"In both science and philosophy, the everyday business is mainly tedious and nerdy. But let your spectacles fog a little and it takes on a noble, even sexy, aspect. Philosophy, Bertrand Russell wrote, is “cold steel in the hand of passion.” Easy, tiger!" thepointmag.com/examined-life/…

“Have you noticed lately that everything is shit? Things were very shitty the year before last, they became even shittier last year, and now everything is just indescribably shit.” My review of Kieran Setiya’s “Life Is Hard” lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-ph… for the @lareviewofbooks

Know anyone who’d like a place to stay in the Boston area from Dec 26 - Jan 21? I’m looking for a cat lover to hang out with my suave and opinionated 2-year-old, Juno. It’s a cute 1-bdr with a backyard on a quiet street, near everything. DM me for details!

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so nice to have two of my essays make the top-ten most-read list at my favorite magazine this year! thanks The Point Magazine. everyone do yrselves a favor & subscribe!!!

Andrew Leland's (Andrew Leland) Country of the Blind, Greg Marshall's (Greg Marshall) Leg, Helena de Bres (Helena de Bres) How to Be Multiple, and Katy Kelleher's (Katy Kelleher) The Ugly History of Beautiful Things--just to name a few--are all excellent.

advance copies of the twins book have arrived! :) you can preorder this baby here: bookshop.org/p/books/how-to…

i’m in The Yale Review today asking “are twins kinda gay?” tldr: kinda yalereview.org/article/helena…

We are excited to share the publication of our 3rd issue, "Remorse," with contributions from Helena de Bres, Lea Ypi, Oded Na'aman, Anil Gomes, Joshua Glasgow, and Benjamin Mitchell-Yellin. ravenmagazine.org/issues/issue-3/

Book launch tonight! If you’re in Camberville/Boston, swing on by!

An extract from HOW TO BE MULTIPLE—about twins and romance—is out in LitHub today! lithub.com/is-there-any-b…

"If one body can contain two people, why couldn’t one person be spread across two bodies? Why couldn’t that person be me, or you?"--my (and Julia’s?!) latest on twins is out in Aeon today: aeon.co/essays/being-a…

“Tweedledum and Tweedledee live in Wonderland, a place alarmingly peopled by the odd, unpredictable, seductive, and unhinged. In that way, it reminds me of graduate school in philosophy.” me Los Angeles Review of Books lareviewofbooks.org/article/twins-…

'Twins remain a potent and beguiling symbol; even now, they have the power to unsettle and surprise.' Parul Sehgal reviews Helena de Bres' 'How to be multiple' for The New Yorker: newyorker.com/magazine/2024/… Publishing in the UK in March 2024, and available to pre-order now.

What a simpatico review from stef in Autostraddle today!

My book “HOW TO BE MULTIPLE: The Philosophy of Twins” is now available in the U.K., Australia and New Zealand, via Manchester University Press. Get your paws on it!

…in which i recommend 5 of my fave books on twins fivebooks.com/best-books/twi…