Shirley Jackson
@asintemple.bsky.social
Economist, Writer, Embarrassing Dad & Big Weird Nerd.
Come for the longwinded threads on the economy.
Stay for the self-satisfied jokes based on outdated references.
Leave because it’s good for your mental health.
Come for the longwinded threads on the economy.
Stay for the self-satisfied jokes based on outdated references.
Leave because it’s good for your mental health.
This is too horny for main
November 17, 2025 at 4:15 AM
This is too horny for main
Congrats Dan! An excellent appointment!
November 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Congrats Dan! An excellent appointment!
I’ve had just about enough of your communist nonsense that welfare recipients are "human beings" who have "fundamental rights" that entitles them to "basic levels of security and safety". Those aren’t even words Jeremy.
a cartoon of spongebob wearing a top hat and glasses driving a car
ALT: a cartoon of spongebob wearing a top hat and glasses driving a car
media.tenor.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I’ve had just about enough of your communist nonsense that welfare recipients are "human beings" who have "fundamental rights" that entitles them to "basic levels of security and safety". Those aren’t even words Jeremy.
Love a relationship hard launch
October 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Love a relationship hard launch
I lay awake at night haunted by the sandwiches I’ve eaten in NYC
October 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I lay awake at night haunted by the sandwiches I’ve eaten in NYC
I haven’t heard of this sandwich joint, but there’s nobody I trust more than you. I’m back home I’m jan for a few weeks, what’s your sando recommendation for dannyboys?
October 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I haven’t heard of this sandwich joint, but there’s nobody I trust more than you. I’m back home I’m jan for a few weeks, what’s your sando recommendation for dannyboys?
Bourdieu > Weber
October 3, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Bourdieu > Weber
100%. I think you do need a perennial element in your narratives, to demonstrate the ability of your power and provide continuity, but I see a lot of “we did this for you, and you owe it to us to be involved” - and that does not motivate younger audiences at all.
October 2, 2025 at 11:54 PM
100%. I think you do need a perennial element in your narratives, to demonstrate the ability of your power and provide continuity, but I see a lot of “we did this for you, and you owe it to us to be involved” - and that does not motivate younger audiences at all.
As you and I have talked about many times, until we start focusing on materiality and recognising the diverse manifestations of class that exist currently, it’s going to be near impossible to build broad consensus and solidarity. End of rant. (7/7)
October 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
As you and I have talked about many times, until we start focusing on materiality and recognising the diverse manifestations of class that exist currently, it’s going to be near impossible to build broad consensus and solidarity. End of rant. (7/7)
What I think is interesting though is we’re still building political narratives (including campaigns of organised labour), on cultural working class identities, and trying to graph them onto people who don’t align, despite their economic relationship being squarely working class. (6/n)
October 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
What I think is interesting though is we’re still building political narratives (including campaigns of organised labour), on cultural working class identities, and trying to graph them onto people who don’t align, despite their economic relationship being squarely working class. (6/n)
That’s why we’ve seen this inversion of political identity, where lots of culturally working class people are now voting Tory, and culturally middle class people are voting labour in the anglosphere, and I believe this is relatively true in the European countries more broadly. (5/n)
October 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
That’s why we’ve seen this inversion of political identity, where lots of culturally working class people are now voting Tory, and culturally middle class people are voting labour in the anglosphere, and I believe this is relatively true in the European countries more broadly. (5/n)
Now, what we would traditionally think of as culturally working class people like tradies, have often significant asset wealth, even though they start from a wage earners position. Conversely, now many insecurely employed academics have few assets and rely on precarious wages to survive. (4/n)
October 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Now, what we would traditionally think of as culturally working class people like tradies, have often significant asset wealth, even though they start from a wage earners position. Conversely, now many insecurely employed academics have few assets and rely on precarious wages to survive. (4/n)
Arguably until the 20th century, they were combined, and if you were economically working class you were almost certainly culturally working class. However, since the post-war period, that correlation has been undermined by the political and policy changes of neoliberalism. (3/n)
October 2, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Arguably until the 20th century, they were combined, and if you were economically working class you were almost certainly culturally working class. However, since the post-war period, that correlation has been undermined by the political and policy changes of neoliberalism. (3/n)
Economic is, as we discussed in the other thread, the classical Marxian understanding, where your relationship to capital and status as a wage earner are what defines your social status and space. Cultural is obviously related to aesthetics, attitudes, and other group identity markers. (2/n)
October 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Economic is, as we discussed in the other thread, the classical Marxian understanding, where your relationship to capital and status as a wage earner are what defines your social status and space. Cultural is obviously related to aesthetics, attitudes, and other group identity markers. (2/n)
My other joke comment aside, I think the broader problem is that people miss that there are multiple dimensions to class (using a Bourdieusian framework), and that the economic and cultural dimensions get confused. (1/n)
October 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
My other joke comment aside, I think the broader problem is that people miss that there are multiple dimensions to class (using a Bourdieusian framework), and that the economic and cultural dimensions get confused. (1/n)
Almost like class is defined by your relationship to capital 😂
October 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Almost like class is defined by your relationship to capital 😂
Apologies for barging into this thread, but if you like Richter have you listened to Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians? Also, do yourself a favour and listen to staggering talent of local composer Luke Howard’s The Sand That Ate The Sea!
September 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Apologies for barging into this thread, but if you like Richter have you listened to Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians? Also, do yourself a favour and listen to staggering talent of local composer Luke Howard’s The Sand That Ate The Sea!
Wait a minute….this isn’t cool at all!
September 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Wait a minute….this isn’t cool at all!