Helen Hester
@helenhester.bsky.social
Post-work politics and technofeminism
On Thursday, I'll be in conversation with Alyssa Battistoni at the launch of her brilliant new book, Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature. Full details here: housmans.com/event/book-l...
Come along and ask some questions!
Come along and ask some questions!
BOOK LAUNCH: Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature with Alyssa Battistoni (in conversation with Helen Hester)
Housmans are very excited to welcome Dr Alyssa Battistoni to the shop to discuss her vital work of political theory, Free Gifts: Capitalism and The Politics of Nature. Capitalism is typically treat…
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November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
On Thursday, I'll be in conversation with Alyssa Battistoni at the launch of her brilliant new book, Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature. Full details here: housmans.com/event/book-l...
Come along and ask some questions!
Come along and ask some questions!
Had a joyous (and surprisingly moving) time at this. Rare to be offered this kind of opportunity to look back and celebrate. So, so lucky to have had @reproutopia.bsky.social there to reflect with me, so sharp and so insightful and so interesting and so effortlessly charismatic!
event: xenofeminism @ 10 years
tues 7th oct, 18:30 (london)
@reproutopia.bsky.social | @helenhester.bsky.social
tickets: buff.ly/kHeUXUN
tues 7th oct, 18:30 (london)
@reproutopia.bsky.social | @helenhester.bsky.social
tickets: buff.ly/kHeUXUN
October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Had a joyous (and surprisingly moving) time at this. Rare to be offered this kind of opportunity to look back and celebrate. So, so lucky to have had @reproutopia.bsky.social there to reflect with me, so sharp and so insightful and so interesting and so effortlessly charismatic!
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Im confident im gonna land on my feet but its pretty stressful. If you were planning to buy or pre-order my book anyway, if you do it through my Bookshop affiliate link below I get a few bucks now. Everything helps!
Venmo: vicky-surge
Cash app: $VickySurge1312
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Venmo: vicky-surge
Cash app: $VickySurge1312
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The Extended Universe: How Disney Killed the Movies and Took Over the World
How Disney Killed the Movies and Took Over the World
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October 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Im confident im gonna land on my feet but its pretty stressful. If you were planning to buy or pre-order my book anyway, if you do it through my Bookshop affiliate link below I get a few bucks now. Everything helps!
Venmo: vicky-surge
Cash app: $VickySurge1312
bookshop.org/a/5522/97988...
Venmo: vicky-surge
Cash app: $VickySurge1312
bookshop.org/a/5522/97988...
Reposted by Helen Hester
“El feminismo debe construir los futuros que la tecnología nos ofrece, no esperar a que lleguen” Helen Hester, filósofa, referente del tecnofeminismo, la voz más influyentes sobre la intersección entre tecnología, feminismo y cultura.
www.nosolocine.net/xenofeminism...
@helenhester.bsky.social
www.nosolocine.net/xenofeminism...
@helenhester.bsky.social
Xenofeminismo y cultura digital: Una entrevista con Helen Hester. Por Laia Marsal Ferret - nosolocine
“El feminismo debe construir los futuros que la tecnología nos ofrece, no esperar a que lleguen” Hel
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October 4, 2025 at 6:18 AM
“El feminismo debe construir los futuros que la tecnología nos ofrece, no esperar a que lleguen” Helen Hester, filósofa, referente del tecnofeminismo, la voz más influyentes sobre la intersección entre tecnología, feminismo y cultura.
www.nosolocine.net/xenofeminism...
@helenhester.bsky.social
www.nosolocine.net/xenofeminism...
@helenhester.bsky.social
Can't believe it's been a decade...
event: xenofeminism @ 10 years
tues 7th oct, 18:30 (london)
@reproutopia.bsky.social | @helenhester.bsky.social
tickets: buff.ly/kHeUXUN
tues 7th oct, 18:30 (london)
@reproutopia.bsky.social | @helenhester.bsky.social
tickets: buff.ly/kHeUXUN
September 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Can't believe it's been a decade...
