Sex and Self-Knowledge: Beyond Consent
Good sex shouldn't depend on faultless self-knowledge. Katherine Angel puts forward the case for desire's emergent and contextual nature.
With love, from us to you!
This week we're thinking about love, desire and relationships, at the intersection of capitalism, the state, and heteronormativity. And, Love Island. See all our Valentine's Day writing here.
If Heterosexualism Existed, We Wouldn’t Have To Make It Up
Despite its flagrant impossibility, heterosexuality can inspire a utopian love of difference in those who choose to follow its path, argues Sophie Lewis. Just don't look to the 'straight camp' of Love Island for inspiration.
The Singles Manifesto
Marie Edwards' powerful feminist manifesto from 1974.
Love Against the State
Natasha Lennard reflects on the enduring necessity of marriage in order to prove one's love to the state.
Fashion’s Click and Collect
Angela McRobbie writes on the new political economy of fashion, and the degradation of labour in this traditionally feminised sector.
Why You Should Join a Union
History tells us that progress for working people has only ever been achieved by the collective self-empowerment of organised labour.
All-American Nativism
A powerful and impressively researched account of the long but often forgotten history that gave us Donald Trump.
The US Antifascism Reader
This reader reconstructs the history of US antifascism in the twenty-first century, showing how generations of writers, organisers, and fighters spoke to each other over time.
Planetary Mine: Territories of Extraction under Late Capitalism
A clarion call to rethink natural resource extraction beyond the extractive industries.
