Kate Charlesworth
@auntiestuds.bsky.social
Cartoonist, graphic novelist, illustrator, writer, allotment-bodger.
While the NHS is at breaking point, Britain's biggest pharmaceutical companies are receiving BILLIONS in tax breaks - enough is enough, sign the petition calling for Rachel Reeves to end the tax breaks for Big pharma: 38d.gs/5urg
Sign the petition: End the tax break for big pharma like GlaxoSmithKline at the Autumn budget
While the NHS is at breaking point, Britain's biggest pharmaceutical companies are receiving BILLIONS in tax breaks - enough is enough, sign the petition calling for Rachel Reeves to end the tax break...
38d.gs
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
While the NHS is at breaking point, Britain's biggest pharmaceutical companies are receiving BILLIONS in tax breaks - enough is enough, sign the petition calling for Rachel Reeves to end the tax breaks for Big pharma: 38d.gs/5urg
Indonesia is moving to ban LGBT+ content across digital platforms. Activists warn this will fuel harassment and arrests. Urge lawmakers to reject the Broadcasting Bill and defend free expression – censorship is not protection. a.allout.org/s/W7EXN/
Stop Indonesia’s bill to censor LGBT+ lives online
Indonesia is moving to ban LGBT+ content across digital platforms. Activists warn this will fuel harassment and arrests. Urge lawmakers to reject the Broadcasting Bill and defend free expression – cen...
a.allout.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Indonesia is moving to ban LGBT+ content across digital platforms. Activists warn this will fuel harassment and arrests. Urge lawmakers to reject the Broadcasting Bill and defend free expression – censorship is not protection. a.allout.org/s/W7EXN/
I just signed this important petition by Greenpeace, please can you add your name?
November 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I just signed this important petition by Greenpeace, please can you add your name?
joe alter (@joealter)
substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Etsy's banned their sale.
Tell Amazon: Stop the trinket trade with the painted woolly bat! action.eko.org/a/painted-wo...
Tell Amazon: Stop the trinket trade with the painted woolly bat! action.eko.org/a/painted-wo...
Save the painted woolly bats
UPDATE: eBay has banned the sale of painted woolly bats on its platform! Now let's keep up the pressure to make sure Amazon follows suit.------Painted woolly bats are selfless little forest guardians,
action.eko.org
October 25, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Etsy's banned their sale.
Tell Amazon: Stop the trinket trade with the painted woolly bat! action.eko.org/a/painted-wo...
Tell Amazon: Stop the trinket trade with the painted woolly bat! action.eko.org/a/painted-wo...
TikTok says it bans hate – but LGBT+ users are still being harassed daily with “no violation found.” Sign now to demand real action to protect our community. a.allout.org/s/WeMgg/
TikTok: Protect LGBT+ users from hate
Trans and queer users are facing constant harassment on TikTok – and the platform is failing to act. Sign now to demand stronger protection for LGBT+ people online.
a.allout.org
October 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
TikTok says it bans hate – but LGBT+ users are still being harassed daily with “no violation found.” Sign now to demand real action to protect our community. a.allout.org/s/WeMgg/
A transphobic pressure group is trying to ban trans women from Hampstead women’s pond – we’re fighting back goodlawproject.org/s/4860b3
Keep Hampstead women’s pond inclusive
A transphobic pressure group is trying to ban trans women from Hampstead women’s pond – we’re fighting back
goodlawproject.org
October 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
A transphobic pressure group is trying to ban trans women from Hampstead women’s pond – we’re fighting back goodlawproject.org/s/4860b3
Please sign the urgent petition to Keir Starmer - don't offer Donald Trump more giveaways to US Big Tech companies: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ke...
Keir Starmer - don't promise Trump more giveaways for US Big Tech
We the undersigned call on Keir Starmer to resist Trump’s pressure, and put the interests of the UK before those of US Big Tech.
www.foxglove.org.uk
September 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Please sign the urgent petition to Keir Starmer - don't offer Donald Trump more giveaways to US Big Tech companies: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ke...
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⏰ One week to go!
See you there, Square! Bowness-on-Windermere becomes the home of comics 26–28 Sept — exhibitions, live events, trails, marketplace & more.
🎟️ Grab your pass now: www.trybooking.com/uk/eventlist...
#LICAF2025 #Countdown #ComicArtFestival
See you there, Square! Bowness-on-Windermere becomes the home of comics 26–28 Sept — exhibitions, live events, trails, marketplace & more.
🎟️ Grab your pass now: www.trybooking.com/uk/eventlist...
#LICAF2025 #Countdown #ComicArtFestival
TryBooking United Kingdom
www.trybooking.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
⏰ One week to go!
