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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 06/09/2026

Happy to say my new book Charity Shop World is now published and available for sale. Chosen for: The Independent's 'Books Of The Month' The Bookseller's 'Titles Not To Miss For September' "Beautifully told, carefully bundled, expertly delivered" - Danny Dorling. tansyhoskins.org/charityshopw...

Photograph of a long row of books - Charity Shop World.
The book has a pink cover with a figure standing in front of a huge mountain of old clothes.

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 15/04/2026

I’m thrilled to announce that my brand new book 'Charity Shop World — an investigation into community, consumption and waste' will be published on 3rd September 2026. Pre-orders here: theindigopress.com/product/char... All the goss here: tansyhoskins.org/my-new-book-...

A graphic of the Charity Shop World book cover which features a woman taking a picture of a towering mountain of old clothes

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 15/04/2026

I’ve been working on this book for the past 4 years, including 16 months sorting through donations to explore all the things people drop off at charity shops. This book also investigates the export of clothes to markets & landfill, revealing hidden shareholders behind a multi-million pound business.

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 20/02/2026

🚨 FASHION AGAINST FASCISM 🚨 Join our bloc on 28 March to march together against the far-right. 🧵🕎☪️🫂The history of fashion in the UK is a history of migration. Celebrate diversity, creativity and community. 🔎 ranaplaza-solidarity.org 🚂 Book travel now: www.togetheralliance.org.uk/transport

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 19/09/2025

London Fashion Week Orcas flip yachts. Sinking these symbols of obscene greed and reclaiming their home as a billionaire-free zone. We want this in fashion: Redistribute wealth and power into the hands of the millions of people who make our clothes. Photos: Kim Ford

Protestors in black and white with Orca Whales outside London Fashion Week

Protestors in black and white with Orca Whales outside London Fashion Week. Plus a big banner that says Billionaires Out Of Fashion

Protestors in black and white with Orca Whales outside London Fashion Week - holding signs that say Wages Over Profit and Sink The Yachts

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 08/09/2025

Manual anticapitalista de la moda! Thrilled to say that The Anti-Capitalist Book Of Fashion is out now in Spanish... Desde las alfombras rojas de la Gala del Met hasta la moda rápida online, la ropa cuenta una historia de desigualdad, racismo y crisis climática. capitanswing.com/libros/manua...

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 24/05/2025

London’s Nakba protest last weekend - 500,000 people marching to say Stop the Genocide and Free Palestine.

A group of people is sitting on a low wall next to a person holding a large sign with a message that reads 'You may run out of ways to erase us but we will never run out of ways to exist. Allah Akbar.'

A group of people are gathered at a protest holding signs, including one that says "Starmer Stop Arming Israel FFS," surrounded by Palestinian flags.

A crowd is gathered with flags and signs, including one sign that says 'Israel blocks aid to Gaza = children starve'

A giant, decorated model of a Palestinian horse stands in the middle of the demonstration by Waterloo Bridge in London

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 24/04/2025

What greater monument could there be for the 1,138 people who died at Rana Plaza, than for the Bangladeshi garment industry to become a light in the darkness, a beacon to the world rebuilt with safe factories, trade unionism and full workers rights. #RanaPlazaNeverAgain

Tyrone holding a sign advocating for rights, wages, and power for Bangladeshi workers while standing outside the BD High Commission

A group of people is gathered holding signs that advocate for rights, wages, and power.

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 24/04/2025

On the 12th anniversary of Rana Plaza, the Rana Plaza Solidarity Collective went to the Bangladesh High Commission in London to urge the new government in Bangladesh to pay garment workers a living wage and assure trade union freedoms. #RanaPlazaNeverAgain

Three individuals hold signs advocating for workers' rights and better wages.

Four individuals holding protest signs advocating for workers' rights and fair wages.

A group of people is holding signs advocating for rights, wages, and power.

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 20/03/2025

Fashion activism is in a state of flux. Global crises on multiple fronts. Right-wing govs cutting funding. Corporate social media owned by the worst people in the world. So now what? Join me for an urgent online event with Clean Clothes Campaign on 25th March, 13:00 CET: mailchi.mp/e968c671ffbf...

Photo: Angela Christofilou aka @protests_photos

Two people stand on the street as part of a protest about labour rights in fashion. One hold a sign that says 'Fast Fashion Kills' the other holds a sign that says 'Power and Pay for Garment Workers in Bangladesh'

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 20/01/2025

New Patched advice column out. I wrote back to Julia, who is feeling exhausted by her laser focus on her wardrobe, about reimagining fashion activism as being about far more than the limitations of consumer-based activism: tansyhoskins.org/you-cannot-c...

