@emilykenway.bsky.social
writer and sociologist / Orwell finalist book 'Who Cares' out now / PhD @EdinburghUni / Boards @neon_uk @nationaluglymug / Rep'd @rcwlitagency
A new piece just out in the Guardian; it’d be natural to think our hidden economy is a question of migrants working illegally, based on govt attitude, but that’s not what the research says at all: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There is a thriving shadow economy in Britain – but migrants are not to blame | Emily Kenway
Labour is desperately trying to mimic Reform’s line on the cash economy, says former policy adviser Emily Kenway
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
A new piece just out in the Guardian; it’d be natural to think our hidden economy is a question of migrants working illegally, based on govt attitude, but that’s not what the research says at all: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@dempster2000.bsky.social hilarious au pair tv review, cackling as I read it 👏👏
October 18, 2025 at 7:15 AM
@dempster2000.bsky.social hilarious au pair tv review, cackling as I read it 👏👏
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New report by @emilykenway.bsky.social @jrf-uk.bsky.social reveals the daily life of carers, a complex web with inflexible employers, complex social care systems and a health care system that excludes them. We need to accept that care is a foundational part of our lives, economy and society. Link👇
June 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
New report by @emilykenway.bsky.social @jrf-uk.bsky.social reveals the daily life of carers, a complex web with inflexible employers, complex social care systems and a health care system that excludes them. We need to accept that care is a foundational part of our lives, economy and society. Link👇
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‘Since being a carer myself, and subsequently writing a book about carers’ experiences, I have developed a keen sense for when a policymaker, politician or simply a member of the public has failed to understand the contribution of carers.’
@emilykenway.bsky.social echoes my own experience.
@emilykenway.bsky.social echoes my own experience.
Carers like me connect patients and doctors – so why are we so often made to feel invisible? | Emily Kenway
Carers like me connect patients and doctors – so why are we so often made to feel invisible? | Emily Kenway
People looking after loved ones struggle to be heard by health professionals. Yet without us, the system would collapse, says author Emily Kenway
www.theguardian.com
July 1, 2025 at 8:38 AM
‘Since being a carer myself, and subsequently writing a book about carers’ experiences, I have developed a keen sense for when a policymaker, politician or simply a member of the public has failed to understand the contribution of carers.’
@emilykenway.bsky.social echoes my own experience.
@emilykenway.bsky.social echoes my own experience.
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An annual 2% wealth tax on assets over £10m could raise £6.1bn from the top 20 billionaires on the Sunday Times Rich List alone. That’s enough to fully reverse cuts to winter fuel payments *and* PIP disability benefits 🤯
May 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
An annual 2% wealth tax on assets over £10m could raise £6.1bn from the top 20 billionaires on the Sunday Times Rich List alone. That’s enough to fully reverse cuts to winter fuel payments *and* PIP disability benefits 🤯
Genuinely terrified for what this will mean for the many unpaid carers I know who struggle to get paid support for their loved ones. I am all too aware that short-term visas are rly problematic for workers - the solution is visa reform, not the removal of a vital workforce.
Any politician who wants to ban migration for care homes should be forced to wait 9 hours for the toilet. I imagine pandering to anti-immigration groups would then feel as painful and illogical as it does to disabled and older people left without care workers. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK care homes face ban on overseas recruitment under migration plans
Yvette Cooper to announce proposals to reduce net migration in response to growing pressure from Reform UK
www.theguardian.com
May 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Genuinely terrified for what this will mean for the many unpaid carers I know who struggle to get paid support for their loved ones. I am all too aware that short-term visas are rly problematic for workers - the solution is visa reform, not the removal of a vital workforce.
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Congrats :) Also it can be downloaded now from here: library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation around the World
library.oapen.org
May 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Congrats :) Also it can be downloaded now from here: library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
📣 Friends interested in / affected by sex work and #trafficking policy, I have brand new research out in this new book from Amsterdam University Press. It'll be free to download once it's published! I'm grateful to have been commissioned to produce this new work.
www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation around the World
Sex work is often called the oldest profession in the world. It manifests itself in a plethora of forms. A move to private locations is now taking place: contacts are established via the Internet and ...
www.aup.nl
May 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
📣 Friends interested in / affected by sex work and #trafficking policy, I have brand new research out in this new book from Amsterdam University Press. It'll be free to download once it's published! I'm grateful to have been commissioned to produce this new work.
www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
If you're interested in the UK's increased military spending & what a better way fwd would look like, come to this event on Thurs eve (online) which I'm chairing. There are 3 deeply knowledgeable speakers: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/warfare-no...
