 What draws women into #FarRight & #Tradwife circles? 📚 Join Lois Shearing & @emmahcasey.bsky.social for an eye-opening discussion on #Radicalisation & gender. 🗓️ Mon 10 Nov, 6:30–8pm 🎙️ Chair: @racheloneill.bsky.social 👉 Register: forms.office.com/e/twwa0D0VaR #PinkPilled #ReturnOfTheHousewife
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LSE Department of Media and Communications @lsemedia.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
📚 The Divine Feminine: Women & the Rise of the Right Join authors Lois Shearing & @emmahcasey.bsky.social for a vital talk on women’s roles in #farright movements, radicalisation & tradwife culture. 🗓 Mon 10 Nov 6.30-8pm 🎙 Chair: Dr Rachel O'Neill ✅ Register: forms.office.com/e/twwa0D0VaR
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Call for book proposals! Are you passionate about punk? 🤘 Do you have an idea for a book? 📖 Send us your idea for a fresh take on punk to mark the 50th anniversary, that could be the next instalment our acclaimed British Pop Archive series. 🎶 More details below 👇 #booksky #punk
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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
I’m really looking forward to speaking at this event at LSE alongside Lois Shearing and chaired by Rachel O’Neill. All welcome! Link to register is below. @lsemedia.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Precinct 1 (Shopping City, Salford), by Mandy Payne, Sheffield-based artist. Spray paint and oil paint on marble. #WomensArt #NorthernArt
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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
‘The womanosphere trades in individualistic strategies for rebelling against the perceived liberal status quo, reinforcing age-old gender hierarchies.’ Great article by @foxpack.bsky.social My book also explores how the current romanticising of women’s unpaid labour has sinister undertones.
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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Sage have very kindly made this interview free to read until the end of October. Link is below ⬇️
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Ros Edwards @rosedwards.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Hey #sociologists - a very informative interview with Ann Oakley about housework, wives, research methods and her influential career. Skilfully carried out by @emmahcasey.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Unappreciated Labour: Emma Casey and Ann Oakley in Conversation April 2025 - Emma Casey, Ann Oakley, 2025
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Easington, County Durham, 1984, photo by Izabela Jedrzejczyk. From her series Striking Women, about women there who were supporting miners during the strike (@sidegallery.bsky.social).
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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Ann Oakley & I discuss writing at the kitchen table, the Women’s Liberation Movement & eternal reinvention of housewifery as occupation. “I wonder how much women would have been able to accomplish if they hadn’t had to organise their lives around important men” 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
‘Entirely man-made famine in Gaza’ is confirmed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...
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Famine confirmed in Gaza City for first time, UN-backed report says - live updates
The IPC says
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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Ann Oakley & I discuss writing at the kitchen table, the Women’s Liberation Movement & eternal reinvention of housewifery as occupation. “I wonder how much women would have been able to accomplish if they hadn’t had to organise their lives around important men” 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
“No matter how hard you work or how capable you are, you can't do it all yourself”- Thatcher’s advice to women in 1990. Employing domestic servants dwindled after WW2 but domestic ‘help’ remained. Listen to me discussing housewives alongside @lucydelap.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social
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Servants
“No matter how hard you work or how capable you are, you can't do it all yourself. You have to seek reliable help.” Those were Margaret Thatcher’s words in...
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
The Summer Sale is on ☀️ Get 50% off EVERYTHING until the 7th July. Yes, every book on our website! Unlock with code SUN50 at checkout. Had your eye on any of our latest hardbacks, or new in paperbacks? Now's your chance 👇 manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk #booksky
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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
It is fifty years since Silvia Federici wrote her seminal essay ‘Wages Against Housework’. Today women continue to do most unpaid labour and are promised that housework is good for the soul- a route to health and happiness. This is a regressive myth. In The Return of the Housewife I explain why.
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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
“Here we see Ann Oakley at her best – bringing to the surface the hitherto overlooked experiences of women and their vital contribution to the home and domestic life.“ My review of Ann Oakley’s ‘The Science of Housework’ for @sociologyjnl.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Looking for some summer reading? All MUP books including The Return of the Housewife are available with a 50% discount until 7 July here: linktr.ee/ManchesterUn... @manchesterup.bsky.social
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
The Summer Sale starts now ☀️ Get 50% off EVERYTHING until the 7th July. Yep, we said everything. Unlock with code: Sun50 Had your eye on any of our newest hardbacks, or Academic New in Paperbacks? Now's your chance 👇 Browse by subject at the link in bio 🔗 #booksky #academicsky
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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Thank you for hosting my book signing @foxlanebooks.bsky.social It was such a pleasure to meet you all! I was overwhelmed by all the interesting & thoughtful people who came along to @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social
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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Sign up to join us in celebrating our 60th birthday on the 18th June! #sociology @britsoci.bsky.social
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Department of Sociology, University of York @uoy-sociology.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
The Department of Sociology is turning 60 years old! 🎉 Join us on the 18th June for lively discussions and conversation on Sociology past, present and future, as we celebrate 60 years of legacies and sociological ideas at York. Sign up and schedule here 👉 buff.ly/mzLFh0a #UoY #Sociology #60years
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Celebrating 60 Years of Sociology at York
Please join us at the University of York as the Department of Sociology turns 60 years old!
