Jana Bacevic
@unsocialtheory.bsky.social
Feral theorist. Anthropologist & sociologist by education, philosopher by practice, anti-disciplinary by choice. Associate professor, Durham University; migrant, equalities & environment rep, @ducu.bsky.social.
Under the pavement, the forest! 🌳🌲🌳✊🏴
Under the pavement, the forest! 🌳🌲🌳✊🏴
absolutely. even better: you can refuse to form an opinion on its use in any sector or decline to engage in discussing it, even if pushed. it's basically like Paris Hilton or Taylor Swift.
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
absolutely. even better: you can refuse to form an opinion on its use in any sector or decline to engage in discussing it, even if pushed. it's basically like Paris Hilton or Taylor Swift.
by "the wave" I obviously do not mean the wave of non-monogamy (when is *not* a peak? 😀) but the wave of Mainstream Media (re)Discovers ENM, which occurs in predictable waves
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
by "the wave" I obviously do not mean the wave of non-monogamy (when is *not* a peak? 😀) but the wave of Mainstream Media (re)Discovers ENM, which occurs in predictable waves
Sigh. Writing the chapter on non-monogamy and wanted to check how mainstream discourse is doing. Turns out it is one of the peaks in the wave: theconversation.com/how-relation...
How ‘relationship anarchy’ is changing the nature of connection for millennials and Gen Z
Younger generations are exploring non-traditional, non-hierarchical relationships as a way to cultivate authentic connections in a world where meaningful interactions are increasingly rare.
theconversation.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Sigh. Writing the chapter on non-monogamy and wanted to check how mainstream discourse is doing. Turns out it is one of the peaks in the wave: theconversation.com/how-relation...
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The "coddling of the American mind" Jonathan Haidt? 😦
(this is from Harvard and, I regret to inform you, not The Onion)
(this is from Harvard and, I regret to inform you, not The Onion)
November 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The "coddling of the American mind" Jonathan Haidt? 😦
(this is from Harvard and, I regret to inform you, not The Onion)
(this is from Harvard and, I regret to inform you, not The Onion)
I mean, not least of all, the blatant provision of unwilling freshers to Haidt's synecure should have really raised some objections
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I mean, not least of all, the blatant provision of unwilling freshers to Haidt's synecure should have really raised some objections
The "coddling of the American mind" Jonathan Haidt? 😦
(this is from Harvard and, I regret to inform you, not The Onion)
(this is from Harvard and, I regret to inform you, not The Onion)
November 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The "coddling of the American mind" Jonathan Haidt? 😦
(this is from Harvard and, I regret to inform you, not The Onion)
(this is from Harvard and, I regret to inform you, not The Onion)
always a good time to be us 🤗 ✊ #injurytooneinjurytoall #injusticetooneinjusticetoall
November 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
always a good time to be us 🤗 ✊ #injurytooneinjurytoall #injusticetooneinjusticetoall
I regret to inform you that I do, in fact, have yet another degree 😁👩🎓
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I regret to inform you that I do, in fact, have yet another degree 😁👩🎓
hmmm. curiouser and curiouser!
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
hmmm. curiouser and curiouser!
Golden Compass/Pullman spin-off; Fortitude Season 4
November 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Golden Compass/Pullman spin-off; Fortitude Season 4
One of the things that struck me about this mobilisation in France on Saturday was how well organised/coordinated multiple organisations were. I could see the Palestine, Kurdish, lgbtiq+, ecofem, socialist, CNT, and several other, fronts, all marching together; *very* different from the UK
From the grève feministe mobilisation/march yesterday 💜✊️
November 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
One of the things that struck me about this mobilisation in France on Saturday was how well organised/coordinated multiple organisations were. I could see the Palestine, Kurdish, lgbtiq+, ecofem, socialist, CNT, and several other, fronts, all marching together; *very* different from the UK
So rare for capitalism to produce anything remotely suitable for me but the hotel I am staying in in London has these mini-Yeos for breakfast and for the first time I don't feel bad about having to leave half a pot to be thrown away
Now just do no packaging/refillable packaging, lads
Now just do no packaging/refillable packaging, lads
November 24, 2025 at 7:22 AM
So rare for capitalism to produce anything remotely suitable for me but the hotel I am staying in in London has these mini-Yeos for breakfast and for the first time I don't feel bad about having to leave half a pot to be thrown away
Now just do no packaging/refillable packaging, lads
Now just do no packaging/refillable packaging, lads
10/10 no notes
a key function of social media is a void to yawp into when you’re experiencing travel difficulties
November 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
10/10 no notes
people say this to me in relation to an alarming number of things (crossing the border into UK; writing my book) with alarming frequency 😁
November 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
people say this to me in relation to an alarming number of things (crossing the border into UK; writing my book) with alarming frequency 😁
psst! friends! friends! I think I am actually writing my book 😬
November 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM
