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Jo Littler

@jolittler.bsky.social
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Social / cultural / political / media analysis Prof @Goldsmiths @MediaComGold.bsky.social 📕📗: Left Feminisms, Care Manifesto, Against Meritocracy, Politics of Heritage All views socially & culturally constructed.

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Phil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"If Burnham follows through and this programme is visibly making headway by the next election, then he may well get to oversee the fruits of his 10-year plan."
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Andy Burnham at Labour Party Conference
There was something for almost everyone. Andy Burnham's speech at Labour conference was what most of the party's voters were hoping for. It ...
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Jo Littler @jolittler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yes I'd like more, but it was very good... easily the best UK PM's speech made during my lifetime
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 17/09/2026
If you're interested in reading more about far right hype and mainstreaming, I've got you covered: aurelmondon.com
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Aurelien Mondon - Research
Research on reactionary politics and democracy
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 17/09/2026
It was confirmed yesterday that the centre left coalition won the election in Sweden As predicted, with the far right performing poorly, coverage has almost entirely vanished from international media
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Jo Littler @jolittler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Copies of the 2nd edition of The Care Manifesto have arrived! @lynne-segal.bsky.social @andreaschatzidakis.bsky.social Jamie Hakim Catherine Rottenberg Available here: www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc... Thanks @versobooks.bsky.social - & @naomiaklein.bsky.social for the endorsement
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 12/09/2026
Reform UK have just received £72million from just two men. Just 6 months ago we revealed Ben Delo’s secretive crypto political base hosting ‘anti-woke’ and rightwing activists in the heart of Westminster. Read more here: investigations.hopenothate.org.uk/the-sanctuary/
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The Sanctuary | HOPE not hate
Funded by a crypto billionaire, this Westminster base supports some of the most controversial figures in politics — including Restore Britain
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I know I’m a bore on this but here’s why the Science Minister should absolutely care about the humanities and social sciences rather than thinking it is for DCMS ukri.substack.com/p/why-ai-wil...
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Why AI will fail without the humanities and social sciences
AI can transform society. But only if society has a say in shaping it, writes Hetan Shah, Chief Executive of The British Academy.
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Support for bringing water back into public ownership is rising, and MPs are taking notice. If you want clean rivers and seas, ask your MP to join next week's debate. Help me get them there! It takes 2 minutes: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
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Jo Littler @jolittler.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I’d almost forgotten what it feels like to feel proud of your government until listening to Ed Miliband’s speech just now
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
When have you ever seen a Shell or BP executive hounded by the press the way Jason Arday was? When has the name of the CEO of BAE Systems been smeared across the front page of the Daily Mail?
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Mohamady El-Gaby @melgaby.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This is what british racism looks like in 2026. Everyone makes mistakes but ethnic minority mistakes are met with lynch mobs. Beyond disproportionate. RIP Jason Arday.
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Jo Littler @jolittler.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
⭐🎨 NOW LIVE: 2026 GOLDSMITHS UCU ART RAFFLE!! 🎨 ⭐ Raising money to support striking staff resisting savage redundancies at Goldsmiths Win art by Florence Peake Jeremy Deller Peckham Keffiyeh Louis Pohl Koseda Anna Higgins Eddie Peake &many more! Tickets £5, draw 26 July 🔥 www.gucu-raffle.com
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Goldsmiths UCU ART RAFFLE 2026
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Amit Singh @amit-singh.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Summer School: Class, Culture & Discontents 📆 July 23rd - 24th 📍London Full programme with all star line up ⭐ 23rd July feat @darrenchetty.bsky.social @jolittler.bsky.social @jasnijjar.bsky.social etc on prison education, meritocracy, colonialism, war + more www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-sch...
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Jo Littler @jolittler.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
New article: Sarah Bufkin, John Clarke, Jo Littler 'Feeling political? Turbulent emotions in the age of Starmer and Reform UK' Soundings 25 Vol 90-91 Open access here: journals.lwbooks.co.uk/soundings/vo...
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Media, Communications & Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths @mediacomgold.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The new Soundings has 4 MCCS co/written articles: @angelamcrobbie.bsky.social - feminism & the right Natalie Fenton &co- What media do we need? @jolittler.bsky.social &co - Feeling political Gholam Khiabany -Iran, Palestine & limits of solidarity journals.lwbooks.co.uk/soundings/vo...
