Covering everything from ‘girl power,’ Star Trek and hip-hop, to queer cinema, anarchist counterculture and the erotic thriller, The Return of the ’90s excavates key moments in ’90s culture and uncovers its multiple reckonings in the present.

We’re offering 50% off Pluto theory books until August 26th! From foundational Marxist and feminist texts to books on social reproduction theory, neurodivergent liberation, cultural politics, and more: www.plutobooks.com/pluto-theory...

I’ll be joined by @tom-laughlin.bsky.social at The Trident Bookshop and Cafe on Sept. 4 to chat about The Return of the 90s, out now from @plutopress.bsky.social.

I've received word that my article on The Wallcreeper is now available online. I'm really excited to have this be readable. Huge shoutout to @seanobrien.bsky.social for his tireless editorial work to make my thoughts visible for others. Also to @samcohen.bsky.social and @thathoberekguy.bsky.social

Seen in the wild today in Portland, ME! @lalouverouge.bsky.social & @seanobrien.bsky.social’s The Return of the 90s, in which brilliant contributors—incl many of YOU—examine the contemporary fascination w/ a decade in which I personally, weirdly, never stopped living emotionally & psychologically

Had a great week celebrating the release of The Return of the 90s with my co-editor and comrade @seanobrien.bsky.social 💜💜💜 You can buy the book at your local bookstore or from @plutopress.bsky.social: www.plutobooks.com/product/the-...

Amazing resource, this.

Sean O'Brien@seanobrien.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Hi! @thomaswaller.bsky.social and I are delighted to announce the publication of "Keywords for Value and Culture," a mammoth special issue of CLCWeb. You can find the entirety of its contents available open access below: docs.lib.purdue.edu/clcweb/vol27/i…

Hi! @thomaswaller.bsky.social and I are delighted to announce the publication of "Keywords for Value and Culture," a mammoth special issue of CLCWeb. You can find the entirety of its contents available open access below: docs.lib.purdue.edu/clcweb/vol27/i…

Much incredible stuff in here! "Keywords for Value and Culture" edited by @seanobrien.bsky.social and @thomaswaller.bsky.social ❤️‍🔥

Me and @seanobrien.bsky.social talked about the 90s with @thisisdavemaher.bsky.social on This is Your Afterlife, including my adolescent obsession with smoking cigarettes (and later cigars) at diners.

Next week in Oakland, we’ll be celebrating the publication of Return of the 90s — a book I edited with @seanobrien.bsky.social, out June 20th from @plutopress.bsky.social! Join us and contributors like @alyaimsorry.bsky.social for a mixer at the Tamarack on Tuesday 6/16 at 9pm.

loving this interview with @seanobrien.bsky.social & @lalouverouge.bsky.social about their new book, The Return of the 90s: A Cultural History of the Present podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

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Podcast Episode · LOL My Praxis · June 3 · 1h 9m

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The Return of the '90s (edited by me & @seanobrien.bsky.social ) will be out in June & can now be pre-ordered from @plutopress.bsky.social! Featuring work from many wonderful contributors, with an afterword from Annie McClanahan (@anniemcc.bsky.social): www.plutobooks.com/product/the-...

The Return of the 90s - Pluto Press

Why are we so obsessed with the 90s? This is an insightful political reckoning with an anomalous decade

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Speaking of Berkeley and Critical Theory and Adorno's Communism this exciting seminar series starts on Monday!

New collection from our very own Dr Sean O'Brien @seanobrien.bsky.social, edited with Dr Madeline Lane-McKinley, The Return of the 90s: A Cultural History of the Present, from @plutopress.bsky.social. Sure to be of interest to students and colleagues alike. Available for pre-order now!

The Return of the 90s - Pluto Press

Why are we so obsessed with the 90s? This is an insightful political reckoning with an anomalous decade

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Our book has a cover! Co-edited with @seanobrien.bsky.social , featuring many wonderful contributors, and an Afterword by Annie McClanahan. Comes out in June, available for preorder now from @plutopress.bsky.social www.plutobooks.com/product/the-...

