Christian Haines
@cphiliphaines.bsky.social
English Prof at Penn State University. Wrote a book on utopia and politics, A Desire Called America (Fordham UP, 2019). Writing on Marxism, lit theory, speculative fiction (SFF), contemp novels & poetry. Assoc Editor of Utopian Studies. Views my own.
The problem with being in a big tent with billionaires is capital always ends up owning the tent. Which is a large part of how we got to where we are. So, yeah, no thanks.
December 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The problem with being in a big tent with billionaires is capital always ends up owning the tent. Which is a large part of how we got to where we are. So, yeah, no thanks.
Thanks for the reminder!
December 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Thanks for the reminder!
This photo makes me so nostalgic!
November 7, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This photo makes me so nostalgic!
Ooh, looks great!
November 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Ooh, looks great!
"[T]o speak of interests in the absence of alternatives – imaginable and viable futures which are themselves historically constructed through struggles – is to speak of something unreal and abstract as if it were real and concrete."
October 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"[T]o speak of interests in the absence of alternatives – imaginable and viable futures which are themselves historically constructed through struggles – is to speak of something unreal and abstract as if it were real and concrete."