Luke Brunning
@lukebrunning.bsky.social
Academic philosopher interested in intimate relationships and emotions.
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Welcome to all my new followers. Here is a re-introduction for those who may not know much about me and what I do.
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Happy publication day to my new textbook with @nmckeever3.bsky.social
This has been a long time in the making and @politybooks.bsky.social have been fantastic throughout the whole process. 🥂
This has been a long time in the making and @politybooks.bsky.social have been fantastic throughout the whole process. 🥂
November 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Happy publication day to my new textbook with @nmckeever3.bsky.social
This has been a long time in the making and @politybooks.bsky.social have been fantastic throughout the whole process. 🥂
This has been a long time in the making and @politybooks.bsky.social have been fantastic throughout the whole process. 🥂
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thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
www.gofundme.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
You’ll find a few words of mine in this @economist.com article: www.economist.com/business/202...
Will AI make dating apps better—or even worse?
Tinder, Hinge and Bumble are betting big on the technology
www.economist.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
You’ll find a few words of mine in this @economist.com article: www.economist.com/business/202...
Happy publication day to my new textbook with @nmckeever3.bsky.social
This has been a long time in the making and @politybooks.bsky.social have been fantastic throughout the whole process. 🥂
This has been a long time in the making and @politybooks.bsky.social have been fantastic throughout the whole process. 🥂
November 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Happy publication day to my new textbook with @nmckeever3.bsky.social
This has been a long time in the making and @politybooks.bsky.social have been fantastic throughout the whole process. 🥂
This has been a long time in the making and @politybooks.bsky.social have been fantastic throughout the whole process. 🥂
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To mark two weeks since the launch of the @aroaceresearch.bsky.social based at CLSR, @isobellogan.bsky.social sat down with the organiser @kristin-kaeuper.bsky.social to hear more about the network, plans for the future, and how you can get involved! 🧡💛💙
⬇️Give it a listen⬇️
⬇️Give it a listen⬇️
November 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
To mark two weeks since the launch of the @aroaceresearch.bsky.social based at CLSR, @isobellogan.bsky.social sat down with the organiser @kristin-kaeuper.bsky.social to hear more about the network, plans for the future, and how you can get involved! 🧡💛💙
⬇️Give it a listen⬇️
⬇️Give it a listen⬇️
In this @telegraphnews.bsky.social article I mention some things to consider when transitioning to nonmonogamy www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitne...
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November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
In this @telegraphnews.bsky.social article I mention some things to consider when transitioning to nonmonogamy www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitne...
This is terrible. Teen Vogue were a vital source of political critique and social commentary.
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM
This is terrible. Teen Vogue were a vital source of political critique and social commentary.
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I've been trying to get deskilling into AI ethics for probably five years, and this Appiah essay trying to do this is a total mess www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Age of De-Skilling
Will AI stretch our minds—or stunt them?
www.theatlantic.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I've been trying to get deskilling into AI ethics for probably five years, and this Appiah essay trying to do this is a total mess www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Out this Friday!
Coming soon! In one month my new textbook with @nmckeever3.bsky.social will be published by @politybooks.bsky.social www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
The Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Relationships
The Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Relationships, Engagingly written, and rich with real-world examples, The Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Relationships is a crucial resource for students, researchers, a...
www.politybooks.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Out this Friday!
This conference on asexualities at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social is going to be amazing!
October 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This conference on asexualities at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social is going to be amazing!
My textbook is out in less than two weeks. @nmckeever3.bsky.social and me blogged about it here: www.politybooks.com/blog-detail/...
www.politybooks.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
My textbook is out in less than two weeks. @nmckeever3.bsky.social and me blogged about it here: www.politybooks.com/blog-detail/...
If you’re interested in asexuality or aromanticism, or intimate and romantic life more generally, then be sure to follow @aroaceresearch.bsky.social
We are thrilled to introduce the Aromanticism & Asexuality Research Network this #AceWeek! The network is based at @clsrleeds.bsky.social in the UK and brings together researchers who are working on #asexuality and #aromanticism.