A photo of doughnut which has white icing with red spots. The doughnut has been cut in half and has jam oozing out and there is a wooden knife on the paper plate. The image has the words "You cannot change the world by shopping differently" on it and at the bottom is the words "Patched advice column"

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 14/01/2025

Cranking up the furnaces to send my first newsletter of 2025 🛠️ 2024 ended on a high note with this superb piece 🌸 so please consider subscribing for the year ahead. It’s free, annoys CEO’s and doesn’t try and sell you clothes.

A postcard of a book titled "The Anticapitalist Book of Fashion" is placed next to an illustrated card depicting women protestors in Bangladesh, alongside a blue colored pencil.

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 14/01/2025

Happy to see my interview with LifeGate Magazine about ‘Il libro della moda anticapitalista - Tra Karl Lagerfeld e Karl Marx’ has been published: www.lifegate.it/moda-anti…

A copy of Il libro della moda anticapitalista sits on a blue knitted square with a ball of blue yarn and two knitting needles. Photo from an instagram post by marrinazussino

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 11/01/2025

It’s the hope that keeps us here

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 02/01/2025

Fashion is so good at showing what a f*cked up system capitalism is. At 09:06:02 AM this morning the CEO of Amazon Andy Jassy had already made the annual salary of a Bangladeshi garment worker. 10 minutes later, Zara’s Oscar García Maceiras had done the same. Source: @labourlabel.bsky.social

The torso of a person in a suit. Over the top are the words 'Worker vs CEO: Amazon CEO makes the annual wage of a Bangladeshi garment worker in 6 minutes!

Text: At 09:06:02 AM this morning the CEO of Amazon Andy Jassy had already made the annual salary of a Bangladeshi garment worker. And only 10 minutes later, Zara’s Oscar García Maceiras joined him in this impressive feat of hard work and dedication.

In fact, by 11 am this morning, 2 hours into the new year, all the bosses at the helm of Big Fashion will have already made what a garment worker in Bangladesh will make for the whole of 2025. But does anyone truly believe they have earned that wealth, while the workers are left to a life in debt and struggle?

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 19/12/2024

#TulipSiddiq is a UK Gov minister, responsible for tackling financial corruption. She is also the former dictator of Bangladesh’s niece AND now is under investigation into claims her family embezzled up to £3.9bn from Bangladesh. She’s alleged to have brokered a nuclear power plant deal w' Putin.

Court documents seen by the BBC show Hajjaj accused Siddiq of mediating and coordinating meetings for the Bangladeshi officials with the Russian government to build the £10bn Rooppur Power Plant Project. It is claimed that the deal inflated the price of the plant by £1bn, according to the documents - 30% of which was allegedly distributed to Siddiq and other family members via a complex network of banks and overseas companies. In total, Hajjaj alleges £3.9bn was siphoned out of the project by Hasina's family and minister. Footage from 2013 appears to show Siddiq attended the deal's signing by Hasina and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin, recorded by the Associated Press.

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 17/12/2024

Corporations scold women for wearing flowers in their hair, saying they’re financially illiterate. But our investigation tells a very different story - one of self-care, beauty and resilience amidst hardship 🌸 tansyhoskins.org/factory-f…

A floral border and cover photo accompany the article titled 'Factory flowers - beauty and survival in India’s garment factories' by authors Nandita Shivakumar and Nikita Joseph, dated December 17, 2024.

A flowering plant with pink bloomed flowers is adjacent to a text about Ramani's home-grown flowers and gardening practices.

A hand is holding a small yellow flower against a blurred background of greenery and sunlight.

A quote discusses flowers as an early warning signs of domestic violence

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 17/12/2024

‘It is bread we fight for, but we fight for roses too.’ I am very pleased to have published this important article by Nandita Shivakumar & Nikita Joseph. Through flowers they provide an intimate insight into the lives of garment workers in Tamil Nadu whilst debunking the nonsense of CSR schemes.

The wearing of flowers by garment workers is profoundly misunderstood. It has come under criticism as a sign of ‘financial-illiteracy’ - of frivolous high spending amongst low-waged women who can’t manage their monthly expenses. Flowers have become a target and a way to blame garment workers for their poverty while sidelining the systemic inequities that characterise the garment industry. But the stories of women workers in Tamil Nadu challenge these misconceptions. They reveal both adeptness in managing extremely limited wages and the way that these flowers, often obtained at minimal or no cost, carry profound meaning. These are flowers worn as acts of self-care, offering a source of joy and resilience amidst the systemic injustices they face.

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 16/12/2024

In 2 days the Danish Minister of Justice will make a decision on whether to extradite the veteran whale campaigner and whale hunt saboteur Captain Paul Watson to Japan – where he risks spending the rest of his life in jail. #FreePaulWatson Read more here writersrebel.com/free-paul…

An embroidered patch that says Save The Ocean and features a large blue whale, and a blue ocean filled with fish

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 11/12/2024

All my tweets are gone. Have scarcely used twitter for a couple of years but didn't want to delete my account and risk impersonation. Now, luckily @cyd.social has come along and helped me delete everything. The new version is exceptionally fast - highly recommended.

