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Dean Spade
@deanspade.bsky.social
· Jun 11
Introducing: Love in a F*cked Up World | Podcast with Dean Spade
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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.
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@jessicalanyadoo.bsky.social is back answering more listener questions on Part 2 of this AMA episode!
Listen wherever you get your podcasts or watch the full episode on YouTube.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts or watch the full episode on YouTube.
November 13, 2025 at 2:32 AM
@jessicalanyadoo.bsky.social is back answering more listener questions on Part 2 of this AMA episode!
Listen wherever you get your podcasts or watch the full episode on YouTube.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts or watch the full episode on YouTube.
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.
Listen to the whole episode of Speaking Out of Place wherever you get your podcasts.
November 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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.
Listen to the whole episode of Speaking Out of Place wherever you get your podcasts.
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."
"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
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."
"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."
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.
Watch on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts.
October 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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.
Watch on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts.
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.
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October 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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/...
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
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.
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! ❤️
October 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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! ❤️
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.
Find more content like this and join the conversation on patreon.com/deanspade.
October 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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.
Find more content like this and join the conversation on patreon.com/deanspade.
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.
You can listen to the whole episode wherever you get podcasts.
October 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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.
You can listen to the whole episode wherever you get podcasts.
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
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.
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
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! ❤️ ❤️
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 :)
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...
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
October 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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 :)
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
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?
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...
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
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...
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
Reposted by Dean Spade
'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.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
'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
'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.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Reposted by Dean Spade
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...
Read the conversation with @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social:
inthesetimes.com/article/love...
September 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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...
Read the conversation with @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social:
inthesetimes.com/article/love...
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-...
Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/love-in-a-...
September 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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-...
Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/love-in-a-...
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-...
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
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-...
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-...
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...
Tickets and access info here: www.deanspade.net/2024/11/15/u...
September 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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...
Tickets and access info here: www.deanspade.net/2024/11/15/u...
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
airtable.com/app87WhX08mp...
Prisoners can request a book by writing to:
1977 Books
1468 Woodley Road
Montgomery, Alabama
36106
September 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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
airtable.com/app87WhX08mp...
Prisoners can request a book by writing to:
1977 Books
1468 Woodley Road
Montgomery, Alabama
36106
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
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.
Reposted by Dean Spade
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.
Pay as little as $1 a month for exclusive content.
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.
Pay as little as $1 a month for exclusive content.
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September 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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.
Pay as little as $1 a month for exclusive content.
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.
Pay as little as $1 a month for exclusive content.
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
www.patreon.com/deanspade
September 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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
www.patreon.com/deanspade
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
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.