Phwoar, check out the reading lists for my new modules:
'Political Economy of Emerging Technologies' rl.talis.com/3/uwl/lists/...
'Labour in an Age of Platform Capitalism'
rl.talis.com/3/uwl/lists/...
UWL's MA in Digital Media, Culture and Economy launches next month & I'm so excited about it!!!
'Political Economy of Emerging Technologies' rl.talis.com/3/uwl/lists/...
'Labour in an Age of Platform Capitalism'
rl.talis.com/3/uwl/lists/...
UWL's MA in Digital Media, Culture and Economy launches next month & I'm so excited about it!!!
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September 11, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Phwoar, check out the reading lists for my new modules:
'Political Economy of Emerging Technologies' rl.talis.com/3/uwl/lists/...
'Labour in an Age of Platform Capitalism'
rl.talis.com/3/uwl/lists/...
UWL's MA in Digital Media, Culture and Economy launches next month & I'm so excited about it!!!
'Political Economy of Emerging Technologies' rl.talis.com/3/uwl/lists/...
'Labour in an Age of Platform Capitalism'
rl.talis.com/3/uwl/lists/...
UWL's MA in Digital Media, Culture and Economy launches next month & I'm so excited about it!!!
Looking forward to the UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development at the end of the month, where I'll be giving a keynote talk on AI slop and discovery collapse.
mondiacult.cultura.gob.es/noticias/not...
mondiacult.cultura.gob.es/noticias/not...
El Ministerio de Cultura y UNESCO presentan Mondiacult 2025, la conferencia mundial que reunirá en Barcelona a más de 150 ministros de Cultura del mundo
El ministro de Cultura y el director general de Cultura de la UNESCO han presentado los detalles de este foro ministerial internacional sobre políticas culturales y desarrollo sostenible, que por primera vez acoge España.
mondiacult.cultura.gob.es
September 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Looking forward to the UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development at the end of the month, where I'll be giving a keynote talk on AI slop and discovery collapse.
mondiacult.cultura.gob.es/noticias/not...
mondiacult.cultura.gob.es/noticias/not...
Parisian comrades! I'll be at the Sorbonne on Tuesday talking about 'Women as Wetware? On the Fertile Imaginaries of Silicon Valley'
7.30pm, September 2, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University – Bachelard Amphitheater of the Sorbonne, FREE.
www.eventbrite.fr/e/public-lec...
7.30pm, September 2, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University – Bachelard Amphitheater of the Sorbonne, FREE.
www.eventbrite.fr/e/public-lec...
Public Lectures of Helen Hester and Nicolas Bourriaud
7:30-9:30pm Helen Hester (public lecture)
Nicolas Bourriaud (public lecture)
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August 31, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Parisian comrades! I'll be at the Sorbonne on Tuesday talking about 'Women as Wetware? On the Fertile Imaginaries of Silicon Valley'
7.30pm, September 2, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University – Bachelard Amphitheater of the Sorbonne, FREE.
www.eventbrite.fr/e/public-lec...
7.30pm, September 2, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University – Bachelard Amphitheater of the Sorbonne, FREE.
www.eventbrite.fr/e/public-lec...
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Geoffrey Hinton Says AI Needs Maternal Instincts. Here’s What It Takes
To give AI maternal instincts, AI's godfather, Geoffrey Hinton, must be more God than father. Perhaps we would be better off if it were the other way around?
www.forbes.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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I've written to my MP about this, and you should too.
The UK government will evacuate nine of the 40+ students in Gaza with scholarship at UK universities. My PhD student Shaimaa isn't included. We must now make sure they help the other students - email your MP today. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
UK to evacuate nine Gaza students with university scholarships
Move follows months of pressure from MPs, academics and campaigners, with dozens of other students still stranded
www.theguardian.com
August 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I've written to my MP about this, and you should too.
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La ocultación del trabajo doméstico en las viviendas unifamiliaries de lujo españolas.
