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anastasia c. wilson

@abolisheconomics.bsky.social

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assistant professor of "economics" at a liberal arts college. phd economics umass-amherst. interested in (critical) political economy, abolition, "care", workers' inquiry, and raccoons. 🦝 posts are mine. http://anastasiacwilson.com/

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anastasia c. wilson @abolisheconomics.bsky.social · Aug 5

Are you a cafe worker?

Blue Bottle Independent Union and Workers Inquiry Dot Work invite cafe workers to respond to their findings at workersinquiry.work

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New initiative to conduct workers’ inquiries and first-person narratives of work!

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disaster joy (mostly not on here atm) @joyfulcarla.bsky.social · 4d

the opposite of despair is not hope (or even action in the activist sense of the word) but connection.

bcz when we truly feel like we belong and are part of something, that is what has the potential to cure despair... then the rest follows............

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anastasia c. wilson @abolisheconomics.bsky.social · 8d

i like it when the local compost service signs their emails with "wormest regards" 🪱

anastasia c. wilson @abolisheconomics.bsky.social · 9d

"Such a postulate, however, effectively works as a fetish, which represents caring as an object of desire whose pure and idealized appearance hides relations of oppression and exploitation."

anastasia c. wilson @abolisheconomics.bsky.social · 9d

"...care ethics postulates the caring relationship as a universal human experience of positive affect, ostensibly grounded in the ontological reality of interdependence between individuals."

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hannah @hannahkateboast.bsky.social · 9d

This new article by the excellent Sara Farris looks like it will also be relevant to Environmental Humanities, where there is an increasing turn to theoretically shallow invocations of 'care' as one of the answers to our environmental predicament.

anastasia c. wilson @abolisheconomics.bsky.social · 9d

"Using Marx’s theory of commodity fetishism, it thus contends that care ethics risks treating care as a fetish, obscuring the systemic inequalities and inherent contradictions embedded in caregiving." doi.org/10.1177/1464...

Towards a critique of care fetishism: Social reproduction feminism and the ethics of care - Sara R Farris, 2025

Recently, there has been a notable rise in scholarly publications, research projects and public discussions engaging with care ethics and social reproduction fe...

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anastasia c. wilson @abolisheconomics.bsky.social · 9d

Towards a critique of care fetishism: Social reproduction feminism and the ethics of care - Sara R Farris, 2025

Recently, there has been a notable rise in scholarly publications, research projects and public discussions engaging with care ethics and social reproduction fe...

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American Worker @americanwork47.bsky.social · 11d

Attending @histmat.bsky.social in London? Join @abolisheconomics.bsky.social, @americanwork47.bsky.social, @bbiunion.bsky.social, and others for our workshop "Workers’ Inquiry in the United States: Immigrant Service Workers, Café, Care, and Nonprofit Workers" hosted by @notesfrombelow.bsky.social!

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12d

Assata Shakur has "died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age."

She was 78.

Assata Shakur, political activist and ex-Black Liberation Army member, has died

Assata Shakur “died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age,” according to Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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anastasia c. wilson @abolisheconomics.bsky.social · 29d

what’s great about going to sleep, is that you also get to wake up and drink coffee in the morning

anastasia c. wilson @abolisheconomics.bsky.social · 29d

me reading my students' discussion posts this week on graeber's debt

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Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social · Sep 8

Our STRIKE WHILE THE NEEDLE IS HOT virtual event is this Wednesday 9/10!!

We can't wait to share labor history & tunes with you all. Authors Josh MacPhee & Kennedy Block will be joined by @albradbury.bsky.social, Robert Ovetz, & Kevin Van Meter.

Register & invite a friend! tinyurl.com/StrikeLaunch

anastasia c. wilson @abolisheconomics.bsky.social · Sep 7

yayy revise and resubmit

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Dean Spade @deanspade.bsky.social · Sep 4

Bring your reading group to a live discussion of Love in a F*cked-Up World! Bring all your questions about crushes, friendships, open relationships, robust support systems, conflict, hard feelings.

Tickets: www.patreon.com/c/DeanSpade/...

Green, pink, and blue circles against a beige paper-texture background. Text reads online, Love in a F*cke Up World Reading Group Meet Up, September 21 at 2pm EST

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anastasia c. wilson @abolisheconomics.bsky.social · Sep 6

rereading knowledge & class just to mess up my english grammar with effect vs affect

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American Worker @americanwork47.bsky.social · Aug 29

Join @commonnotions.bsky.social, authors, labor journalists, and educators at a special celebration of the books release for organizers as they explore how some of the biggest swings musicians, workers, and supporters have co-created cultures of resistance. Register: tinyurl.com/StrikeLaunch

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anastasia c. wilson @abolisheconomics.bsky.social · Sep 4

i like wearing my clogs to work and sounding like a little horsey trotting down the hallway 🐎

anastasia c. wilson @abolisheconomics.bsky.social · Sep 2

back to school today, which means i am very excited to eat lunch

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Corinne Blalock @corinneblalock.bsky.social · Sep 2

A must-read by Mike Wishnie on why even tenured faculties of private universities should be able to unionize under EXISTING law!!

lpeproject.org/blog/why-not...

Why Not a Faculty Union?

Despite a recent surge in campus organizing, tenured faculty at private universities haven't unionized. Why is this? The conventional answer is that the Supreme Court said they can't. Fortunately…

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anastasia c. wilson @abolisheconomics.bsky.social · Aug 28

syllabi, canvas pages, first assignments, and lectures are all prepped and posted for classes next week yayy

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Aug 27

Also my organization @interruptcrim.bsky.social along with our partners Community Justice Exchange and Critical Resistance created a jury nullification toolkit that seems more topical than ever: beyondcourts.org/en/act/votin...

Voting "Not Guilty": A Toolkit on Jury Nullification

Jury nullification is a term used to describe a situation when jurors decide to acquit a person of criminal charges even though the person on trial could technically be convicted based on the evidence...

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anastasia c. wilson @abolisheconomics.bsky.social · Aug 27

IRB approval 🥳

anastasia c. wilson @abolisheconomics.bsky.social · Aug 27

teaching one of my favorite courses on #debt this semester again. we start with chapters from graeber and then go into the great depression, 2008 financial crisis, student debt, and sovereign and national debt. any newly published papers, articles, documentaries, art, suggestions to add?

anastasia c. wilson @abolisheconomics.bsky.social · Aug 25

summer was perfect, but im looking forward to teaching this semester and learning with my students

anastasia c. wilson @abolisheconomics.bsky.social · Aug 21

that time of year again wcaleb.rice.edu/syllabusmake...

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Kirstin Munro @kmunro-econ.bsky.social · Aug 20

She has a back cover now, too! Would be so grateful if you’d preorder, request your library to acquire it, tell your friends, etc. Officially out in November.

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