Screenshot: my twitter page is now a black square with the white icons down the side because all my tweets have been deleted.

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 02/12/2024

Sent out two more parcels today. Am guessing people are starting to get their Christmas gifts ready. Am grateful to everyone who has bought books, stickers or postcards - thank you! :) tansyhoskins.myshopify.com

A stack of cards features a drawing of a mouse holding a flower with the message: I grew / found / made you this gift. Because you're awesome and f*ck capitalism

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 29/11/2024

Black Friday protest outside Amazon HQ in London. Protests around the world are calling for an end to Amazon’s worker exploitation, union busting, tax dodging and environmental destruction. And an end to Amazon’s role as a supplier in the war on Gaza. #MakeAmazonPay

A group of people gathered to protest outside Amazon HQ. Two red and white banners say Make Amazon Pay and Wages Not Warrants

A group of people gathered to protest outside Amazon HQ. Two red and white banners say Make Amazon Pay and Wages Not Warrants. There is a giant sculpture of Jeff Bezos's head

Two women stand beside the paper sculpture of Jeff Bezos's head. They have black coats, long hair and are holding Make Amazon Pay placards

A group of people outside Amazon HQ. They have red and white signs and a paper sculpture of Jeff Bezos's head

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 26/11/2024

‘Proudly bought from the charity shop - because Mars is uninhabitable.’ I am doing a 50% off sale for stickers and postcards to hopefully help more people ditch Black Friday and embrace pride in second-hand and homemade gifts instead. Use the code WINTER24 at the checkout.

Colorful and patterned gift packages with circular stickers displaying charity-themed messages sit on a woven rug.

A wrapped gift with an orange ribbon features a sticker reading, "Foraged. Unique. Marvelous." indicating it comes from a charity shop.

A gift wrapped in snowflake-patterned paper features a humorous sticker that reads, "Proudly bought from the charity shop because Mars is uninhabitable," adorned with pink ribbons.

A gift wrapped in silver snowflake paper is tied with blue and black ribbons, featuring a circular label that reads, "Charity shopped with love for you, and the planet."

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 24/11/2024

Used my own stash of stickers to get these presents ready for the party 🎉 tansyhoskins.myshopify.com

Two colorfully wrapped gifts with circular stickers promoting shopping from a charity shop are placed on a vibrant striped surface.

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 19/11/2024

And if we don't know each other at all, here's a fashion commentary meme I like :)

A four panel comic strip.
First panel: person in a pink shirt asks a person in a yellow shirt "hey can i get your opinion on this shirt?"
Second panel: person in yellow shirt says "sure"
Third panel: person in yellow shirt writes "farage is a twat" on the pink shirt
Fourth panel: Person in pink shirt smiles and says "Thanks"

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 19/11/2024

I am also writing a new book. It's about 40-50 per cent done, but it is complicated and often like wrestling a bear 🐻 Other than that, I've been hanging out on Mastodon for two years and watching Lower Decks 💫

Tansy wearing black is taking a mirror selfie in a room with red carpet and ceiling lights.

Tansy takes a selfie while walking past a mirror. she is walking in a red-carpeted lobby area with black ceiling lights and a reflective surface on the left.

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 19/11/2024

What else... I've been teaching Supply Chain Investigations, some infosec and some introduction to OSINT. Got a small grant to do an investigation which is ongoing. I've been writing my newsletter and the Patched advice column seems particularly popular. Here's some more early photos:

Pillars under a low roof at the Barbican lead off into the dark.

A brutalist-style building features staggered balconies adorned with plants and flowers.

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 19/11/2024

I haven't seen some people here in so long! Feel like I should do an update... Spent much of last week training with the @cijournalism.bsky.social at Bloomberg and the Barbican. Here's some early morning photos I took:

At the Barbican, a modern interior space features textured concrete walls, vibrant orange accents, and a sleek staircase with metal railings.

A modern architectural interior features bold orange walls, geometric shapes, and a striking blue circular skylight.

A modern interior space features a large open area with staircases, and orange and green mood lighting.

At the Barbican, a futuristic circular light fixture illuminates a stairwell leading to an underground space with modern architectural elements.

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 16/11/2024

London demo today for Climate and Palestine. 2 - stunning painting of a Palestinian Sunbird #MarchForGlobalClimateJustice #PayUp

A protester holds a sign highlighting the role of Indigenous peoples in protecting biodiversity, featuring an illustration of a Palestine sunbird.

A protest sign displays a colorful illustration of a Palestine Sunbird along with text highlighting the importance of protecting biodiversity.

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