Helen Hester

@HelenHester

Xenofeminist. Haircut enthusiast. Inventor of portmanteau words. Tweeting in a personal capacity.

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Joined May 2011
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    Mar 17

    I think there's still a few seats left for this phd/early career workshop with at the University of Southern Denmark on May 18:

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  2. Mar 14

    Online book launch for Rosi Braidotti's 'Posthuman Feminism' coming up on Wednesday. It's a brisk, enjoyable, super well informed book that packs in all Rosi's years of experience researching this stuff. Sad I can't be in attendance!

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    Mar 9

    🙏Thanks so much to , , , and Anouchka Grose for the amazing blurbs. My book can be ordered from Pluto now. It took ages - hope people like it🖤()

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  4. Mar 8

    Such a pleasure to talk to about her research. We discuss solidarity, different approaches to worker resistance, and the dis/continuities between porn work and other kinds of work. The book is a real achievement - if you haven't read it, seek it out!

    For , lead spoke to about her latest book 'Porn Work', in a wide-ranging discussion of its key themes👇
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  5. Mar 3

    Online talk coming up this afternoon, 5pm - 6pm: 'Rethinking work for a degrowth future' by Erik Gómez-Baggethun. Free and open to all!

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    Feb 19

    "What is the alternative to 1984 if we could have our demands acted on in time?" A short course on The Dialectic of Sex with me via . Starts March 13th:

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    Feb 8

    Good evening here is a Spanish translation of an interview we did with Agrafa Society in 2019.

    🚺 Artículo NUEVOS VECTORES DEL XENOFEMINISMO Una defensa del razonamiento, que permite que el feminismo trabaje en diferentes escalas de complejidad. ✏️ Laboria Cuboniks 🔗
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  8. Jan 23

    Coming up tomorrow!

    ***REMINDER*** The next Transforming Economies of Care Seminar is happening this Monday 24 January, 16.00-17.30 UK GMT. 'Platform Care' with , Simon Yuill and Emma Back () and . Register here:
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    Jan 17

    Platform Care, 24 Jan Join us to discuss the gig economy, co-operatives & more in care work! Labour geographer , Emma Back from , Simon Yuill - artist & software engineer, with as discussant & chairing

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    Jan 13

    Me alegra mucho compartir la portada de NUEVOS VECTORES DEL XENOFEMINISMO, una antología publicada por en la que llevo un año trabajando y que recoge el trabajo de las seis integrantes de Laboria Cuboniks tras la publicación del Manifiesto 💞

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  11. Jan 12

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    A very lightly modified version of the essay about my Mumputz I wrote for is now finally up at the academic journal Feminist Theory, after almost years! Featuring Larry the shoplifted lobster...
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    Jan 7

    After a good long while in publishing purgatory, my article on Xenofeminism as an upgrade of transhumanism (+responses to critiques by and @socialrepro, with a nod to 's blogposts) is finally out: Full issue:

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    14 Dec 2021

    In the latest on the blog, explores the possibilities of 'radical care', looking back to the Black Panthers and beyond 👇

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  14. 6 Dec 2021

    'Shelter Against Communism', a brief piece looking at work and home in the 20th century, is available to read now via .

    Helen Hester and Nick Srnicek, "Shelter Against Communism", e-flux Architecture and the Canadian Centre for Architecture, "Workplace". Read here:
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  15. 6 Dec 2021

    Delighted to announce the publication of 's first report, on supporting workers in the night-time economy. Massive congratulations to everybody who worked so hard on this.

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    📎📎📎NEW report 🌙🌒WORKING NIGHTS: municipal strategies for nocturnal workers. What are the working conditions of the night and what infrastructure is required to enable worker well-being? We consider 4 kinds of worker. Write-up👇
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    6 Dec 2021

    Catch-up with our latest report – 🌙 WORKING NIGHTS: municipal strategies for nocturnal workers 🌙 What are the working conditions of the night and what infrastructure is required to enable worker well-being? Coverage in the 👇

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    5 Dec 2021

    🌗Our first Feminist Futures Report is here! WORKING NIGHTS: municipal strategies for nocturnal workers. Four case studies: Warehouse workers Sex workers Carers & Delivery drivers Observer coverage:

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    1 Dec 2021

    Not. Just. Lecturers.

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    1 Dec 2021

    Soton missed our turnout threshold by eight votes so we’re not on strike today. Sending solidarity to everyone who is: university staff are exhausted, overworked, precarious, unequal and having their pensions stolen from them.

    “vice-chancellors are showing no signs of compromising, with some angry at the union’s actions and the failure of negotiations. “I don’t care if it’s bloody, as long as the blood spills within the union” said one vice-chancellor”
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