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York Festival of Ideas @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Why does the burden of housework still fall on women? Sociologist Emma Casey offers a powerful call to challenge the prevailing myths around housework. The Return of the Housewife - 7 Jun yorkfestivalofideas.com/2025/calenda... #YorkIdeas @emmahcasey.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social
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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
“Struggle is rebranded as resilience. Burnout becomes a badge of honour. Emotional labour becomes content.” Great article @livvygibbs.bsky.social @graceblakeley.substack.com My book The Return of the Housewife echoes this - especially the relentless digital glamorisation of women’s unpaid labour.
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The Self as Strategy
The toxic struggle to build a 'personal brand'
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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Sure Start was a life-line for us. I wouldn’t have survived as a single mum scraping a living in London with no family nearby without their emotional & practical care. Woodside Children’s Centre in E17 gave us the best start; baby weighs, childcare, financial advice, friendship, community & fun.
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Momentum to revive Sure Start is long overdue – it’s been a lifeline for my son and me | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
The early years service stayed open in my area as many others closed. A recommendation to restore it across England is long overdue, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Join @emmahcasey.bsky.social for an illuminating look at the world of "cleanfluencers" as she examines why the burden of housework still falls on women. 7th June 2025. Part of the @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social. FREE event at @york.ac.uk, tickets here:
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The Return of the Housewife
Why does the burden of housework still fall on women? Sociologist Emma Casey offers a powerful call to challenge the prevailing myths around housework.
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Prof Michaela Benson @michaelacbenson.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
'The world doesn't care if we die' - in case the genocide is passing you by, read this www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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‘The world does not care if we all die’: hunger and despair in the ruins of Gaza City
Killings in a new Israeli offensive and depleted food and medical supplies are pushing people on to the streets of the once bustling hub of Gaza
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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
I’m very much looking forward to bringing The Return of the Housewife to the York Festival of Ideas next month! The discussion will be chaired by the fabulous Lois Shearing. I can’t wait! @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social
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Department of Sociology, University of York @uoy-sociology.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
On Thurs 22nd May @annastrhan.bsky.social and Rachael Shillitoe will be giving the NSRN Annual Lecture, where they will be talking about the research behind their new book. The lecture is open, online, and everyone is welcome. Details and registration link 🔗 buff.ly/hkmYG8C #Sociology #Lecture
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NSRN Annual Lecture 2025
You are cordially invited to the NSRN Annual Lecture 2025, which will be given by Anna Strhan and Rachael Shillitoe. The title of the lecture is Growing Up Godless: Childhood and the Formation of N…
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Betty Draper. The Stepford Wives. Bree Van de Kamp. Inside the Gen Z housewife wars: can you ever be a feminist and house proud? Featuring @emmahcasey.bsky.social's 'The return of the housewife': www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/in... #booksky #feminist #tradwife
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Inside the Gen Z housewife wars: can you ever be a feminist and house proud?
Betty Draper. The Stepford Wives. Bree Van de Kamp. Despite being some of the most iconic female characters on our screens, housewives haven’t exactly been considered feminist icons.
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
We're thrilled to have FIVE authors at @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social! 2nd June- @jakecampbell88.bsky.social & Jean Strouse (online) 5th June- Mikael Klintman (online) 7th June- @emmahcasey.bsky.social (in-person) 9th June- @aldersonday.bsky.social (in-person) yorkfestivalofideas.com/2025/calendar/
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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Sign up to join us in celebrating our 60th birthday on the 18th June! #sociology @britsoci.bsky.social
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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
“Linking housework, digital & platform society, self-help, & feminist theory, the book is a wide-ranging critical blueprint for a new domestic revolution”. I really enjoyed discussing digital housewifery with @drdaveobrien.bsky.social for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social
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Emma Casey, "The Return of the Housewife: Why Women Are Still Cleaning Up" (Manchester UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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Prof Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Listen! @emmahcasey.bsky.social talks to @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about the brilliant "The Return of the Housewife: Why Women Are Still Cleaning Up" newbooksnetwork.com/the-return-o...
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Emma Casey, "The Return of the Housewife: Why Women Are Still Cleaning Up" (Manchester UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Today I recorded an interview with the wonderful Prof Ann Oakley at her office at UCL. Definitely a career highlight sort of day. Watch this space for a publication of our conversation about the science of housework and beyond!
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