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August 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
La ocultación del trabajo doméstico en las viviendas unifamiliaries de lujo españolas.
revistascientificas.uspceu.com/constelacion...
revistascientificas.uspceu.com/constelacion...
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Shaimaa has a scholarship to do a PhD on Palestinian literature with me at @uoe-llc.bsky.social, but she's stuck in Gaza because the foreign office won't help. Please share. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
I should be at Cambridge, but I’m trapped in Gaza
Home Office red tape strands dozens of Palestinian scholarship winners in war zone
www.telegraph.co.uk
July 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Shaimaa has a scholarship to do a PhD on Palestinian literature with me at @uoe-llc.bsky.social, but she's stuck in Gaza because the foreign office won't help. Please share. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
'Domestic realism or something worse?' New essay on co-living and domestic imaginaries for Weird Economies.
weirdeconomies.com/contribution...
weirdeconomies.com/contribution...
Domestic Realism or Something Worse? | Weird Economies
Weird Economies (W.E), is a journal, programming space and social experimental site that traces economic imaginaries extraordinary to financial arrangements of our time. W.E takes on an expanded chron...
weirdeconomies.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
'Domestic realism or something worse?' New essay on co-living and domestic imaginaries for Weird Economies.
weirdeconomies.com/contribution...
weirdeconomies.com/contribution...
Fun post from my PhD student Stefan Darling on the gender politics of resisting reproductive labour in the reality TV show 'Mums on Strike'
NEW on the Feminist Futures Programme blog 🚨
Casting a critical eye on the recent reality TV series, Stefan Darling analyses the gender politics of reproductive labour at play in 'Mums on Strike' from a post-work perspective 👇
autonomy.work/portfolio/mu...
Casting a critical eye on the recent reality TV series, Stefan Darling analyses the gender politics of reproductive labour at play in 'Mums on Strike' from a post-work perspective 👇
autonomy.work/portfolio/mu...
Mums on Strike: the post-work politics of reality TV
Casting a critical eye on the recent reality TV series, Stefan Darling analyses the gender politics of reproductive labour at play in 'Mums on Strike' from a post-work perspective.
autonomy.work
July 1, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Fun post from my PhD student Stefan Darling on the gender politics of resisting reproductive labour in the reality TV show 'Mums on Strike'
Some of my essays on post-work domesticities, newly collected and translated into Spanish!
#Novedad #Bartlebooth
@helenhester.bsky.social mira al corazón de lo doméstico para imaginar lo impensable: una arquitectura diseñada para abolirlo o, al menos, minimizarlo, y una tecnología que cuide, cuestione y nos libere de las cargas del trabajo doméstico.
https://acortar.link/XHhd7R
@helenhester.bsky.social mira al corazón de lo doméstico para imaginar lo impensable: una arquitectura diseñada para abolirlo o, al menos, minimizarlo, y una tecnología que cuide, cuestione y nos libere de las cargas del trabajo doméstico.
https://acortar.link/XHhd7R
June 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Some of my essays on post-work domesticities, newly collected and translated into Spanish!
Reposted by Helen Hester
I often think about Simondon’s point that the notion of ‘jobs’ in the sense of social roles distorts our understanding of ‘work’ in the sense of what is actually done in industry. I think it’s probably going to be useful for thinking about the social effects of the coming wave of AI deployment.
June 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I often think about Simondon’s point that the notion of ‘jobs’ in the sense of social roles distorts our understanding of ‘work’ in the sense of what is actually done in industry. I think it’s probably going to be useful for thinking about the social effects of the coming wave of AI deployment.
Post-lavoro, un’utopia di libertà jacobinitalia.it/post-lavoro-...
An interview with myself and @wstronge.bsky.social in Jacobin Italia.
An interview with myself and @wstronge.bsky.social in Jacobin Italia.
Post-lavoro, un’utopia di libertà - Jacobin Italia
Helen Hester e Will Stronge parlano della loro ricerca: come operare nella pratica il rifiuto del lavoro, la riduzione dell'orario, il rapporto con le tecnologie, le prospettive di genere e l'importan...