psst! friends! friends! I think I am actually writing my book 😬
Travelling on the Eurostar is a good reminder that yes, it is actually possible for trains to be quiet. No listening/watching videos on spakerphones, interminable phone convos, braying drunken lads and/or lasses, and constant auditory harassment by announcements. 😌🌱
November 23, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Travelling on the Eurostar is a good reminder that yes, it is actually possible for trains to be quiet. No listening/watching videos on spakerphones, interminable phone convos, braying drunken lads and/or lasses, and constant auditory harassment by announcements. 😌🌱
From the grève feministe mobilisation/march yesterday 💜✊️
November 23, 2025 at 8:07 AM
From the grève feministe mobilisation/march yesterday 💜✊️
Yes, Boris Johnson is a buffoon and a fool. But, as a reminder, that he did not act alone; just like in 2020, he serves as a convenient decoy to continue with business as usual. janabacevic.net/2020/04/
April 2020 – Jana Bacevic
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November 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Yes, Boris Johnson is a buffoon and a fool. But, as a reminder, that he did not act alone; just like in 2020, he serves as a convenient decoy to continue with business as usual. janabacevic.net/2020/04/
He can be 'soft' and allegedly 'charmed' because it costs him nothing to do that. Thinking that this somehow fundamentally (or even temporarily) changes anything is naïve beyond description. Politics does not run on personal affinity.
November 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
He can be 'soft' and allegedly 'charmed' because it costs him nothing to do that. Thinking that this somehow fundamentally (or even temporarily) changes anything is naïve beyond description. Politics does not run on personal affinity.
I mean honestly I've looked at a few clips of the alleged Mamdani triumph over Trump meeting, and the only thing obvious is that Trump is really threatening & domineering in the conversation. He'll do away with Mamdani (sorry, train a 'lone madman' to do it) any day. Please don't be so stupid.
November 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I mean honestly I've looked at a few clips of the alleged Mamdani triumph over Trump meeting, and the only thing obvious is that Trump is really threatening & domineering in the conversation. He'll do away with Mamdani (sorry, train a 'lone madman' to do it) any day. Please don't be so stupid.
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And it's not just global leaders who speak this way: this is the consensus in economics and tech — and among the climate scientists and advocates who are perhaps most influential in the news media.
I explain it all in detail here, and show you how to fight back.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
I explain it all in detail here, and show you how to fight back.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Language of Climate Politics: Fossil-Fuel Propaganda and How to Fight It
Fossil-Fuel Propaganda and How to Fight It
bookshop.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
And it's not just global leaders who speak this way: this is the consensus in economics and tech — and among the climate scientists and advocates who are perhaps most influential in the news media.
I explain it all in detail here, and show you how to fight back.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
I explain it all in detail here, and show you how to fight back.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Saw someone with a laptop sticker "tout brûler sauf les livres" and very much here for this
November 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Saw someone with a laptop sticker "tout brûler sauf les livres" and very much here for this
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for those of you with short memories or subject to progressive erasure by AI (I asked my students into 2022 if they knew any sociological interventions in Covid-19 and they jointly responded "no"), I wrote the gist of this critique in April 2020: @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There's no such thing as just 'following the science' – advice is political | Jana Bacevic
As we’re seeing in this pandemic, politicians tend to favour the evidence that supports their argument , says the sociologist Jana Bacevic
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 AM
for those of you with short memories or subject to progressive erasure by AI (I asked my students into 2022 if they knew any sociological interventions in Covid-19 and they jointly responded "no"), I wrote the gist of this critique in April 2020: @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This part from the #Covid19 inquiry speaks directly to something myself and Linsey McGoey wrote about in 2020 (published as journal article in 2024 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....): the construction of *impossibility to act* as the key feature of post-liberalism (a thread 🧵👇)
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 AM
This part from the #Covid19 inquiry speaks directly to something myself and Linsey McGoey wrote about in 2020 (published as journal article in 2024 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....): the construction of *impossibility to act* as the key feature of post-liberalism (a thread 🧵👇)
...which may, godforbid, *actually* change the status quo. Which is the one thing that the UK has been remarkably successful at avoiding for the last...500? 600? 900? years
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
...which may, godforbid, *actually* change the status quo. Which is the one thing that the UK has been remarkably successful at avoiding for the last...500? 600? 900? years