🔗Find out more at aroaceresearch.com
🔗Find out more at aroaceresearch.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you’re interested in asexuality or aromanticism, or intimate and romantic life more generally, then be sure to follow @aroaceresearch.bsky.social
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Check out @nmckeever3.bsky.social and @lukebrunning.bsky.social‘s paper on the philosophy of asexuality here:
My work is often co-authored. One of my favourite articles asked whether existing philosophical approaches to desire could make room for asexuality.
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Asexuality
Asexuality is overlooked in the philosophical literature and in wider society. Such neglect produces incomplete or inaccurate accounts of romantic life and harms asexual people. We develop an account...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Check out @nmckeever3.bsky.social and @lukebrunning.bsky.social‘s paper on the philosophy of asexuality here:
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“Each generation has had to learn how to work with its newly acquired cognitive prostheses, whether stylus, scroll, or smartphone,” Kwame Anthony Appiah writes—but what’s different with AI is its speed and the intimacy of the exchange with it.
The Age of De-Skilling
Will AI stretch our minds—or stunt them?
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October 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
“Each generation has had to learn how to work with its newly acquired cognitive prostheses, whether stylus, scroll, or smartphone,” Kwame Anthony Appiah writes—but what’s different with AI is its speed and the intimacy of the exchange with it.
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It’s Ace Week, and I want to say that one thing I’ve been happy to see in the past few years is how Audre Lorde’s erotic has become a resource for thinking asexual/aromantic embodiment and experience. ♠️
October 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
It’s Ace Week, and I want to say that one thing I’ve been happy to see in the past few years is how Audre Lorde’s erotic has become a resource for thinking asexual/aromantic embodiment and experience. ♠️
Why do we need an asexuality and aromanticism research network like @aroaceresearch.bsky.social? Here are some reasons 👇🏻
October 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Why do we need an asexuality and aromanticism research network like @aroaceresearch.bsky.social? Here are some reasons 👇🏻
My PhD student @kristin-kaeuper.bsky.social has just launched an academic for scholars studying asexuality and aromanticism 👇🏻
We are thrilled to introduce the Aromanticism & Asexuality Research Network this #AceWeek! The network is based at @clsrleeds.bsky.social in the UK and brings together researchers who are working on #asexuality and #aromanticism.
🔗Find out more at aroaceresearch.com
🔗Find out more at aroaceresearch.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
My PhD student @kristin-kaeuper.bsky.social has just launched an academic for scholars studying asexuality and aromanticism 👇🏻
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I had a great time chatting to @stinaface.bsky.social and @ninajonesfilm.bsky.social about asexual representation, and you can listen to the podcast episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/3p5D... Also, go read my blog about the impacts of ace representation below 👀 Happy Ace Week everyone! 💜
October 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I had a great time chatting to @stinaface.bsky.social and @ninajonesfilm.bsky.social about asexual representation, and you can listen to the podcast episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/3p5D... Also, go read my blog about the impacts of ace representation below 👀 Happy Ace Week everyone! 💜
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For the start of ace week 2025 why not listen to this podcast on asexuality featuring @nmckeever3.bsky.social and @lukebrunning.bsky.social goodisinthedetails.libsyn.com/romantic-lov...
Good Is In The Details: Romantic Love, Attraction, and Asexuality
Gwendolyn Dolske welcomes Philosophy Professors Luke Brunning and Natasha McKeever (University of Leeds) to discuss their research on Asexuality published in Journal of Applied Philosophy, Vol. 38, No...
goodisinthedetails.libsyn.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:20 AM
For the start of ace week 2025 why not listen to this podcast on asexuality featuring @nmckeever3.bsky.social and @lukebrunning.bsky.social goodisinthedetails.libsyn.com/romantic-lov...
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Last but certainly not least, please welcome our final new PhD researcher, Charlotte Curran!
