Robyn Ollett
@robynollett.bsky.social
Lecturer in English Studies
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Author of The New Queer Gothic | UWP https://share.google/thibXEa8pOuYH03v7
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✨MotL 86 is live!✨
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In this episode, we discuss the enduring influence of David Graeber’s debt-centered work in the wake of Zohran Mamdani’s election to Mayor of NY City.
Please listen & share! 🎧 🙌
moneyontheleft.org/2026/01/02/g...
In this episode, we discuss the enduring influence of David Graeber’s debt-centered work in the wake of Zohran Mamdani’s election to Mayor of NY City.
Please listen & share! 🎧 🙌
January 3, 2026 at 1:48 PM
✨MotL 86 is live!✨
moneyontheleft.org/2026/01/02/g...
In this episode, we discuss the enduring influence of David Graeber’s debt-centered work in the wake of Zohran Mamdani’s election to Mayor of NY City.
Please listen & share! 🎧 🙌
moneyontheleft.org/2026/01/02/g...
In this episode, we discuss the enduring influence of David Graeber’s debt-centered work in the wake of Zohran Mamdani’s election to Mayor of NY City.
Please listen & share! 🎧 🙌
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For me, one of the highlights of 2025 was launching @wherecreditsdue.bsky.social with my dear friend @robynollett.bsky.social as part of the #GlobalDonutDays. You can catch a glimpse of our event at 0:52 in this video, which beautifully captures the GDDs’ celebration of #DoughnutEconomics.
A quick look at #GlobalDonutDays 2025 — a community-led festival centred on #DoughnutEconomics, and how it came together around the world:
Global Donut Days 2025 Aftermovie
YouTube video by Doughnut Economics Action Lab
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December 30, 2025 at 10:46 AM
For me, one of the highlights of 2025 was launching @wherecreditsdue.bsky.social with my dear friend @robynollett.bsky.social as part of the #GlobalDonutDays. You can catch a glimpse of our event at 0:52 in this video, which beautifully captures the GDDs’ celebration of #DoughnutEconomics.
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It has been refreshingly obvious from day one of @zackpolanski.bsky.social’s leadership of @greenparty.org.uk that he rejects the failed economic dogma that has only driven (and can only continue to drive) social and ecological breakdown. The real fantasy is that we can carry on with the status quo.
Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society
Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society
Joe Dromey, head of the Labour thinktank, urges his party to take on the ‘twin populisms’ of Reform UK and the Greens
The Green party leader, Zack Polanski, is offering voters “unicorns” and Labour must confront his “fantasy” solutions such as the idea that a wealth tax would fix the public finances, according to the Fabian Society’s general secretary, Joe Dromey.
Much of the government’s fire is trained on Nigel Farage. But in an end-of-year interview, the head of Labour’s internal thinktank urges his party to take on the “twin populisms” of Reform and Polanski. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:58 AM
It has been refreshingly obvious from day one of @zackpolanski.bsky.social’s leadership of @greenparty.org.uk that he rejects the failed economic dogma that has only driven (and can only continue to drive) social and ecological breakdown. The real fantasy is that we can carry on with the status quo.
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Each time Will Beaman writes a new essay, I somehow always find the time to read it because they're just that good. Here's the premise of this one:
Design can either attempt to insinuate the inevitability of a choice or openly invite contestation—and one is certainly more democratic than the other.
Design can either attempt to insinuate the inevitability of a choice or openly invite contestation—and one is certainly more democratic than the other.
✨ New Essay! ✨
@greenbackbetter.bsky.social argues that the current turn toward the analog isn't simple nostalgia. It's a rejection of design as inevitable. From frictionless UX to balanced budgets, it's time to stop treating the politics of design as natural constraints.
Please read & share! 👩💻 🙌
@greenbackbetter.bsky.social argues that the current turn toward the analog isn't simple nostalgia. It's a rejection of design as inevitable. From frictionless UX to balanced budgets, it's time to stop treating the politics of design as natural constraints.
Please read & share! 👩💻 🙌
Touch Grass, Touchscreens, and Public Design
By Will Beaman A small design story from May 2025 has been making the rounds on my newsfeed: car manufacturers, after years of migrating controls onto touchscreens, are re-embracing physical button…
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December 30, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Each time Will Beaman writes a new essay, I somehow always find the time to read it because they're just that good. Here's the premise of this one:
Design can either attempt to insinuate the inevitability of a choice or openly invite contestation—and one is certainly more democratic than the other.