Warfare not welfare? Making sense of increased military spending
Join NEON & friends for a crucial discussion on the UK government's growth in military spending, its context, and how the left can respond.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
If you're interested in the UK's increased military spending & what a better way fwd would look like, come to this event on Thurs eve (online) which I'm chairing. There are 3 deeply knowledgeable speakers: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/warfare-no...
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Heart full to be at the launch of @carefull.bsky.social with kindred souls to think about care and a better future.
@emilykenway.bsky.social @autonomy-institute.bsky.social
@emilykenway.bsky.social @autonomy-institute.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Heart full to be at the launch of @carefull.bsky.social with kindred souls to think about care and a better future.
@emilykenway.bsky.social @autonomy-institute.bsky.social
@emilykenway.bsky.social @autonomy-institute.bsky.social
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"There is a stranglehold in our imagination on how we distribute care within society. We're allowed to own love and care and friendship. But we still need to break out of the nuclear family."
We need a frank conversation about the changing of who cares as well - @emilykenway.bsky.social
We need a frank conversation about the changing of who cares as well - @emilykenway.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"There is a stranglehold in our imagination on how we distribute care within society. We're allowed to own love and care and friendship. But we still need to break out of the nuclear family."
We need a frank conversation about the changing of who cares as well - @emilykenway.bsky.social
We need a frank conversation about the changing of who cares as well - @emilykenway.bsky.social
See you there next week! Very excited for Ruth and Hannah to launch this much-needed venture on care.
We're excited to launch Care Full with an evening to inspire new ideas and action towards a caring economy.
Thanks to: @autonomy-institute.bsky.social, @wstronge.bsky.social, @simonduffy.bsky.social & @emilykenway.bsky.social for their support.
You can sign up here: carefulleconomy.co.uk/launch/
Thanks to: @autonomy-institute.bsky.social, @wstronge.bsky.social, @simonduffy.bsky.social & @emilykenway.bsky.social for their support.
You can sign up here: carefulleconomy.co.uk/launch/
Care Full Launch Event
Care Full is launching! Sign up here We’re excited to launch Care Full with an evening to inspire new ideas and action towards a more caring economy. Join us to hear about Care Full’s a…
carefulleconomy.co.uk
March 18, 2025 at 7:47 AM
See you there next week! Very excited for Ruth and Hannah to launch this much-needed venture on care.
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Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States
March 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States
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🚨 One third of a million employees - earning between £123 - £146 per week - are now at risk of having their sick pay reduced.
Hear Amanda Walters, Director of the #SafeSickPay campaign, discuss on LBC radio why the Government must urgently change its wording in the Employment Rights Bill.👂⬇️
Hear Amanda Walters, Director of the #SafeSickPay campaign, discuss on LBC radio why the Government must urgently change its wording in the Employment Rights Bill.👂⬇️
March 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🚨 One third of a million employees - earning between £123 - £146 per week - are now at risk of having their sick pay reduced.
Hear Amanda Walters, Director of the #SafeSickPay campaign, discuss on LBC radio why the Government must urgently change its wording in the Employment Rights Bill.👂⬇️
Hear Amanda Walters, Director of the #SafeSickPay campaign, discuss on LBC radio why the Government must urgently change its wording in the Employment Rights Bill.👂⬇️
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At Care Full we support the #SafeSickPay campaign from @progressivechange.bsky.social.
For unpaid carers the fear of becoming ill is acute; it not only affects the practical aspects of care but the financial too.
Our latest blog has more on the need for change carefulleconomy.co.uk/2025/02/07/c...
For unpaid carers the fear of becoming ill is acute; it not only affects the practical aspects of care but the financial too.
Our latest blog has more on the need for change carefulleconomy.co.uk/2025/02/07/c...
February 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
At Care Full we support the #SafeSickPay campaign from @progressivechange.bsky.social.
For unpaid carers the fear of becoming ill is acute; it not only affects the practical aspects of care but the financial too.
Our latest blog has more on the need for change carefulleconomy.co.uk/2025/02/07/c...
For unpaid carers the fear of becoming ill is acute; it not only affects the practical aspects of care but the financial too.
Our latest blog has more on the need for change carefulleconomy.co.uk/2025/02/07/c...
About a year after it was commissioned, my piece for
@uk.theconversation.com is out! Find out (some of) what I've been up to for the past couple of years.
theconversation.com/homeless-bri...
@uk.theconversation.com is out! Find out (some of) what I've been up to for the past couple of years.
theconversation.com/homeless-bri...
Homeless Britons say cost of addiction is forcing them into modern slavery – so why are they not being recognised as victims?
I’ve met many homeless British people who have been exploited. It seems to be addiction, more than homelessness, that puts them in harm’s way.
theconversation.com
March 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
About a year after it was commissioned, my piece for
@uk.theconversation.com is out! Find out (some of) what I've been up to for the past couple of years.
theconversation.com/homeless-bri...