Charlotte will be looking into the interpretative, communicative and expressive work undertaken in romantic relationships 🏋️♀️🤔
Here’s Charlotte on her research and why she’s excited to be joining CLSR⬇️
Charlotte will be looking into the interpretative, communicative and expressive work undertaken in romantic relationships 🏋️♀️🤔
Here’s Charlotte on her research and why she’s excited to be joining CLSR⬇️
October 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Last but certainly not least, please welcome our final new PhD researcher, Charlotte Curran!
Charlotte will be looking into the interpretative, communicative and expressive work undertaken in romantic relationships 🏋️♀️🤔
Here’s Charlotte on her research and why she’s excited to be joining CLSR⬇️
Charlotte will be looking into the interpretative, communicative and expressive work undertaken in romantic relationships 🏋️♀️🤔
Here’s Charlotte on her research and why she’s excited to be joining CLSR⬇️
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Our next new face we’re so excited to introduce… Kristin Kauper!
@kristin-kaeuper.bsky.social is embarking on their PhD with us researching asexuality and aromanticism🏳️🌈
They’ve got some amazing stuff in the works that we can’t wait to share with you! 👀✨
Over to Kristin to say hi ⤵️
@kristin-kaeuper.bsky.social is embarking on their PhD with us researching asexuality and aromanticism🏳️🌈
They’ve got some amazing stuff in the works that we can’t wait to share with you! 👀✨
Over to Kristin to say hi ⤵️
October 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Our next new face we’re so excited to introduce… Kristin Kauper!
@kristin-kaeuper.bsky.social is embarking on their PhD with us researching asexuality and aromanticism🏳️🌈
They’ve got some amazing stuff in the works that we can’t wait to share with you! 👀✨
Over to Kristin to say hi ⤵️
@kristin-kaeuper.bsky.social is embarking on their PhD with us researching asexuality and aromanticism🏳️🌈
They’ve got some amazing stuff in the works that we can’t wait to share with you! 👀✨
Over to Kristin to say hi ⤵️
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Our next new CLSR member to introduce… Tom Wardell!
Tom’s PhD will dive into the fascinating world of AI, exploring the possibility and ethics of human-chatbot relationships🤖❤️
Hear him talk about his research and how he’s found being a distance learner with CLSR so far👇👇
Tom’s PhD will dive into the fascinating world of AI, exploring the possibility and ethics of human-chatbot relationships🤖❤️
Hear him talk about his research and how he’s found being a distance learner with CLSR so far👇👇
October 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Our next new CLSR member to introduce… Tom Wardell!
Tom’s PhD will dive into the fascinating world of AI, exploring the possibility and ethics of human-chatbot relationships🤖❤️
Hear him talk about his research and how he’s found being a distance learner with CLSR so far👇👇
Tom’s PhD will dive into the fascinating world of AI, exploring the possibility and ethics of human-chatbot relationships🤖❤️
Hear him talk about his research and how he’s found being a distance learner with CLSR so far👇👇
A good idea, apart from ‘with only limited AI use permitted for tasks such as formatting or idea generation’ www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
Certified organic and AI-free: New stamp for human-written books launches
As machine-made books flood online marketplaces, a new UK initiative is introducing an Organic Literature stamp to help readers identify books created by real authors
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A good idea, apart from ‘with only limited AI use permitted for tasks such as formatting or idea generation’ www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
A good idea, apart from ‘with only limited AI use permitted for tasks such as formatting or idea generation’ www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
Certified organic and AI-free: New stamp for human-written books launches
As machine-made books flood online marketplaces, a new UK initiative is introducing an Organic Literature stamp to help readers identify books created by real authors
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A good idea, apart from ‘with only limited AI use permitted for tasks such as formatting or idea generation’ www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
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Call for papers for BSET '26 - taking place in Leeds in mid-July, this time with Jenny Saul and Krister Bykvist:
October 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Call for papers for BSET '26 - taking place in Leeds in mid-July, this time with Jenny Saul and Krister Bykvist: