Alva Gotby
@alvagotby.bsky.social
Author of They Call it Love (2023) and Feeling At Home (2025)
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It was a pleasure to appear on A is for Architecture, to talk about how domestic design relates to dominant family forms and reproductive labour. Listen here (or wherever you go for podcasts) www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FiV...
Alva Gotby: Other means of dwelling.
YouTube video by A is for Architecture Podcast
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November 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It was a pleasure to appear on A is for Architecture, to talk about how domestic design relates to dominant family forms and reproductive labour. Listen here (or wherever you go for podcasts) www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FiV...
I had the pleasure to speak to the good people of @thesociologicalreview.org about care, social reproduction, and the labour of love. You can listen to the recording here! thesociologicalreview.org/podcasts/unc...
Uncommon Sense: Love & Reproduction, with Alva Gotby
Alva Gotby joins Uncommon Sense to discuss love, capitalism and emotional reproduction, explaining how the world might look if this work was reformed.
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October 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I had the pleasure to speak to the good people of @thesociologicalreview.org about care, social reproduction, and the labour of love. You can listen to the recording here! thesociologicalreview.org/podcasts/unc...
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Hey y'all! This week we have @alvagotby.bsky.social interviewing @reproutopia.bsky.social about Sophie's Enemy Feminisms ( @haymarketbooks.org ), the potential for liberatory feminism, and the necessity of reckoning with reactionary feminisms.
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“Feminism Is a Sine Qua Non of All Genuinely Liberatory Struggles…” – Spectre Journal
Alva Gotby interviews Sophie Lewis about the potential for liberatory feminism and the necessity of a reckoning with reactionary feminist thought.
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August 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Hey y'all! This week we have @alvagotby.bsky.social interviewing @reproutopia.bsky.social about Sophie's Enemy Feminisms ( @haymarketbooks.org ), the potential for liberatory feminism, and the necessity of reckoning with reactionary feminisms.
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It’s worse than “Gaza is being starved and destroyed and no one cares.” It’s that hundreds of millions *do* care and are powerless to stop it. We need a world where that can never happen, where the masses actually have political power.
July 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
It’s worse than “Gaza is being starved and destroyed and no one cares.” It’s that hundreds of millions *do* care and are powerless to stop it. We need a world where that can never happen, where the masses actually have political power.
Yet again, a Labour minister committing to being the worst www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
Lisa Nandy questions lack of BBC sackings over Gaza war documentary
Culture secretary says BBC must ‘get a grip’ in wake of film featuring son of Hamas official and Bob Vylan Glastonbury row
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July 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Yet again, a Labour minister committing to being the worst www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
Thanks @adamzmith.bsky.social for having me on the Free Sex podcast, where we talk about why housing justice is important for liberating sex
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054 - Affordable homes - Alva Gotby | Free Sex
How would housing justice help our sex lives?
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June 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Thanks @adamzmith.bsky.social for having me on the Free Sex podcast, where we talk about why housing justice is important for liberating sex
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Another lovely review of Feeling at Home! Get it from the @versobooks.bsky.social website to support an independent publisher
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What makes a home? A transformational politics for housing justice - LSE Review of Books
Alva Gotby's Feeling at Home explores the complex interplay of practical and emotional concerns that a home involves, which are often flattened in debates around housing justice. Showing how domestic ...
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June 15, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Another lovely review of Feeling at Home! Get it from the @versobooks.bsky.social website to support an independent publisher
blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...
A wonderful review of Feeling at Home in @tribunemagazine.bsky.social. It's amazing to have readers who really get what I tried to do in the book, and to see it inform discussions within the housing movement. @versobooks.bsky.social
had the pleasure of reviewing comrade @alvagotby.bsky.social’s book for the @tribunemagazine.bsky.social, you can read it here tribunemag.co.uk/2025/05/not-...
Not Just Where, But How We Live
In the year of the Renters’ Rights Bill, how should the tenants movement respond to changing ideas around how the current housing crisis is exacerbated by patriarchal and capitalist notions?
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May 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A wonderful review of Feeling at Home in @tribunemagazine.bsky.social. It's amazing to have readers who really get what I tried to do in the book, and to see it inform discussions within the housing movement. @versobooks.bsky.social
Edinburgh friends, come along to this event I'm doing with the wonderful @living-rent.bsky.social on 3rd May!
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In conversation with Alva Gotby
We believe in the collective power of tenants to come together to fight for their rights, and use diverse tactics – including direct action when necessary – to achieve this.
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April 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Edinburgh friends, come along to this event I'm doing with the wonderful @living-rent.bsky.social on 3rd May!
www.livingrent.org/in_conversat...
@versobooks.bsky.social
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This feels like one of the most bleak days in a long time. The end of the ceasefire, a new low for the UK government, escalating fascism in the US
March 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This feels like one of the most bleak days in a long time. The end of the ceasefire, a new low for the UK government, escalating fascism in the US
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Rethinking the Politics of Housing: a conversation between myself and @alvagotby.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zOH...
Transforming the Politics of Housing | Alva Gotby and Helen Hester
YouTube video by Verso Books
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March 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Rethinking the Politics of Housing: a conversation between myself and @alvagotby.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zOH...
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Come join @alvagotby.bsky.social and I for a discussion of housing and housing organising, Bristol 11th April www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/eas...
Alva Gotby & Jacob Stringer: The Politics of Home at East Bristol Books
EBB is excited to bring two of the most vital commentators on the politics of housing today in Britain and beyond into conversation: Alva Gotby, author of *Feeling at Home* (Verso), and Jacob Stringer...
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March 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Come join @alvagotby.bsky.social and I for a discussion of housing and housing organising, Bristol 11th April www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/eas...