@uk.theconversation.com is out! Find out (some of) what I've been up to for the past couple of years.
theconversation.com/homeless-bri...
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What does #sociology have to say about #gender & #class in 2025?
Join renowned feminist sociologists Bev Skeggs, @jolittler.bsky.social & @michaelacbenson.bsky.social in the first of the Foundation’s new Conversation series.
📅 12 March 18.30–20.00 UTC #online #IWD2025
🎟️ https://buff.ly/4gOe3TB
Join renowned feminist sociologists Bev Skeggs, @jolittler.bsky.social & @michaelacbenson.bsky.social in the first of the Foundation’s new Conversation series.
📅 12 March 18.30–20.00 UTC #online #IWD2025
🎟️ https://buff.ly/4gOe3TB
February 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
What does #sociology have to say about #gender & #class in 2025?
Join renowned feminist sociologists Bev Skeggs, @jolittler.bsky.social & @michaelacbenson.bsky.social in the first of the Foundation’s new Conversation series.
📅 12 March 18.30–20.00 UTC #online #IWD2025
🎟️ https://buff.ly/4gOe3TB
Join renowned feminist sociologists Bev Skeggs, @jolittler.bsky.social & @michaelacbenson.bsky.social in the first of the Foundation’s new Conversation series.
📅 12 March 18.30–20.00 UTC #online #IWD2025
🎟️ https://buff.ly/4gOe3TB
London people, NEON has an interesting social event coming up next week: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neon-socia...
NEON Social: The Rise of Reform and the Far Right
Join us for a discussion on Reform's rise in popularity, and how movements can (continue to) effectively organise against the far right
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
London people, NEON has an interesting social event coming up next week: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neon-socia...
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First session is tomorrow! Tell us what YOU want at the Manchester drop-in. We would love to hear from our community.
Reach out and come along ☂️ Sex workers only
Reach out and come along ☂️ Sex workers only
NUM Manchester Drop-in🌟13th February @ 12 - 2:30pm. All sex workers, all genders welcome. Self care session awaits!
⭕Safe sex supplies
⭕Sanitary products
⭕Specialist ISVA support
⭕Snacks & drinks
⭕Self care/wellbeing activity available
Reach rosalie@nationaluglymugs.org for where to find us!
⭕Safe sex supplies
⭕Sanitary products
⭕Specialist ISVA support
⭕Snacks & drinks
⭕Self care/wellbeing activity available
Reach rosalie@nationaluglymugs.org for where to find us!
February 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
First session is tomorrow! Tell us what YOU want at the Manchester drop-in. We would love to hear from our community.
Reach out and come along ☂️ Sex workers only
Reach out and come along ☂️ Sex workers only
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❗ATTENTION SOCIAL SCIENTISTS❗ The Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness is seeking nomination for the 2025 Book Prize. This awarded to the authors or editors of a book making a significant contribution to medical sociology 👀😱. Reward of £1,000 🤑 Apply here: shorturl.at/sHn0Z PLEASE RT!
Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize
www.britsoc.co.uk
February 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
❗ATTENTION SOCIAL SCIENTISTS❗ The Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness is seeking nomination for the 2025 Book Prize. This awarded to the authors or editors of a book making a significant contribution to medical sociology 👀😱. Reward of £1,000 🤑 Apply here: shorturl.at/sHn0Z PLEASE RT!
This morning I’m up early to give a guest lecture and workshop on unpaid care to Edinburgh Uni masters students studying inequalities. It’s the third year I’ve done it and it’s a real pleasure to bring this topic to their attention. We’re covering…
February 12, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This morning I’m up early to give a guest lecture and workshop on unpaid care to Edinburgh Uni masters students studying inequalities. It’s the third year I’ve done it and it’s a real pleasure to bring this topic to their attention. We’re covering…
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This book by @emilykenway.bsky.social was one of the best I’ve read all year and encouraged me to have some hard conversations with my ageing parents before it’s too late. Profoundly grateful I picked it up. It’s a hard read but a very, very necessary one and one I highly recommend to all.
January 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This book by @emilykenway.bsky.social was one of the best I’ve read all year and encouraged me to have some hard conversations with my ageing parents before it’s too late. Profoundly grateful I picked it up. It’s a hard read but a very, very necessary one and one I highly recommend to all.
If you're interested in homelessness, exploitation, Edinburgh, drug policy...keep your eyes peeled in a couple of weeks, here and in all these other weird spaces where we pretend to be our job titles, for a deeply researched article from me and The Conversation.
January 31, 2025 at 10:48 AM
If you're interested in homelessness, exploitation, Edinburgh, drug policy...keep your eyes peeled in a couple of weeks, here and in all these other weird spaces where we pretend to be our job titles, for a deeply researched article from me and The Conversation.