The Return of the 90s - Pluto Press

Why are we so obsessed with the 90s? This is an insightful political reckoning with an anomalous decade

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🔊 Dear Colleagues & Comrades! We are pleased to announce a network dedicated to addressing the omission of Palestine and the ongoing genocide within UK-based American Studies. We are hosting a symposium in Central London on the 9th May 2026. Abstracts are due on 6th February 2026. Please circulate!

Tomorrow at East Bristol Books (tickets are pay what you can):

Chatting with Adam Hanieh about his book Crude Capitalism at East Bristol Books as part of their Climate Talks series later this month. Tickets are pay what you can: www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/eas...

EBB Climate Talks: Adam Hanieh's *Crude Capitalism* at East Bristol Books

A conversation with Professor Adam Hanieh around his book *Crude Capitalism* (Verso). Part of EBB's Climate Talks series. *Crude Capitalism* traces the hidden connections between oil and capitalism f...

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My book comes out next month and I have some tour dates in the Pacific Northwest lined up: Portland - 11/13 at Powell’s on Hawthorne at 7pm Eugene - 11/14 at ROAR Student Center at 4:30pm Olympia - 11/28 at Le Voyeur at 4:30pm Seattle - 11/29 at Left Bank Books at 7:30pm

Check out Sean O'Brien's @seanobrien.bsky.social full lecture on theHythe whether you'd like to read it or watch 🌿 Marx and the Climate Crisis: Marx and Environmentalism buff.ly/bPJFYLg

Fourth instalment in the lecture series on Marx and the Climate Crisis: Marx and Environmentalism available now from @the87press.bsky.social: www.the87press.co.uk/thehythe-ope...

Marx and the Climate Crisis #4: Marx and Environmentalism by Sean O’Brien — the87press

The second lecture extends our line of inquiry into societal nature relations as it pertains to the problem of energy. At the heart of the relation between capital and climate lies energy. Fossil fuel...

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This is out later today. Fourth and final lecture in the “Marx and the Climate Crisis” series, this one on Marx and environmentalism. Stay tuned!

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TODAY the final part of Sean O'Brien's series 'Marx and the Climate Crisis' comes out on your Youtube channel along with a transcript on theHythe ✨ This lecture focuses on Marx and and Environmentalism 🌿 Watch the first three parts of the lecture series🔗 link in bio #letscreate #lecture #marx

Long, very interesting (and informative) interview with two members of the Endnotes collective about the history of the journal: chuangcn.org/2025/02/neit...

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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We are very happy to publish this interview by @seanobrien.bsky.social with Beverly Best about her recent book: "The Automatic Fetish: The Law of Value in Marx’s Capital" (@versobooks.bsky.social 2024) endnotes.org.uk/posts/sean-o...

“...the devilish outcome of a system of blindly asserted social averages and tipping points, is the nature of class domination under capital.” endnotes.org.uk/posts/sean-o... Interview with Beverly Best, author of The Automatic Fetish, by @seanobrien.bsky.social. via @endnotesjournal.bsky.social

A new episode of Future Histories! This time I talk to Jacob Blumenfeld (@cominsitu.bsky.social; @ktbberlin.bsky.social) about climate barbarism, managing decline, the subject of fossil capitalism and the implications of transitioning away from it. www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blo...

I interviewed Bev Best about her book, The Automatic Fetish: The Law of Vale in Marx’s Capital. Up now at @endnotesjournal.bsky.social endnotes.org.uk/posts/sean-o...

A hyper-carceral model of schooling has been championed by successive British governments as they've handed primary education over to the private sector with predictably horrifying results www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Teachers at top academy in Hackney ‘screamed at’ and humiliated pupils, say angry parents

Mossbourne academy accused of bullying and damaging children’s mental health as local authority asked to step in

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