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Soundings: Volume 2025 Issue 90 & 91 (2025) - Lawrence Wishart
Soundings: A journal of politics and culture - Issue contents for Volume 2025 Issue 90 (2025)
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Jo Littler @jolittler.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
👏👏 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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London mayor Sadiq Khan blocks £50m Met police deal with Palantir
Exclusive: Scotland Yard had been in talks to use Palantir’s AI technology to automate intelligence analysis
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Jo Littler @jolittler.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
New book! Out 15 Oct 'The Moralizing Corporation' w/ Grietje Baars, Joel Bakan, Bobby Banerjee, Alan Bradshaw, Andreas Chatzidakis, Robert Deakin, Sara Farris, Marianna Fotaki, Jo Littler, Martin Parker, Carl Rhodes, Lisa Ann Richey, Rohit Varman bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-moralizi...
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The Moralizing Corporation
The Moralizing Corporation - The Rise and Fall of Corporate Carewashing; This interdisciplinary edited collection interrogates both the deceptions of contemporary corporate ‘carewashing’ and attacks o...
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Sneaking a giant screen into the flagshagger march is one of the funniest things @ledbydonkeys.org have ever done. "STAY HYDRATED" 😂🤣😂
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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
London welcomes Tommy Ten Names' "patriots"
When you have got rid of all the mosques but the costs of life still rise...what will you have earned? A badge for barbarism against a backdrop of decay.
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Jo Littler @jolittler.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Andy Burnham standing is exciting. Like Sadiq Khan he's travelled from centre to left, has implemented actual progressive policies as Mayor, & has huge popular appeal. Plus it's gratifying to witness the political wind changing today & so much of PLP becoming #SuddenlySocialist ..!
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 14/05/2026
A parliamentary by-election is coming in Makerfield and Reform UK will see this as a huge opportunity. Last week, in local elections in Makerfield and Wigan, Reform took every single council seat with a 46.2% share of the total vote. Now they’ll want to go further.
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Politics UK @politicsuk.com · 14/05/2026
🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham is now odds on to become the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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Jon M. Sweeney @jonmsweeney.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I’m skeptical.
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Jo Littler @jolittler.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
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Defend Rajiv Menon's right to independent advocacy
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Media, Communications & Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths @mediacomgold.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Many congrats to the new Mayor of Lewisham, Liam Shrivastava, an alumnus of our MA Political Communications! www.gold.ac.uk/pg/ma-politi... @liamshrivastava.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social
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Reading Is Sexy @readingissexy.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
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Amit Singh @amit-singh.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
All 🌟 line-up @jasnijjar.bsky.social @jolittler.bsky.social @alexkelbert.bsky.social @sachahilhorst.bsky.social @academicdiary.bsky.social @darrenchetty.bsky.social @lukedenoronha.bsky.social + many more who aren't on here. Please share! Full programme TBA soon!
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Amit Singh @amit-singh.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Organising this summer school with support from @thesociologicalreview.org 🚨Class, Culture & Discontents 📍23rd & 24th July 🏫 Balham, South London 🧑‍🍳 Free lunch Great line-up of speakers on a wide range of topics, come one, come all Free tickets ⬇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-sch...
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Jo Littler @jolittler.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Online today - Paul Gilroy and Adam Elliot-Cooper in conversation on anti-racist organising, policing and the GLC in 1980s London www.eventbrite.com/e/antiracist...
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Antiracist Organizing, Policing, and the GLC in 1980s London
Join Paul Gilroy and Adam Elliott-Cooper as they discuss antiracist organizing and policing in 1980s London. Organized by Soundings.
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BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Excellent Thinking Allowed episode with @bsaecf.bsky.social President Les Back & BSA Vice-President Imogen Taylor, talking about the impotance of social theory for analysing phenomena in the contemporary world. The episode can be accessed here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #Sociology #SocialTheory
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BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, The demise of Grand Theory?
Laurie Taylor charts changes in current sociological study with Les Back and Imogen Tyler.
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BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
21 April 14:30 BST Online Theorizing from Lived Experience: Feminist and Queer Theory A roundtable with: Jo Littler (Goldsmiths) @jolittler.bsky.social Billy Holzberg (KCL) Nicola Smith (Birmingham) Lois McNay (Oxford) Free and open to all. To register, follow the link tinyurl.com/4dw285x6
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Jo Littler @jolittler.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This is a fundamental reason why universities are in crisis in the UK as well as Australia Funnelling money to private consultants which gives them pointless terrible 'advice', deepening crisis and 'dependency' on consultants rinse, repeat, collapse www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
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As universities cut courses, spending on consultants and contractors nears $2b
Consultancies have been accused of infiltrating universities and wasting scarce public funds on questionable advice about cutting courses and jobs.
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Jo Littler @jolittler.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
FAO: The UK university sector 'One of the recommendations in Verdant’s first report is to slash spending by government on management consultants like McKinsey. We present evidence of excessive spend over many years.' www.verdantthinking.org/publications...
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Waste Not — Verdant
How the UK government can save money and support public services
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
South West Water admits criminal offence over Devon parasite outbreak. Water unfit for human consumption, 150 people fell ill. SWW already has nearly 200 criminal convictions. Licence not cancelled, no exec prosecuted, record high customer bills, sewage dumped in rivers. Privatisation is a scam.
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South West Water admits criminal offence over Devon parasite outbreak
Firm admits supplying water unfit for human consumption after nearly 150 people fell ill
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
As journalists working today many of us are taught to recognise disinformation when we see it and fight back against it. Unfortunately there are some who willingly seek it out and put it on their front pages. A disgrace to the profession.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
What’s that popular definition of insanity again?
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Jo Littler @jolittler.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Struck by how Hannah Spencer's brilliant victory speech is a broadside against neoliberal meritocracy – like so many other (esp. female working-class) voices right now. This is exactly what Bev Skeggs & I discuss in our new article, 'Social Mobility is a Joke': journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Jo Littler @jolittler.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Brilliant speech!
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Pileus Media @pileusmedia.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
The level of dirt thrown against Zack Polanski and Hannah Spencer this week from the Gutter Press and from Labour/Reform was unbelievable. And for what crime? Just wanting to make Britain a better place to live. But in the end it did not work. Shows there is still hope in this world
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Phil Swatton @philswatton.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I'm so glad I don't have to live in a world where Matt Goodwin is an MP
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Jeremy Gilbert @jemgilbert.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Fantastic interview with Jilly Kay about her recent research into reactionary feminisms. And yes, these weird new kinds of right-wing anti-politics really are, of a kind, 'feminisms'. Check it out here or search for culture, power, politics in any app: culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/02/23/r...
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Reactionary Feminisms with Jilly Kay part 1
In this episode, Jeremy is joined by Dr. Jilly Kay of Loughborough University to discuss her fascinating and crucial research into new forms of reactionary feminism. Why do Cath…
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Media, Communications & Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths @mediacomgold.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
New article: In 'Social Mobility is a Joke: Working-class women & British TV comedy on the social floor’ in @ejcs-journal.bsky.social, @jolittler.bsky.social & Bev Skeggs analyse female TV writers who reject bourgeoise narratives of respectability & meritocracy: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
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Don Lemon @donlemonofficial.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
My first remarks since being arrested last night.
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Maggie McAlinden @maggiemcalinden.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
What would happen if we begin to put care at the very centre of life? Boi wants to know. #Caturday #Caremanifesto @andreaschatzidakis.bsky.social @jolittler.bsky.social @lynnesegal.bsky.social
Fluffy black pussycat with the care manifesto
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Paul Hebden @paulhebden.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
The Epstein scandal should have prompted political action to abolish billionaires. This case reveals something deeply wrong and sick about power and money. That there is no political movement to eliminate this class of hyper powerful oligarchs speaks volumes. A decent society cannot afford this
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Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
The director of Melania movie
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
So… big news. (Keep reading.)
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people. But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 31/01/2026
They’re taking kids from Minnesota and sending them to detention camps. They’re shooting American citizens in the street and locking investigators out of the crime scenes. The world is watching what happens next.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
"ICE will leave Minnesota if you hand over your voter rolls" tells you everything you need to know. This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
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