Design can either attempt to insinuate the inevitability of a choice or openly invite contestation—and one is certainly more democratic than the other.
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‘Before we complain that any political agenda might “frighten” the financial markets, we need to recognise that all markets are politically and legally constituted in the first place and that ceding power over our democracy to bond traders is a choice, not a necessity.’ 1/4
Zack Polanski’s Bold Politics Requires an Even Bolder Economic Vision: The Case for Democratic Public Finance
by Rob Hawkes The Green Party of England and Wales is attracting new members in unprecedented numbers and achieving polling percentages that would have seemed impossible a year ago. However, tensio…
moneyontheleft.org
December 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
‘Before we complain that any political agenda might “frighten” the financial markets, we need to recognise that all markets are politically and legally constituted in the first place and that ceding power over our democracy to bond traders is a choice, not a necessity.’ 1/4
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“institutions with the public authority to do so […] continually create new money, which is thus an everyday occurrence […]. The essential question […] is not if money creation occurs but, rather, how and for what purpose.”
Rob Hawkes and Scott Ferguson, “Green-Lighting Gatsby” (forthcoming).
Rob Hawkes and Scott Ferguson, “Green-Lighting Gatsby” (forthcoming).
A key counter-argument to this trash is that money creation is the rule, not the exception. Also, if excessive so-called “money printing” has shown anything, it's that depoliticized out-of-control credit creation for private speculation & profit leads to profound political inequality & instability.
Zack Polanski’s high-spend daydream is too good to be true
Who wouldn’t want to ignore the bond markets? But to apply modern monetary theory you need low government debt — you wouldn’t start from here
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December 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“institutions with the public authority to do so […] continually create new money, which is thus an everyday occurrence […]. The essential question […] is not if money creation occurs but, rather, how and for what purpose.”
Rob Hawkes and Scott Ferguson, “Green-Lighting Gatsby” (forthcoming).
Rob Hawkes and Scott Ferguson, “Green-Lighting Gatsby” (forthcoming).
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Our featured image for this post comes from Chuck Jones' deliciously self-reflexive Merrie Melodies short Duck Amuck (1953). We chose it because it so vividly demonstrates how any act of erasure requires fresh and hence contestable inscriptions.
"[R]efusal, too, leaves people entangled, and therefore requires mediated care and empowerment both for those who refuse and for those who live with its aftermath."
The Utopia of Refusal: David Graeber, Debt & the Left Monetary Imagination
by Will Beaman & Scott Ferguson Note: David Graeber leaves behind a rich and complex body of work that remains influential for leftist thought and practice. Since his passing in 2020, however, …
moneyontheleft.org
November 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Our featured image for this post comes from Chuck Jones' deliciously self-reflexive Merrie Melodies short Duck Amuck (1953). We chose it because it so vividly demonstrates how any act of erasure requires fresh and hence contestable inscriptions.
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Very excited to be part of the audience for @robbhawkes.bsky.social and Robyn Ollett’s research seminar at #TeessideUniversity
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Very excited to be part of the audience for @robbhawkes.bsky.social and Robyn Ollett’s research seminar at #TeessideUniversity
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On Weds 26 November from 3.30-4.30pm GMT @robynollett.bsky.social and I will be sharing some of our latest research via MS Teams as part of @teessideuni.bsky.social’s English & Creative Writing Research Seminar series. Why not join us online?
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
On Weds 26 November from 3.30-4.30pm GMT @robynollett.bsky.social and I will be sharing some of our latest research via MS Teams as part of @teessideuni.bsky.social’s English & Creative Writing Research Seminar series. Why not join us online?
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Ha. Appreciated guys! 💚
October 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Ha. Appreciated guys! 💚
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We had so much fun issuing ‘Curious Credits’ at the second of our Where Credit's Due project events, a making/queering money workshop at A Curious Night At The Museum. Many thanks to all at Curious Arts and The Dorman Museum for looking after us and for organising such a fabulous night 🦄🌈💸
October 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
We had so much fun issuing ‘Curious Credits’ at the second of our Where Credit's Due project events, a making/queering money workshop at A Curious Night At The Museum. Many thanks to all at Curious Arts and The Dorman Museum for looking after us and for organising such a fabulous night 🦄🌈💸
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Thanks so much to @robbhawkes.bsky.social & @robynollett.bsky.social for inviting me to participate (remotely) in their inaugural event. We had a quite meaningful post-film dialog that was also a lot of fun.