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May 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Post-lavoro, un’utopia di libertà jacobinitalia.it/post-lavoro-...
An interview with myself and @wstronge.bsky.social in Jacobin Italia.
An interview with myself and @wstronge.bsky.social in Jacobin Italia.
Coming up! I'll be talking about the myths and perils of commercial co-living, as part of Weird Economies' 'Out of Space? London Financescapes' series.
Saturday 24th May, 11-5pm at Pelican House, Bethnal Green. Full details for the series here: weirdeconomies.com/financescape...
Saturday 24th May, 11-5pm at Pelican House, Bethnal Green. Full details for the series here: weirdeconomies.com/financescape...
London | Weird Economies
London is a city where international capital returns to roost. Within sight of the radiant behemoths of the financial sector, some of the most deprived communities in the country gaze upon the materia...
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May 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Coming up! I'll be talking about the myths and perils of commercial co-living, as part of Weird Economies' 'Out of Space? London Financescapes' series.
Saturday 24th May, 11-5pm at Pelican House, Bethnal Green. Full details for the series here: weirdeconomies.com/financescape...
Saturday 24th May, 11-5pm at Pelican House, Bethnal Green. Full details for the series here: weirdeconomies.com/financescape...
Got public luxury on my mind at the moment... See this wonderful, concise post from Phil Jones.
What could public luxury look like in practice? 💭
Building on work by Helen Hester and Nick Srnicek, Phil Jones envisages a world of shared tools, collective kitchens, ambitious infrastructure, and aesthetic freedom 📈
Out now on the Autonomy blog for our #UBS Hub 👇
Building on work by Helen Hester and Nick Srnicek, Phil Jones envisages a world of shared tools, collective kitchens, ambitious infrastructure, and aesthetic freedom 📈
Out now on the Autonomy blog for our #UBS Hub 👇
Public Luxury in practice
In his second blog for our UBS Hub, Phil Jones expands upon what 'public luxury' might look in terms of practical policy.
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May 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Got public luxury on my mind at the moment... See this wonderful, concise post from Phil Jones.
May 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
‘When we are victorious on a world scale, I think we shall use gold for the purpose of building public lavatories in the streets of some of the largest cities of the world.’ - Lenin
May 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
‘When we are victorious on a world scale, I think we shall use gold for the purpose of building public lavatories in the streets of some of the largest cities of the world.’ - Lenin
If you're curious about our new MA in Digital Media, Culture and Economy, come by the UWL open day tomorrow and I'll tell you all about it! I'm there until noon, waiting to chat about labour and ownership in a digital age.
www.uwl.ac.uk/whats-on/ope...
www.uwl.ac.uk/whats-on/ope...
Open day | University of West London
Our open days give you the opportunity to learn more about studying at the University of West London.
www.uwl.ac.uk
April 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
If you're curious about our new MA in Digital Media, Culture and Economy, come by the UWL open day tomorrow and I'll tell you all about it! I'm there until noon, waiting to chat about labour and ownership in a digital age.
www.uwl.ac.uk/whats-on/ope...
www.uwl.ac.uk/whats-on/ope...
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@helenhester.bsky.social and I have written a piece for Tribune on the wider context of the government's benefit cuts.
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/04/your...
There's a much longer account of the history of unemployment and welfare in the book: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/postwork-...
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tribunemag.co.uk/2025/04/your...
There's a much longer account of the history of unemployment and welfare in the book: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/postwork-...
👇
Your Worth is Not Your Productivity
Labour’s swingeing cuts to benefits continue a long tradition of equating human worth with participation in paid employment — an unnecessary, immoral, counterproductive way to run a society.
tribunemag.co.uk
April 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
@helenhester.bsky.social and I have written a piece for Tribune on the wider context of the government's benefit cuts.
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/04/your...
There's a much longer account of the history of unemployment and welfare in the book: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/postwork-...
👇
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/04/your...
There's a much longer account of the history of unemployment and welfare in the book: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/postwork-...
👇