Feminist City
@feministcity.bsky.social
Femme the city! Exploring the (re)production/labor/work/care in/of/for/as the city
[PhD in progress on 1970s feminist spatial politics in London + NYC]
[PhD in progress on 1970s feminist spatial politics in London + NYC]
"By excavating the urban struggles of 1970s Italy with a spatialized understanding of Operaismo’s signature theoretical contribution––class composition––the book provides both an important contribution to radical urban history and a window into how current urban struggles might be theorized." ❤️🔥 ❤️🔥 ❤️🔥
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
"By excavating the urban struggles of 1970s Italy with a spatialized understanding of Operaismo’s signature theoretical contribution––class composition––the book provides both an important contribution to radical urban history and a window into how current urban struggles might be theorized." ❤️🔥 ❤️🔥 ❤️🔥
Rosalind Petchesky still going strong? 🥹
November 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Rosalind Petchesky still going strong? 🥹
"A struggle is not necessarily progressive because it is in a factory, or reformist because it is outside it."
November 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"A struggle is not necessarily progressive because it is in a factory, or reformist because it is outside it."
"It's the connection between the shit private production provides in the market and the miracles women are supposed to perform with it inside the family that's really the key" (!)
November 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
"It's the connection between the shit private production provides in the market and the miracles women are supposed to perform with it inside the family that's really the key" (!)
"Thus, capital constructs consumption work for women in complex ways: capital organizes the distribution of income to the household, and this largely determines the distribution of households into neighborhoods; ...capital organizes distribution of particular goods and services to particular areas."
November 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"Thus, capital constructs consumption work for women in complex ways: capital organizes the distribution of income to the household, and this largely determines the distribution of households into neighborhoods; ...capital organizes distribution of particular goods and services to particular areas."
"Since women are usually both the consumption workers and the wage laborers in the distribution of goods and services, it is especially clear that capital shifts between paying and not paying for the same work."
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"Since women are usually both the consumption workers and the wage laborers in the distribution of goods and services, it is especially clear that capital shifts between paying and not paying for the same work."
We are all consumption workers !
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
We are all consumption workers !
"The Other Side of the Paycheck" (1976)
“The consumption worker, unlike the wage laborer, has no singular and obvious antagonists, but many antagonists: the state, the supermarket, the landlord, etc.”
“The consumption worker, unlike the wage laborer, has no singular and obvious antagonists, but many antagonists: the state, the supermarket, the landlord, etc.”
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
"The Other Side of the Paycheck" (1976)
“The consumption worker, unlike the wage laborer, has no singular and obvious antagonists, but many antagonists: the state, the supermarket, the landlord, etc.”
“The consumption worker, unlike the wage laborer, has no singular and obvious antagonists, but many antagonists: the state, the supermarket, the landlord, etc.”
"Technology, the labor process, and the working class" (1976)
archive.org/details/tech...
archive.org/details/tech...
November 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"Technology, the labor process, and the working class" (1976)
archive.org/details/tech...
archive.org/details/tech...
Today's the day! Join us on Zoom at 3pm: peoplespapers.eventbrite.co.uk
@cperguom.bsky.social @wcmlibrary.bsky.social @rememberlop.bsky.social @writerlytone.bsky.social
@cperguom.bsky.social @wcmlibrary.bsky.social @rememberlop.bsky.social @writerlytone.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Today's the day! Join us on Zoom at 3pm: peoplespapers.eventbrite.co.uk
@cperguom.bsky.social @wcmlibrary.bsky.social @rememberlop.bsky.social @writerlytone.bsky.social
@cperguom.bsky.social @wcmlibrary.bsky.social @rememberlop.bsky.social @writerlytone.bsky.social
New research spotlight now up on the People's Papers instagram! Featuring @rememberlop.bsky.social 🤩
www.instagram.com/p/DPByPPpjGG...
www.instagram.com/p/DPByPPpjGG...
September 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New research spotlight now up on the People's Papers instagram! Featuring @rememberlop.bsky.social 🤩
www.instagram.com/p/DPByPPpjGG...
www.instagram.com/p/DPByPPpjGG...