Thanks so much to everyone who came to our launch event! It was such a joy to see so much positive and provocative conversation generated by the fantastic documentary Finding the Money.
October 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Thanks so much to @robbhawkes.bsky.social & @robynollett.bsky.social for inviting me to participate (remotely) in their inaugural event. We had a quite meaningful post-film dialog that was also a lot of fun.
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The Where Credit’s Due team will be issuing ‘Curious Credits’ at the Dorman Museum this time tomorrow!
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October 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The Where Credit’s Due team will be issuing ‘Curious Credits’ at the Dorman Museum this time tomorrow!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-curious-...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-curious-...
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As Minsky (almost) said, anyone can create Boro Bucks, the problem is getting them accepted
Tomorrow in Middlesbrough @wherecreditsdue.bsky.social will issue the first ever “Boro Bucks,” then redeem them via a tax that expresses intersectional solidarity!
October 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
As Minsky (almost) said, anyone can create Boro Bucks, the problem is getting them accepted
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It is time to tell new stories about (and with) money, ones that reject exclusionary violence and instead celebrate our collective capacities and creative potential, stories with room for everyone. It is time to give credit where credit’s due.
October 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
It is time to tell new stories about (and with) money, ones that reject exclusionary violence and instead celebrate our collective capacities and creative potential, stories with room for everyone. It is time to give credit where credit’s due.
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If you want to start telling a different story, join us on 18 October 2025 in Middlesbrough, UK.
Where Credit's Due
Making Money for Ecosocial Justice
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September 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
If you want to start telling a different story, join us on 18 October 2025 in Middlesbrough, UK.
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The UK’s present xenophobic tensions - from flag displays to anti-immigration protests - rely on a logic of scarcity: “there’s not enough to go around.” The same thinking fuels attacks on refugees, disabled people, LGBTQIA+ communities, and benefit claimants. But what if the premise is wrong? 🧵1/6
September 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The UK’s present xenophobic tensions - from flag displays to anti-immigration protests - rely on a logic of scarcity: “there’s not enough to go around.” The same thinking fuels attacks on refugees, disabled people, LGBTQIA+ communities, and benefit claimants. But what if the premise is wrong? 🧵1/6
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… and if you want to hear more from the team behind Where Credit’s Due, here’s @robynollett.bsky.social and @robbhawkes.bsky.social in conversation with @greenbackbetter.bsky.social about the vampire sitcom What We Do in the Shadows 🦇
Modern Movie Theory: What We Do in the Shadows
Will Beaman (@agoingaccount) is joined by Robyn Ollett (@robynollett) and Rob Hawkes (@robbhawkes) to discuss What We Do in the Shadows. Citing Robyn’s interpretations of vampirism in The New Queer…
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September 4, 2025 at 7:14 AM
… and if you want to hear more from the team behind Where Credit’s Due, here’s @robynollett.bsky.social and @robbhawkes.bsky.social in conversation with @greenbackbetter.bsky.social about the vampire sitcom What We Do in the Shadows 🦇
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Well I take some hope from this good read.
"We hope you will join us in becoming part of this broader movement toward economic systems that recognise the full range of human identities, capacities, and contributions."
Why Credit’s Due: Reclaiming Pride in Boro
By Rob Hawkes and Robyn Ollett The summer of 2025, like the summer of 2024 before it, has been one of heightened tensions surrounding the issues of race and immigration in the UK. This year, Union …
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September 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Well I take some hope from this good read.
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This is so good.
"The false narratives fuelling this combination of nationalistic fervour and xenophobic violence are... that there is only ever an either/or choice between caring for “our own people” and providing basic support to those fleeing war, persecution, and/or starvation overseas..."
"The false narratives fuelling this combination of nationalistic fervour and xenophobic violence are... that there is only ever an either/or choice between caring for “our own people” and providing basic support to those fleeing war, persecution, and/or starvation overseas..."
