Sohini Kar
@karsohini.bsky.social
Associate Professor of International Development | LSE | Economic Anthropologist
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Do smart people eat better?
Economists can have a little marginal gain, as a treat
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February 6, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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Aren't these the people who just drink Soylent?
February 6, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Aren't these the people who just drink Soylent?
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today is the 2 year anniversary of Hind Rajab being shot 335 times by Israeli forces. she was 6. I cannot look at her pictures of her face without crying. I genuinely, in a soul deep way, cannot understand people who can look upon this and think "good."
January 29, 2026 at 9:22 PM
today is the 2 year anniversary of Hind Rajab being shot 335 times by Israeli forces. she was 6. I cannot look at her pictures of her face without crying. I genuinely, in a soul deep way, cannot understand people who can look upon this and think "good."
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my son is five, same age as Liam Ramos. you don't need to have a child the same age to be fucking horrified by the violence we are doing (and HAVE BEEN doing) upon immigrant children in this nation. but that he keeps asking for his spidey backpack is the kind of detail that rips my heart in two.
January 29, 2026 at 8:32 PM
my son is five, same age as Liam Ramos. you don't need to have a child the same age to be fucking horrified by the violence we are doing (and HAVE BEEN doing) upon immigrant children in this nation. but that he keeps asking for his spidey backpack is the kind of detail that rips my heart in two.
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There are 3,800 kids in ICE custody.
January 30, 2026 at 3:44 AM
There are 3,800 kids in ICE custody.
As a parent of a similarly aged child, but more importantly, as a human being, this picture really breaks me.
Just visited with Liam and his father at Dilley detention center. I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him.
January 29, 2026 at 1:03 PM
As a parent of a similarly aged child, but more importantly, as a human being, this picture really breaks me.
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The centre-left's determination to thwart anyone with charisma is a real superpower. bsky.app/profile/jess...
Have asked a number of NEC members to tell me the chances Andy Burnham has of being selected to fight a by-election.
Every single one says zero.
Every single one says zero.
January 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
The centre-left's determination to thwart anyone with charisma is a real superpower. bsky.app/profile/jess...
All empires fall. You just don’t think you’ll observe it in real time.
January 19, 2026 at 4:12 PM
All empires fall. You just don’t think you’ll observe it in real time.
Searching for "Traitors" on here when I just want to see chatter about Harriet's meltdown on television, but ending up with depressing political discourse...
January 15, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Searching for "Traitors" on here when I just want to see chatter about Harriet's meltdown on television, but ending up with depressing political discourse...
When was the last time you could honestly say "Happy New Year!" without silently adding "despite everything..."?
January 6, 2026 at 2:55 PM
When was the last time you could honestly say "Happy New Year!" without silently adding "despite everything..."?
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while simultaneously working to undo or lessen some of the harms caused by extractive industries.
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December 24, 2025 at 4:17 AM
while simultaneously working to undo or lessen some of the harms caused by extractive industries.
journal.culanth.org/index.php/ca...
journal.culanth.org/index.php/ca...
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Based on fieldwork in London, interviews with global activists, and analysis of corporate materials, Sohini Kar’s essay, “The Financial Activist,” draws on Lauren Berlant’s theory of inconvenience to show how activists learn to live with and inconvenience financial systems,
December 24, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Based on fieldwork in London, interviews with global activists, and analysis of corporate materials, Sohini Kar’s essay, “The Financial Activist,” draws on Lauren Berlant’s theory of inconvenience to show how activists learn to live with and inconvenience financial systems,
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Have *you* checked out our latest journal issue? Full table of contents here, articles available open access at journal.culanth.org/index.php/ca...
December 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Have *you* checked out our latest journal issue? Full table of contents here, articles available open access at journal.culanth.org/index.php/ca...
The article looks at forms of shareholder activism as a way in which finance is politicised by both financial and non-financial actors and activists.
November 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The article looks at forms of shareholder activism as a way in which finance is politicised by both financial and non-financial actors and activists.
It's been a few years in the making, but a global pandemic, pregnancy, and a baby (now 4...) later, my work on financial activism is now out in the latest issue of Cultural Anthropology (open access)!
It's that time of year!! 🎁❄️📚📚🤓
That's right! The latest issue of Cultural Anthropology is out now! Check out all eight new research articles open-access here: journal.culanth.org/index.php/ca
That's right! The latest issue of Cultural Anthropology is out now! Check out all eight new research articles open-access here: journal.culanth.org/index.php/ca
November 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
It's been a few years in the making, but a global pandemic, pregnancy, and a baby (now 4...) later, my work on financial activism is now out in the latest issue of Cultural Anthropology (open access)!
Well played, London Underground.
October 22, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Well played, London Underground.
Have always loved Tagore's Kabuliwala. A lovely piece on its meaning now.
As the new custodians of control try to gild their politics with culture, let us not be deceived by beauty rehearsed in service of power. Art was never meant to perfume oppression, nor to soften the edges of tyranny.
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Moska Najibullah writes
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Moska Najibullah writes
October 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Have always loved Tagore's Kabuliwala. A lovely piece on its meaning now.
I had debilitating nausea in pregnancy that required anti-nausea tablets. Perfectly safe, but even as a well-informed, pro-biomedicine person, I was anxious to take it b/c of the discourse around medicines in pregnancy. Putting this kind of anxiety on women for taking a Tylenol is unconscionable.
The President says pregnant women should stay away from Tylenol due to possible autism link. World health authorities strongly disagree, say the drug is safe in pregnancy.
World health officials reject Trump's claims that Tylenol is linked to autism
The President says pregnant women should stay away from Tylenol due to possible autism link. World health authorities strongly disagree, say the drug is safe in pregnancy.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I had debilitating nausea in pregnancy that required anti-nausea tablets. Perfectly safe, but even as a well-informed, pro-biomedicine person, I was anxious to take it b/c of the discourse around medicines in pregnancy. Putting this kind of anxiety on women for taking a Tylenol is unconscionable.
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If you are still looking for that reading at the intersection of environment, health, extraction and disposession (with a dash of the digital)...
💻New in Geo!🛢️
'Minecraft's territory: Alberta's oil sands, settler knowledge infrastructure & digital geographies' by @jeremyjschmidt.bsky.social
This paper traces how the data used for a Minecraft extension are tied to broader extractive networks of knowledge production.
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'Minecraft's territory: Alberta's oil sands, settler knowledge infrastructure & digital geographies' by @jeremyjschmidt.bsky.social
This paper traces how the data used for a Minecraft extension are tied to broader extractive networks of knowledge production.
doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
September 23, 2025 at 9:25 AM
If you are still looking for that reading at the intersection of environment, health, extraction and disposession (with a dash of the digital)...
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Sorry to disappoint.
🔎New! A Reform UK government isn’t inevitable, argues @timbale.bsky.social.
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A Reform UK government isn’t inevitable - British Politics and Policy at LSE
Joanna Bale interviews Tim Bale about the prospect of Reform UK ending up in power, and the obstacles along the way.
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September 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Sorry to disappoint.
Deleted. Please get in touch with me if you would like access to one of my papers. Always happy to share.
September 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Deleted. Please get in touch with me if you would like access to one of my papers. Always happy to share.
on.ft.com/3Vi46FW Memo to women: get ready to work for free again
Memo to women: get ready to work for free again
The gender pay gap is tediously persistent and worse than we thought
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September 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
on.ft.com/3Vi46FW Memo to women: get ready to work for free again