Next up in the #Manchester Urban Film series, we're focusing on the city's contested music (and urban) histories. We'll be showing film + interview clips followed by a collective discussion. Learn more and sign up to join us on Sept 25th here: mancunianway.eventbrite.co.uk @cperguom.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Next up in the #Manchester Urban Film series, we're focusing on the city's contested music (and urban) histories. We'll be showing film + interview clips followed by a collective discussion. Learn more and sign up to join us on Sept 25th here: mancunianway.eventbrite.co.uk @cperguom.bsky.social
Sharing some reflections today at the CSE Midlands conference “Britain’s financialised capitalism & the politics of change”: csemidlands.wordpress.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Sharing some reflections today at the CSE Midlands conference “Britain’s financialised capitalism & the politics of change”: csemidlands.wordpress.com
Save the date! Organizing an online “People’s Papers” workshop on Sept 30th to hear from projects in Leeds (@rememberlop.bsky.social), Liverpool and Birmingham: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archiving-... @wcmlibrary.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Save the date! Organizing an online “People’s Papers” workshop on Sept 30th to hear from projects in Leeds (@rememberlop.bsky.social), Liverpool and Birmingham: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archiving-... @wcmlibrary.bsky.social
New blog post with an update on the "People's Papers" archival research project up now on the @wcmlibrary.bsky.social website!
wcml.org.uk/blog/a-peek-...
wcml.org.uk/blog/a-peek-...
August 14, 2025 at 9:49 AM
New blog post with an update on the "People's Papers" archival research project up now on the @wcmlibrary.bsky.social website!
wcml.org.uk/blog/a-peek-...
wcml.org.uk/blog/a-peek-...
This Lou Kushnick syllabus on Race and Class from 1970s @uomsociology.bsky.social in the Olive Morris's archive is amazing -- what a treasure trove of academic sources! Would absolutely have loved to take this class 😍
Anyone interested in a revival/reading group?!
Anyone interested in a revival/reading group?!
August 6, 2025 at 6:49 AM
This Lou Kushnick syllabus on Race and Class from 1970s @uomsociology.bsky.social in the Olive Morris's archive is amazing -- what a treasure trove of academic sources! Would absolutely have loved to take this class 😍
Anyone interested in a revival/reading group?!
Anyone interested in a revival/reading group?!
So nice to get to chat with Tony Harcup about @rememberlop.bsky.social at the @wcmlibrary.bsky.social today! And thanks for the book donations 💞
July 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
So nice to get to chat with Tony Harcup about @rememberlop.bsky.social at the @wcmlibrary.bsky.social today! And thanks for the book donations 💞
New "People's Papers" blog post up on the @wcmlibrary.bsky.social website! wcml.org.uk/blog/a-blast...
More on the project here: www.instagram.com/peoplespapers/
More on the project here: www.instagram.com/peoplespapers/
July 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
New "People's Papers" blog post up on the @wcmlibrary.bsky.social website! wcml.org.uk/blog/a-blast...
More on the project here: www.instagram.com/peoplespapers/
More on the project here: www.instagram.com/peoplespapers/
This iconic issue from Viewpoint Magazine is 10 years old this year ! Still so much to learn & appreciate in these many articles: viewpointmag.com/2015/11/02/i... (Would love to have some kind of collective reading/reflection event or discussion on publishing/political lineages if there's interest!)
July 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This iconic issue from Viewpoint Magazine is 10 years old this year ! Still so much to learn & appreciate in these many articles: viewpointmag.com/2015/11/02/i... (Would love to have some kind of collective reading/reflection event or discussion on publishing/political lineages if there's interest!)
Tonight at the #InterferenceArchive! I'll be sharing more about my research on (/obsession with) activist + grassroots newspapers from the 1970s both in the UK and also with a special focus on NYC: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archival-w...
July 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Tonight at the #InterferenceArchive! I'll be sharing more about my research on (/obsession with) activist + grassroots newspapers from the 1970s both in the UK and also with a special focus on NYC: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archival-w...
Including some great cameos !! @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Including some great cameos !! @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social
Screening a compilation of videos from Undercurrents documenting 1990s direct action and activism: www.undercurrents.org/altvideos.html
June 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Screening a compilation of videos from Undercurrents documenting 1990s direct action and activism: www.undercurrents.org/altvideos.html
The last screening of the Manchester Urban Film Series is coming up this Monday @wcmlibrary.bsky.social ! It’s on the topic of direct action and youth activism from the 1990s to today 📢 in collab w/ @globaljusticenow.bsky.social Manchester activists. RSVP here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/undercurre...
June 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The last screening of the Manchester Urban Film Series is coming up this Monday @wcmlibrary.bsky.social ! It’s on the topic of direct action and youth activism from the 1990s to today 📢 in collab w/ @globaljusticenow.bsky.social Manchester activists. RSVP here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/undercurre...