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Dean Spade @deanspade.bsky.social · Jun 11
I am so excited to announce Love in a F*cked Up World, the podcast! The first episode is out today — a conversation with adrienne maree brown — and I'll be releasing new episodes every two weeks for the next few months.

youtu.be/m-a1yDmReGQ?...
Introducing: Love in a F*cked Up World | Podcast with Dean Spade
YouTube video by Dean Spade
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In this clip from my recent conversation with David Palumbo-Liu, we talk about the difference between identifying behavior in others and identifying it in ourselves.

Listen to the whole episode of Speaking Out of Place wherever you get your podcasts.
November 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Thank you to @zahrastardust.bsky.social for this beautiful review of Love in a F*cked-Up World in @overlandjournal.bsky.social.

"Soft and fierce, utopian and practical, inscribed with beauty and strength, Love in a F*cked Up World is both an intervention and a guidebook."
“Revolutionary promiscuity”: loving one another in a f*cked up world - Overland literary journal
Soft and fierce, utopian and practical, inscribed with beauty and strength, Love in a F*cked Up World is both an intervention and a guidebook, offering real pathways towards collective, abundant and m...
overland.org.au
November 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Episode 10 is out! In this episode, I talk to Kelly Hayes, the brilliant journalist and organizer whose writing and podcast so many of us rely on to make sense of the world.

Watch on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts.
October 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Join me in Linz, Austria for a mutual aid workshop tomorrow 12-6pm with maiz! Attendance is free and you can register at their website: www.maiz.at/de/bereiche/...
Kultur | maiz
Aus unserem Widerstand gegenüber unsere eigenen Prekarität entwickeln sich Kunst- und Kulturproduktionen bis hin zum progressiven Aktivismus.
www.maiz.at
October 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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In this clip from Episode 9 of Love in a F*cked Up World, the podcast, the brilliant Weyam Ghadbian talks about whether the prevalence of insecure attachment might stem from the widespread forced displacement generations of people have experience because of colonialism, war, and ecological crisis.
October 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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The Berlin Poly Meetup is hosting me for a discussion of Love in a F*cked-Up World on Oct 26. Please join as at 5pm at Lovelite! ❤️
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October 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Morgan Bassichis introduced me to the idea that intentionally generating bad ideas for impossible actions, bad poetry, bad writing can loosen the rigid, critical mind that impedes our creativity.

Find more content like this and join the conversation on patreon.com/deanspade.
October 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Shuli Branson recently invited me on The Breakup Theory podcast to talk about a listener letter from someone who had a difficult experience with a community accountability process and was left feeling isolated and defeated.

You can listen to the whole episode wherever you get podcasts.
October 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Often times, when we’re having heightened feelings in a group or relationship, on some level it feels like life-or-death, even if we logically know its just the dishes or the money or the jealousy or the disagreement in the meeting.
October 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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I'll be with @interruptcrim.bsky.social for a conversation about how to advance narratives that undermine authoritarianism and increase solidarity. Join me, @dreanyc123.bsky.social and Lewis Wallen on October 15th, 3pm est! ❤️ ❤️
Fighting Copaganda Under Authoritarianism — Interrupting Criminalization
A discussion of how to advance narratives that undermine authoritarianism and increase solidarity, featuring Interrupting Criminalization's Andrea Ritchie, Abolition Journalism Fellow Lewis Raven Wall...
www.interruptingcriminalization.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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If you are not in London but want to attend, there is an online/livestream option. Please still register at the link below to get the link! Tickets are free :)
October 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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How can you tell when it's time to leave a relationship with a person, project, job, or group? How can you tell if you have a tendency to walk away too fast or to stay too long in relationships?
September 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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I'll be presenting some thoughts about work--wage work, housework, care work, organizing work, and all other kinds--at Birkbeck in London on October 10th at 6pm!

www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
Public Lecture: Dean Spade - Resisting Work and Resistance Work
Dean Spade discusses work, and how wage work impacts care and resistance work. He explores alternative practices of care as resistance work.
www.bbk.ac.uk
September 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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'Sticking Together in Tough Times' with Dean Spade
6 Oct 6-8pm
Discussing the kinds of bold, rule-breaking, risk-taking resistance that people are taking up to care for each other and save lives right now.
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'Sticking Together in Tough Times' with Dean Spade
qUCL and the SPRC are pleased to jointly host Dean Spade, who will discuss the kinds of bold, rule-breaking, risk-taking resistance that people are taking up to care for each other and save lives righ...
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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How do you balance love, friendship, and radical organizing? @deanspade.bsky.social's new book shows leftists how to build ethical, supportive relationships without losing sight of the struggle.

Read the conversation with @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social:

inthesetimes.com/article/love...
An illustration shows diverse, vibrant scenes divided by torn edges. Highlights include friendships, comforting embrace, and activism with a megaphone. Tonal contrast reflects emotional depth.
September 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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I'll be in Manchester on October 3rd at 6:30pm with Wu Tsang at @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social. Thanks to the Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture and the Centre for New Writing for co-sponsoring.

Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/love-in-a-...
A picture of me smiling next to a photo of the cover of Love in a Fucked-Up World. Text reads: Blackwell's Manchester presents...Dean Spade in conversation with Wu Tsang, Friday 3rd October at 6:30pm, blackwells.co.uk/events
September 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Edinburgh!! I’ll be with @lighthousebks.bsky.social
at the Great Hall on Wednesday October 1st at 7pm for a discussion on Love in a F*cked-Up World with Wu Tsang
and Nat Raha! Come join us ❤️❤️

lighthousebookshop.com/events/love-...
September 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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UK book tour at the beginning of October! I’ll be talking about mutual aid, Love in a F*cked-Up World, and how to stick together in increasingly brutal times. Join me ❤️💛💗

Tickets and access info here: www.deanspade.net/2024/11/15/u...
Dean Spade UK Tour October 1 - Edinburgh, 7pm at Lighthouse October 2 - Glasgow, 1pm at Kinning Park Complex October 2 - Glasgow, 7pm at Listen Gallery October 3 - Manchester, 6:30pm at Blackwell's October 4 - Nottingham, 4pm at TBD October 6 - London, 6pm at UCL October 9 - London, 7pm at Pages of Hackney October 10 - London, 6pm at Birkbeck This tour includes in-person and online events. I'm asking people to mask for in-person and asking venues to coordinate with mask blocs and clean air clubs to increase COVID safety. I have asked venues to fill out an access survey with detailed info. You can find the survey results and other details at the "Book Tour Dates and Access Info" link in my linktree in my bio. There is a giant, unjust gap between how access and COVID safety should be, and how things mostly are. It's hard to bridge. Thank you to @maskblocseattle, @longcovidjustice, and @seattlecleanair for help crafting my approach to this tour. Special thanks to @bioabundancellc for collaborating with Clean Air Clubs, and for giving me a discount on a UV device to bring to events to help clean the air and increase safety. Please test and mask, and please contact venues, rather than me, with questions about access for specific events.
September 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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There are over a 1000 copies of Love in a F*cked-Up World available for people inside prisons and jails! Request a book for someone through this link:
airtable.com/app87WhX08mp...

Prisoners can request a book by writing to:

1977 Books
1468 Woodley Road
Montgomery, Alabama
36106
Hot pink crumpled paper background with hand-drawn heart designs in black with text reading, "How to get Free Copies of Love in a F*cked-Up World For People in Prison" Hot pink crumpled paper background with black text reading, "Prisoners Can Mail a Request to: 1977 Books 1468 Woodley Road, Montgomery, Alabama, 36106, or..." Hot pink crumpled paper background with small hand-drawn black hearts in the bottom left corner with black text reading, "Request a Book for someone in prison: bit.ly/46oMUUk (link in bio)" Hot pink crumpled paper background with black text that reads, "Thanks to the Marguerite Casey Foundation for Donating 1000 books and thanks to the groups that are distributing those books to prisoners:" and in bright yellow/green text, "1977 Books, Inside Books Project, LGBT Books to Prisoners, Daughters"
September 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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We so frequently shame other people and ourselves, hoping it will lead to change. @prentishemphill.bsky.social breaks down why shame does not produce insight or behavior change. You can listen to the whole interview wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on YouTube.
September 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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These are tumultuous times. Racial capitalism is the reason.

It’s time to think outside the box.

Listen and subscribe to the anti-imperialist video pod @makcapitalism.bsky.social — produced and co-hosted by the honorable @jaybeware.bsky.social.

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September 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Just got more of these cute stickers that I've been handing out during my book tour to give out to people who join our podcast's new Patreon! Grateful to the artists who designed these with me--Sophie Lucido Johnson, Chris E Vargas, Calvin Burnap, and EM Frank.

www.patreon.com/deanspade
A collection of stickers with illustations and taglines like "got a lifetime use it like a weapon baby", "smash the relationship escalator", and "dismantle the romance myth!"
September 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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In this episode, I got to talk to my friend and teacher, @prentishemphill.bsky.social. Prentis knows so much about love, organizing, and healing, this conversation was a gift and I have reflected on it many times since we recorded it.
September 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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If you’re distressed watching the transphobic nightmare unfold, a great way to support trans people is to become a penpal to an imprisoned trans person.

@powerblossoms.bsky.social, @arcgenderjustice.bsky.social, @blackandpinkorg.bsky.social, @massamp1312.bsky.social, @tpride.bsky.social
A background with green pealing paint and text that reads "How to Support Trans People Now: Write to a Prisoner" with a small graphic of a envelope Green peeling paint with text that reads: Why this is so important: People in prison face isolation, violence, health and nutritional deprivation; friendship with someone outside can help a lot; send in money for commissary items and books; help prepare for release Text reads: Groups to Help Find a Penpal: Power Blossoms, locations: California and federal prisons; ARC Gender Justice, locations: New York, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Florida; Black & Pink, locations: National; Abolitionist Mail Project, locations: Massachusetts; Trans Pride Initiative, locations: Texas
September 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM