Historian of political thought. Trans woman (she/her). Author of Means and Ends: The Revolutionary Practice of Anarchism in Europe and the United States. For all my work see https://linktr.ee/zoebakerhttps://bsky.app/profile/anarchozoe.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/anarchozoe.bsky.social/post/3mqyytl2yc22iHave been prescribed ADHD medication and it turns out I've spent the past decade operating at like 1/10 of my power level. I can at last become the workaholic I was socialised to be.19 Jul 2026 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:b7fawkkinqcnbchbzmr2loub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqyytl2yc22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/anarchozoe.bsky.social/post/3mqmf762exc2qDog section press are crowd funding to cover the printing costs of a new collection of essays on anarchism. It features an essay I wrote about anarchist views on authority alongside contributions by other authors like Ruth Kinna and Peter Gelderloos. Link below: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/anarchisms https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/anarchisms14 Jul 2026 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:b7fawkkinqcnbchbzmr2loub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmf762exc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/anarchozoe.bsky.social/post/3mpj6cr76oc2nNew micro video about how the word 'marxist' first emerged. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFynZTlyalo30 Jun 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:b7fawkkinqcnbchbzmr2loub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpj6cr76oc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/anarchozoe.bsky.social/post/3mhxymg5cr222Have spent this month mostly reading about intimate partner violence and sexual violence statistics. So far this paper depressed me the most. It found that in 2023 an estimated 18.9% of females and 14.8% of males aged 20+ are survivors of child sex abuse. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)00311-3/fulltext26 Mar 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:b7fawkkinqcnbchbzmr2loub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxymg5cr222https://bsky.app/profile/anarchozoe.bsky.social/post/3mhl2v222gc2sTwo baptists knocked on my door and asked me where life came from. They were not ready for my five minute monologue explaining what a prokaryote is.21 Mar 2026 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:b7fawkkinqcnbchbzmr2loub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhl2v222gc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/anarchozoe.bsky.social/post/3mgup6kz6fk2uInterview with Iranian anarchists: "the liberation of the people of Iran cannot be the result of projects imposed by foreign powers. Freedom can only emerge from the struggle and will of the people themselves". https://freedomnews.org.uk/2026/03/10/iranian-anarchists-we-continue-to-organise-and-resist/12 Mar 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:b7fawkkinqcnbchbzmr2loub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgup6kz6fk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/anarchozoe.bsky.social/post/3mg3jscfphk2mRead a 1819 letter by a white woman complaining about how overwhelmed she is by domestic labour because her husband doesn't help around the house and she has to manage 'the servants' by herself. What she called 'the servants' included slaves. One wonders what the slaves thought about this.02 Mar 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:b7fawkkinqcnbchbzmr2loub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3jscfphk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/anarchozoe.bsky.social/post/3mfeye36m422aAn 1871 editorial article in the New York Times argued that women should not be granted the right to vote or hold political office because they *check notes* wear high heels and so are clearly senseless and just mindlessly follow trends. Misogyny is so bizarre.21 Feb 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:b7fawkkinqcnbchbzmr2loub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfeye36m422ahttps://bsky.app/profile/anarchozoe.bsky.social/post/3mdnnsowj2k2dAm struggling with rad libs in gender history. Today I read an academic say that women weren't passive victims of the expanding Aztec empire which demanded cloth (made by women) as tribute because they *checks notes* started making stew so they could make other stuff like cloth whilst it cooked.30 Jan 2026 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:b7fawkkinqcnbchbzmr2loub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnnsowj2k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/anarchozoe.bsky.social/post/3mddkax4qlk2w75% of the gender studies/queer theory stuff I read was so bad that I realised for my book on gender I'd have to start from scratch and build up an empirical model from a systematic evaluation of global human history. Anyway, this is why I'm currently reading a book about the domestication of dogs.26 Jan 2026 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:b7fawkkinqcnbchbzmr2loub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mddkax4qlk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/anarchozoe.bsky.social/post/3mcrxgebj6s2kGood article summarising Anarchist Communist Federation's (ACF) first year as an org in Australia. We need more stuff like this if anarchism is gonna grow and thrive. https://ancomfed.org/2026/01/one-year-of-the-acf/19 Jan 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:b7fawkkinqcnbchbzmr2loub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcrxgebj6s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/anarchozoe.bsky.social/post/3mchvhpgwlk2vHave been reading lots of prehistory and learned that prior to the emergence of agriculture 12,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers invented ceramics, sewing/weaving, and sea-worthy boats. Don't think they get enough credit for amazing innovations that still impact our lives today.15 Jan 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:b7fawkkinqcnbchbzmr2loub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mchvhpgwlk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/anarchozoe.bsky.social/post/3mcaeyhajec2eThe more I read about the division of labour in hunter-gatherer societies the more I want to hit anyone who says that men evolved to hunt and women evolved to gather eg til that among the Yamana women regularly hunted birds and sometimes used dogs to hunt guanaco, the largest prey in the area.12 Jan 2026 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:b7fawkkinqcnbchbzmr2loub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcaeyhajec2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/anarchozoe.bsky.social/post/3mbjpfiojn22nHave finally been diagnosed with ADHD. So should get on meds soonish and can then go super saiyan on history of gender/trans liberation book.03 Jan 2026 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:b7fawkkinqcnbchbzmr2loub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbjpfiojn22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/anarchozoe.bsky.social/post/3mb7mqu63qk2kNew big video debunking four myths about anarchist views on democracy and collective decision-making. https://youtu.be/9I-TueoyeOY?si=RqIFpK5B6VAEb-fk30 Dec 2025 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:b7fawkkinqcnbchbzmr2loub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb7mqu63qk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/anarchozoe.bsky.social/post/3mb2nhpm2sc2xMy long essay debunking myths about historical anarchist views on democracy and collective decision-making will be released early next week. Covers their critiques of democracy, views on majority voting, and usage of democratic language in exhaustive detail.28 Dec 2025 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:b7fawkkinqcnbchbzmr2loub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb2nhpm2sc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/anarchozoe.bsky.social/post/3mao2jf73q22rThere's a subgenre of medieval lit that features god turning women into men. The result is incredible passages like this from the 14th century: "Jesus, who made the world, now asks you which you prefer – speak honestly: to remain a woman, as he created you, or to become a man? The choice is yours".23 Dec 2025 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:b7fawkkinqcnbchbzmr2loub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mao2jf73q22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/anarchozoe.bsky.social/post/3maj2amfua226Keep finding links between patriarchy and prohibition of cross-dressing eg in 1843 authorities in Osaka banned the custom of parents dressing girls as boys in order to avoid the expense of buying women's clothing. They argued it harmed a girl's ability to perform 'womanly duties' later in life.21 Dec 2025 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:b7fawkkinqcnbchbzmr2loub/app.bsky.feed.post/3maj2amfua226https://bsky.app/profile/anarchozoe.bsky.social/post/3m62iqulorc2vKropotkin's analysis of women's domestic labour remains relevant over a century later.20 Nov 2025 09:54 +0000at://did:plc:b7fawkkinqcnbchbzmr2loub/app.bsky.feed.post/3m62iqulorc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/anarchozoe.bsky.social/post/3m5qz5kyqf22dMe whenever my best friend complains about her toxic ex boyfriend:16 Nov 2025 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:b7fawkkinqcnbchbzmr2loub/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5qz5kyqf22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/anarchozoe.bsky.social/post/3m5ogwx2si22hWhat abolishing the state meant to anarchists in the past.15 Nov 2025 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:b7fawkkinqcnbchbzmr2loub/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ogwx2si22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/anarchozoe.bsky.social/post/3m4i2zk5gjk2eGreat article on @intrrgum.bsky.social about how engaging in precarious jobs impacts migrant labourers. https://interregnum.ghost.io/from-the-ground-up-the-socialisation-of-precarity-and-the-future-of-social-struggles/31 Oct 2025 08:35 +0000at://did:plc:b7fawkkinqcnbchbzmr2loub/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4i2zk5gjk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/anarchozoe.bsky.social/post/3m4drnubol22lToday I read Jesuit descriptions of Wendat Indigenous communities in the 17th century. They claim that chiefs, who they call captains, "do not govern their subjects by means of command and absolute power; they have no force at hand to compel them to their duty".29 Oct 2025 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:b7fawkkinqcnbchbzmr2loub/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4drnubol22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/anarchozoe.bsky.social/post/3m4bakhwtts2rFound an interesting example of a medieval woman's perspective on patriarchy. In the 15th century the Duchess of Brunswick said “I have a hard husband (as you know) who has scarce any care or inclination towards women. Have I not been in this castle even as it were in a cell?”.28 Oct 2025 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:b7fawkkinqcnbchbzmr2loub/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4bakhwtts2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/anarchozoe.bsky.social/post/3m3kiyrot3227Essay I'm writing got too long. So now it's two essays! The first will debunk the myths that (1) anarchism only rejects representative democracy, (2) no anarchists advocated democracy prior to the 1960s, (3) anarchists only use consensus, and (4) all advocates of federations endorse majority voting.19 Oct 2025 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:b7fawkkinqcnbchbzmr2loub/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3kiyrot3227https://bsky.app/profile/anarchozoe.bsky.social/post/3m3cfazl25k26Bakunin's hatred of Germans is so bizarre: "the Germans have since become so odious to me that I could not speak calmly to any of them; I could not hear their language, not even a German voice, and I remember when a German beggar asked me for alms once, and I had to restrain myself from hitting him"16 Oct 2025 08:57 +0000at://did:plc:b7fawkkinqcnbchbzmr2loub/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3cfazl25k26https://bsky.app/profile/anarchozoe.bsky.social/post/3m2rlyjf2vk2cI have once again written a 15,000 word essay by mistake. It debunks five myths about historical anarchist views on democracy and collective decision making. 5,000 words are just on what Malatesta thought about voting in anarchist orgs. Should be finished by the end of the month.09 Oct 2025 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:b7fawkkinqcnbchbzmr2loub/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2rlyjf2vk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/anarchozoe.bsky.social/post/3m2ozbiir5c2mMarriage guides in Europe have often just been men telling women that the ideal marriage is an abusive relationship eg the 14th century merchant who informs his teen wife that she should always obey her husband, never do anything he had forbidden her to do, and never answer back or contradict him.08 Oct 2025 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:b7fawkkinqcnbchbzmr2loub/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ozbiir5c2m