"The false narratives ... are that 'illegal' immigrants ... are luxuriously treated at the expense of the 'indigenous' population & that there is only ever an either/or choice between caring for 'our own people' & providing basic support to those fleeing war, persecution, &/or starvation overseas."
Why Credit’s Due: Reclaiming Pride in Boro
By Rob Hawkes and Robyn Ollett The summer of 2025, like the summer of 2024 before it, has been one of heightened tensions surrounding the issues of race and immigration in the UK. This year, Union …
moneyontheleft.org
August 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This is so good.
"The false narratives fuelling this combination of nationalistic fervour and xenophobic violence are... that there is only ever an either/or choice between caring for “our own people” and providing basic support to those fleeing war, persecution, and/or starvation overseas..."
"The false narratives fuelling this combination of nationalistic fervour and xenophobic violence are... that there is only ever an either/or choice between caring for “our own people” and providing basic support to those fleeing war, persecution, and/or starvation overseas..."
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For more on the ideas behind Where Credit’s Due, check out this essay by our project organisers @robynollett.bsky.social and @robbhawkes.bsky.social
“We hope you will join [... our] movement toward economic systems that recognise the full range of human identities, capacities, and contributions.”
“We hope you will join [... our] movement toward economic systems that recognise the full range of human identities, capacities, and contributions.”
Why Credit’s Due: Reclaiming Pride in Boro
By Rob Hawkes and Robyn Ollett The summer of 2025, like the summer of 2024 before it, has been one of heightened tensions surrounding the issues of race and immigration in the UK. This year, Union …
moneyontheleft.org
August 31, 2025 at 8:28 AM
For more on the ideas behind Where Credit’s Due, check out this essay by our project organisers @robynollett.bsky.social and @robbhawkes.bsky.social
“We hope you will join [... our] movement toward economic systems that recognise the full range of human identities, capacities, and contributions.”
“We hope you will join [... our] movement toward economic systems that recognise the full range of human identities, capacities, and contributions.”
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If you’re keen to think beyond the false opposition between caring for ‘our own people’ and providing basic support to those fleeing war, persecution, and/or starvation overseas, check out this new piece, which I’ve co-written with @robynollett.bsky.social
"Time and again, we are told that the costs of supporting the vulnerable must be met by “the taxpayer” (and note that 'the taxpayer' is never themselves imagined to be among the vulnerable)."
Why Credit’s Due: Reclaiming Pride in Boro
By Rob Hawkes and Robyn Ollett The summer of 2025, like the summer of 2024 before it, has been one of heightened tensions surrounding the issues of race and immigration in the UK. This year, Union …
moneyontheleft.org
August 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
If you’re keen to think beyond the false opposition between caring for ‘our own people’ and providing basic support to those fleeing war, persecution, and/or starvation overseas, check out this new piece, which I’ve co-written with @robynollett.bsky.social
@robbhawkes.bsky.social and I wrote this and we'd like you to read it 🏳️🌈
Important new piece by @robynollett.bsky.social & @robbhawkes.bsky.social!
"If there is not enough for everyone, the only option is to leave some of us out."
"If there is not enough for everyone, the only option is to leave some of us out."
✨New Essay!✨
The summer of 2025 saw nationalist fervour & xenophobic violence erupt, based on the lie that there's not enough money to go around. Here, @robynollett.bsky.social & @robbhawkes.bsky.social explore how a true understanding of public money can help us reclaim pride in our diversity.
The summer of 2025 saw nationalist fervour & xenophobic violence erupt, based on the lie that there's not enough money to go around. Here, @robynollett.bsky.social & @robbhawkes.bsky.social explore how a true understanding of public money can help us reclaim pride in our diversity.
August 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
@robbhawkes.bsky.social and I wrote this and we'd like you to read it 🏳️🌈
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In 2026, the MSA Conference will look a bit different-- weird, even! That's because we're having a joint conference with BAMS @modernistudies.bsky.social in Loughborough, UK from July 1- 4, 2026. The CFP will be out soon! But in the meantime, please save the date.
August 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
In 2026, the MSA Conference will look a bit different-- weird, even! That's because we're having a joint conference with BAMS @modernistudies.bsky.social in Loughborough, UK from July 1- 4, 2026. The CFP will be out soon! But in the meantime, please save the date.
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