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journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · Aug 26

Hey y'all! This week we have @alvagotby.bsky.social interviewing @reproutopia.bsky.social about Sophie's Enemy Feminisms ( @haymarketbooks.org ), the potential for liberatory feminism, and the necessity of reckoning with reactionary feminisms.

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“Feminism Is a Sine Qua Non of All Genuinely Liberatory Struggles…” – Spectre Journal

Alva Gotby interviews Sophie Lewis about the potential for liberatory feminism and the necessity of a reckoning with reactionary feminist thought.

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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · Jul 22

It’s worse than “Gaza is being starved and destroyed and no one cares.” It’s that hundreds of millions *do* care and are powerless to stop it. We need a world where that can never happen, where the masses actually have political power.

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Alva Gotby @alvagotby.bsky.social · Jul 5

Yet again, a Labour minister committing to being the worst www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...

Lisa Nandy questions lack of BBC sackings over Gaza war documentary

Culture secretary says BBC must ‘get a grip’ in wake of film featuring son of Hamas official and Bob Vylan Glastonbury row

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Alva Gotby @alvagotby.bsky.social · Jun 27

Thanks @adamzmith.bsky.social for having me on the Free Sex podcast, where we talk about why housing justice is important for liberating sex
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054 - Affordable homes - Alva Gotby | Free Sex

How would housing justice help our sex lives?

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Alva Gotby @alvagotby.bsky.social · Jun 15

Another lovely review of Feeling at Home! Get it from the @versobooks.bsky.social website to support an independent publisher

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What makes a home? A transformational politics for housing justice - LSE Review of Books

Alva Gotby's Feeling at Home explores the complex interplay of practical and emotional concerns that a home involves, which are often flattened in debates around housing justice. Showing how domestic ...

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Alva Gotby @alvagotby.bsky.social · May 6

A wonderful review of Feeling at Home in @tribunemagazine.bsky.social. It's amazing to have readers who really get what I tried to do in the book, and to see it inform discussions within the housing movement. @versobooks.bsky.social

eilidh @eilidh.bsky.social · May 6

had the pleasure of reviewing comrade @alvagotby.bsky.social’s book for the @tribunemagazine.bsky.social, you can read it here tribunemag.co.uk/2025/05/not-...

Not Just Where, But How We Live

In the year of the Renters’ Rights Bill, how should the tenants movement respond to changing ideas around how the current housing crisis is exacerbated by patriarchal and capitalist notions?

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Alva Gotby @alvagotby.bsky.social · Apr 21

Edinburgh friends, come along to this event I'm doing with the wonderful @living-rent.bsky.social on 3rd May!

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In conversation with Alva Gotby

We believe in the collective power of tenants to come together to fight for their rights, and use diverse tactics – including direct action when necessary – to achieve this.

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Alva Gotby @alvagotby.bsky.social · Mar 18

This feels like one of the most bleak days in a long time. The end of the ceasefire, a new low for the UK government, escalating fascism in the US

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Helen Hester @helenhester.bsky.social · Mar 12

Rethinking the Politics of Housing: a conversation between myself and @alvagotby.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zOH...

Transforming the Politics of Housing | Alva Gotby and Helen Hester

YouTube video by Verso Books

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Jacob S @peopletrees.bsky.social · Mar 7

Come join @alvagotby.bsky.social and I for a discussion of housing and housing organising, Bristol 11th April www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/eas...

Alva Gotby & Jacob Stringer: The Politics of Home at East Bristol Books

EBB is excited to bring two of the most vital commentators on the politics of housing today in Britain and beyond into conversation: Alva Gotby, author of *Feeling at Home* (Verso), and Jacob Stringer...

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Alva Gotby @alvagotby.bsky.social · Mar 4

Today I had a small role in resisting an eviction, alongside comrades from London Renters Union. It took 7 hours but eventually the police and bailiffs backed down. It's so important to have these moments of practical solidarity and winning together!

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Alva Gotby @alvagotby.bsky.social · Feb 22

Holly Pester has written a lovely and thoughtful review of Feeling at Home (and Holly's novel the Lodgers is wonderful too!)

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Alva Gotby’s Vision for a Utopian Housing Solution

An urgent new book presents a housing vision centred on collectivity and communal living

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Alva Gotby @alvagotby.bsky.social · Feb 21

Exciting!