Today I had a small role in resisting an eviction, alongside comrades from London Renters Union. It took 7 hours but eventually the police and bailiffs backed down. It's so important to have these moments of practical solidarity and winning together!
March 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Today I had a small role in resisting an eviction, alongside comrades from London Renters Union. It took 7 hours but eventually the police and bailiffs backed down. It's so important to have these moments of practical solidarity and winning together!
Holly Pester has written a lovely and thoughtful review of Feeling at Home (and Holly's novel the Lodgers is wonderful too!)
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Alva Gotby’s Vision for a Utopian Housing Solution
An urgent new book presents a housing vision centred on collectivity and communal living
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February 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Holly Pester has written a lovely and thoughtful review of Feeling at Home (and Holly's novel the Lodgers is wonderful too!)
@versobooks.bsky.social
www.frieze.com/article/alva...
@versobooks.bsky.social
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For episode 1 of This Must Be The Place @claraish.bsky.social and @jackwitek.bsky.social spoke to writer and organiser @alvagotby.bsky.social about moving away from the private home, collective living & how vital care is in life and organising
Feeling At Home is out now on @versobooks.bsky.social.
Feeling At Home is out now on @versobooks.bsky.social.
February 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
For episode 1 of This Must Be The Place @claraish.bsky.social and @jackwitek.bsky.social spoke to writer and organiser @alvagotby.bsky.social about moving away from the private home, collective living & how vital care is in life and organising
Feeling At Home is out now on @versobooks.bsky.social.
Feeling At Home is out now on @versobooks.bsky.social.
This is of course very good and you should all read it
February 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This is of course very good and you should all read it
An excerpt from my book Feeling at Home on the @versobooks.bsky.social blog! www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/...
Domestic Violence Is a Housing Problem
The processes of caring work, low pay, and domestic abuse are all intertwined. Women’s caring responsibilities and low income sometimes force them to move in with parents or other family members, or t...
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February 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
An excerpt from my book Feeling at Home on the @versobooks.bsky.social blog! www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/...
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New book by @alvagotby.bsky.social is out! "They Call It Love: The Politics of Emotional Life" was one of the most insightful reads of 2023 - now I’m really excited to read "Feeling at Home: Transforming the Politics of Housing" @versobooks.bsky.social
You can preorder it here: versobooks.com/en-gb/products/3212-feeling-at-home
Feeling at Home
Housing is more than bricks and mortar. The home is where our hopes and dreams play out, and it lies at the heart of our lives. This is where we rest, eat, and relax. The home we enjoy can determine o...
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February 1, 2025 at 9:42 PM
New book by @alvagotby.bsky.social is out! "They Call It Love: The Politics of Emotional Life" was one of the most insightful reads of 2023 - now I’m really excited to read "Feeling at Home: Transforming the Politics of Housing" @versobooks.bsky.social
Feeling at Home finally came out this week, published by @versobooks.bsky.social. It’s about the everyday experience of housing, how different models of home shape our subjectivities, and how we could make a different kind of home together. Pictured here with my research assistant.
January 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Feeling at Home finally came out this week, published by @versobooks.bsky.social. It’s about the everyday experience of housing, how different models of home shape our subjectivities, and how we could make a different kind of home together. Pictured here with my research assistant.
London friends, come to the launch of Feeling at Home today at Foyles! I'll be speaking about political meaning of housing and home with the amazing Lola Olufemi. @versobooks.bsky.social www.foyles.co.uk/events/alva-...
The Emotional Politics of Housing: Alva Gotby and Lola Olufemi
The acclaimed writer and thinker behind 'They Call It Love' talks to Lola Olufemi about the emotional politics of the housing crisis.
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January 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
London friends, come to the launch of Feeling at Home today at Foyles! I'll be speaking about political meaning of housing and home with the amazing Lola Olufemi. @versobooks.bsky.social www.foyles.co.uk/events/alva-...
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Tomorrow, @alvagotby.bsky.social launches her new book 'Feeling at Home' at Foyles on Charing Cross Road. I was so fortunate to supervise her PhD, & her work just goes from strength to strength! If you're in London, come & talk about the emotional politics of housing www.foyles.co.uk/events/alva-...
The Emotional Politics of Housing: Alva Gotby and Lola Olufemi
The acclaimed writer and thinker behind 'They Call It Love' talks to Lola Olufemi about the emotional politics of the housing crisis.
www.foyles.co.uk
January 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Tomorrow, @alvagotby.bsky.social launches her new book 'Feeling at Home' at Foyles on Charing Cross Road. I was so fortunate to supervise her PhD, & her work just goes from strength to strength! If you're in London, come & talk about the emotional politics of housing www.foyles.co.uk/events/alva-...
I spotted my new book Feeling at Home out in the world for the first time today, in the company of Pope Francis. It will be officially published on Tuesday (!) by @versobooks.bsky.social
January 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I spotted my new book Feeling at Home out in the world for the first time today, in the company of Pope Francis. It will be officially published on Tuesday (!) by @versobooks.bsky.social
A good piece by Nick Bano on why we need rent controls ASAP in England and Wales, and what might happen before the Renters Rights Bill becomes law www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
England’s renters are about to gain more rights, but until then landlords may exploit weak regulation even more cruelly | Nick Bano
There are fears that landlords will capitalise on the last remaining no-fault evictions before the new scheme comes into effect, says Nick Bano, a barrister specialising in renters’ rights
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January 17, 2025 at 10:49 AM
A good piece by Nick Bano on why we need rent controls ASAP in England and Wales, and what might happen before the Renters Rights Bill becomes law www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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All eyes on Gaza. The ceasefire agreement doesn’t begin for 72 hours and Israel is on a killing spree.
January 16, 2025 at 1:47 AM
All eyes on Gaza. The ceasefire agreement doesn’t begin for 72 hours and Israel is on a killing spree.