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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 5d

I’m really looking forward to speaking at this event at LSE alongside Lois Shearing and chaired by Rachel O’Neill. All welcome! Link to register is below. @lsemedia.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social forms.office.com/pages/respon...

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 7d

Precinct 1 (Shopping City, Salford), by Mandy Payne, Sheffield-based artist. Spray paint and oil paint on marble. #WomensArt #NorthernArt

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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 16d

‘The womanosphere trades in individualistic strategies for rebelling against the perceived liberal status quo, reinforcing age-old gender hierarchies.’ Great article by @foxpack.bsky.social My book also explores how the current romanticising of women’s unpaid labour has sinister undertones.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17d

From Nazi Germany to Trump’s America: why fascist strongmen rely on women at home

Fascist regimes pushed narratives of domestic bliss, yet relied on women’s unpaid labor. In the US today, ‘womanosphere’ influencers promote the same fantasies

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 19d

Sage have very kindly made this interview free to read until the end of October. Link is below ⬇️

Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · Aug 14

Ann Oakley & I discuss writing at the kitchen table, the Women’s Liberation Movement & eternal reinvention of housewifery as occupation. “I wonder how much women would have been able to accomplish if they hadn’t had to organise their lives around important men” 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you Ros! X

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Ros Edwards @rosedwards.bsky.social · 27d

Hey #sociologists - a very informative interview with Ann Oakley about housework, wives, research methods and her influential career. Skilfully carried out by @emmahcasey.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Unappreciated Labour: Emma Casey and Ann Oakley in Conversation April 2025 - Emma Casey, Ann Oakley, 2025

journals.sagepub.com

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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · Sep 2

Gosh that resonates 🤣

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · Aug 30

Easington, County Durham, 1984, photo by Izabela Jedrzejczyk. From her series Striking Women, about women there who were supporting miners during the strike (@sidegallery.bsky.social).

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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · Aug 14

Ann Oakley & I discuss writing at the kitchen table, the Women’s Liberation Movement & eternal reinvention of housewifery as occupation. “I wonder how much women would have been able to accomplish if they hadn’t had to organise their lives around important men” 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · Aug 22

‘Entirely man-made famine in Gaza’ is confirmed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...

Famine confirmed in Gaza City for first time, UN-backed report says - live updates

The IPC says

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · Aug 14

Ann Oakley & I discuss writing at the kitchen table, the Women’s Liberation Movement & eternal reinvention of housewifery as occupation. “I wonder how much women would have been able to accomplish if they hadn’t had to organise their lives around important men” 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · Jul 17

Great news! Congratulations Lucy!

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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · Jul 4

“No matter how hard you work or how capable you are, you can't do it all yourself”- Thatcher’s advice to women in 1990. Employing domestic servants dwindled after WW2 but domestic ‘help’ remained. Listen to me discussing housewives alongside @lucydelap.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social

Servants

“No matter how hard you work or how capable you are, you can't do it all yourself. You have to seek reliable help.” Those were Margaret Thatcher’s words in...

morejamtomorrow.com

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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · Jul 2

Thank you! X

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · Jun 28

The Summer Sale is on ☀️

Get 50% off EVERYTHING until the 7th July. Yes, every book on our website!

Unlock with code SUN50 at checkout.

Had your eye on any of our latest hardbacks, or new in paperbacks? Now's your chance 👇
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk #booksky

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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · Jul 2

Oh no! Try code SUN50. Hope it works x

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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · Jul 2

It is fifty years since Silvia Federici wrote her seminal essay ‘Wages Against Housework’. Today women continue to do most unpaid labour and are promised that housework is good for the soul- a route to health and happiness. This is a regressive myth. In The Return of the Housewife I explain why.

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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · Jul 1

“Here we see Ann Oakley at her best – bringing to the surface the hitherto overlooked experiences of women and their vital contribution to the home and domestic life.“ My review of Ann Oakley’s ‘The Science of Housework’ for @sociologyjnl.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · Jun 27

Looking for some summer reading? All MUP books including The Return of the Housewife are available with a 50% discount until 7 July here: linktr.ee/ManchesterUn... @manchesterup.bsky.social

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · Jun 27

The Summer Sale starts now ☀️

Get 50% off EVERYTHING until the 7th July. Yep, we said everything.

Unlock with code: Sun50

Had your eye on any of our newest hardbacks, or Academic New in Paperbacks? Now's your chance 👇

Browse by subject at the link in bio 🔗

#booksky #academicsky

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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · Jun 19

This *all* looks great; Todmorden, the indie bookshops, the folk music and of course this wonderfully intriguing new book! Congratulations 📚

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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · Jun 17

This is great!

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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · Jun 17

Fascinating! I’d love to see more basket swings and hammock nets in parks- and more feminist research into girls’ experiences of public space like this.

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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · Jun 11

Thank you for hosting my book signing @foxlanebooks.bsky.social It was such a pleasure to meet you all! I was overwhelmed by all the interesting & thoughtful people who came along to @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social

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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · May 2

Sign up to join us in celebrating our 60th birthday on the 18th June! #sociology @britsoci.bsky.social

Department of Sociology, University of York @uoy-sociology.bsky.social · May 2

The Department of Sociology is turning 60 years old! 🎉

Join us on the 18th June for lively discussions and conversation on Sociology past, present and future, as we celebrate 60 years of legacies and sociological ideas at York.

Sign up and schedule here 👉 buff.ly/mzLFh0a

#UoY #Sociology #60years

Celebrating 60 Years of Sociology at York

Please join us at the University of York as the Department of Sociology turns 60 years old!

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