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This Must Be The Place @placepod.bsky.social · Feb 21

For episode 1 of This Must Be The Place @claraish.bsky.social and @jackwitek.bsky.social spoke to writer and organiser @alvagotby.bsky.social about moving away from the private home, collective living & how vital care is in life and organising

Feeling At Home is out now on @versobooks.bsky.social.

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Alva Gotby @alvagotby.bsky.social · Feb 18

This is of course very good and you should all read it

Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · Feb 18

Happy Publication Day, @reproutopia.bsky.social! 💐

Enemy Feminisms: Terfs, Policewomen, and Girlbosses Against Liberation by Sophie Lewis, Author of Abolish the Family

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Alva Gotby @alvagotby.bsky.social · Feb 7

An excerpt from my book Feeling at Home on the @versobooks.bsky.social blog! www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/...

Domestic Violence Is a Housing Problem

The processes of caring work, low pay, and domestic abuse are all intertwined. Women’s caring responsibilities and low income sometimes force them to move in with parents or other family members, or t...

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Martyna Miernecka @mmiernecka.bsky.social · Feb 1

New book by @alvagotby.bsky.social is out! "They Call It Love: The Politics of Emotional Life" was one of the most insightful reads of 2023 - now I’m really excited to read "Feeling at Home: Transforming the Politics of Housing" @versobooks.bsky.social

Alva Gotby @alvagotby.bsky.social · Jan 7

You can preorder it here: versobooks.com/en-gb/products/3212-feeling-at-home

Feeling at Home

Housing is more than bricks and mortar. The home is where our hopes and dreams play out, and it lies at the heart of our lives. This is where we rest, eat, and relax. The home we enjoy can determine o...

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Alva Gotby @alvagotby.bsky.social · Jan 25

Feeling at Home finally came out this week, published by @versobooks.bsky.social. It’s about the everyday experience of housing, how different models of home shape our subjectivities, and how we could make a different kind of home together. Pictured here with my research assistant.

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Alva Gotby @alvagotby.bsky.social · Jan 23

London friends, come to the launch of Feeling at Home today at Foyles! I'll be speaking about political meaning of housing and home with the amazing Lola Olufemi. @versobooks.bsky.social www.foyles.co.uk/events/alva-...

The Emotional Politics of Housing: Alva Gotby and Lola Olufemi

The acclaimed writer and thinker behind 'They Call It Love' talks to Lola Olufemi about the emotional politics of the housing crisis.

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Helen Hester @helenhester.bsky.social · Jan 22

Tomorrow, @alvagotby.bsky.social launches her new book 'Feeling at Home' at Foyles on Charing Cross Road. I was so fortunate to supervise her PhD, & her work just goes from strength to strength! If you're in London, come & talk about the emotional politics of housing www.foyles.co.uk/events/alva-...

The Emotional Politics of Housing: Alva Gotby and Lola Olufemi

The acclaimed writer and thinker behind 'They Call It Love' talks to Lola Olufemi about the emotional politics of the housing crisis.

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Alva Gotby @alvagotby.bsky.social · Jan 18

I spotted my new book Feeling at Home out in the world for the first time today, in the company of Pope Francis. It will be officially published on Tuesday (!) by @versobooks.bsky.social

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Alva Gotby @alvagotby.bsky.social · Jan 17

If you read my initial post, you'll see I'm arguing that we need rent controls, not that they are included in the bill. In fact the whole point of the article is that the weakness of the bill is that it doesn't include rent controls.

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Alva Gotby @alvagotby.bsky.social · Jan 17

No rent controls (yet) though!

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Alva Gotby @alvagotby.bsky.social · Jan 17

A good piece by Nick Bano on why we need rent controls ASAP in England and Wales, and what might happen before the Renters Rights Bill becomes law www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

England’s renters are about to gain more rights, but until then landlords may exploit weak regulation even more cruelly | Nick Bano

There are fears that landlords will capitalise on the last remaining no-fault evictions before the new scheme comes into effect, says Nick Bano, a barrister specialising in renters’ rights

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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · Jan 16

All eyes on Gaza. The ceasefire agreement doesn’t begin for 72 hours and Israel is on a killing spree.

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