See you there, Square! Bowness-on-Windermere becomes the home of comics 26–28 Sept — exhibitions, live events, trails, marketplace & more.
🎟️ Grab your pass now: www.trybooking.com/uk/eventlist...
#LICAF2025 #Countdown #ComicArtFestival
See you there, Square! Bowness-on-Windermere becomes the home of comics 26–28 Sept — exhibitions, live events, trails, marketplace & more.
🎟️ Grab your pass now: www.trybooking.com/uk/eventlist...
#LICAF2025 #Countdown #ComicArtFestival
We want the media and politicians to recognise that there is a large number of women who are supportive of the trans+ community. We call on them to report truthfully about the sources of violence against women and to address the systems that perpetuate harm. notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community - Not in our name
notinourname.org.uk
September 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We want the media and politicians to recognise that there is a large number of women who are supportive of the trans+ community. We call on them to report truthfully about the sources of violence against women and to address the systems that perpetuate harm. notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
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Unusual war grave in Dalry Cemetery: father & son. Same names, same age at death, one fell in WWI, the other in WWII.
This inspired my short story, illustrated by @auntiestuds.bsky.social , which you can read here www.woolamaloo.org.uk/memorial-to-...
#books #livres #Edinburgh #Edimbourg
This inspired my short story, illustrated by @auntiestuds.bsky.social , which you can read here www.woolamaloo.org.uk/memorial-to-...
#books #livres #Edinburgh #Edimbourg
September 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Unusual war grave in Dalry Cemetery: father & son. Same names, same age at death, one fell in WWI, the other in WWII.
This inspired my short story, illustrated by @auntiestuds.bsky.social , which you can read here www.woolamaloo.org.uk/memorial-to-...
#books #livres #Edinburgh #Edimbourg
This inspired my short story, illustrated by @auntiestuds.bsky.social , which you can read here www.woolamaloo.org.uk/memorial-to-...
#books #livres #Edinburgh #Edimbourg
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The Lakes International Comic Art Festival (LICAF) has announced its “From Palestine” project, which includes a programming strand at its annual comics gathering in Bowness-on-Windermere later this month (26th – 28th September 2025)
“From Palestine” project reveals globally-significant comic art from Gaza and the West Bank
New comics born from adversity in the spotlight
downthetubes.net
September 16, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival (LICAF) has announced its “From Palestine” project, which includes a programming strand at its annual comics gathering in Bowness-on-Windermere later this month (26th – 28th September 2025)
A new law could give millions of us better rights at work, but corporate lobbyists & politicians are trying to gut it. Tell the Government: protect workers, not profits!
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/uk...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/uk...
UK Government: Keep your promise to protect workers
Zero hours contracts, unfair ‘fire and rehire’, waiting months or even years to be able to access benefits – the world of work in our country is weighted against actual workers. It’s billionaire bosse...
you.38degrees.org.uk
September 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
A new law could give millions of us better rights at work, but corporate lobbyists & politicians are trying to gut it. Tell the Government: protect workers, not profits!
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/uk...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/uk...
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🧵 Later today, the House of Commons will start the second reading of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill.
This is a landmark moment: the biggest shift in power from government to communities in decades. Here's why it matters 👇
This is a landmark moment: the biggest shift in power from government to communities in decades. Here's why it matters 👇
September 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🧵 Later today, the House of Commons will start the second reading of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill.
This is a landmark moment: the biggest shift in power from government to communities in decades. Here's why it matters 👇
This is a landmark moment: the biggest shift in power from government to communities in decades. Here's why it matters 👇
Great Yarmouth is set to host the biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade. The Home Office has the power to block entry of overseas bands, which will scupper the promoters plans. But they won’t act unless we demand it. Email the Home Office now: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...
Great Yarmouth to Host Britain’s Biggest White Power Concert in Years – HOPE not hate
Great Yarmouth is set to host the largest white power music gig held in the UK for at least 10 years, HOPE not hate can...
hopenothate.org.uk
August 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Great Yarmouth is set to host the biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade. The Home Office has the power to block entry of overseas bands, which will scupper the promoters plans. But they won’t act unless we demand it. Email the Home Office now: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...
Israel plans to take over Gaza City. Starmer says their plan is wrong & they must rethink it, but the UK is still supporting Israel with arms sales, training, RAF surveillance flights & more. Sign the petition: tell Keir he MUST end this support: 38d.gs/hwpb
Sign the petition: Stop all UK support for the Israeli military in Gaza
I've signed a petition calling for Keir Starmer to end all UK military support in Israel.
38d.gs
August 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Israel plans to take over Gaza City. Starmer says their plan is wrong & they must rethink it, but the UK is still supporting Israel with arms sales, training, RAF surveillance flights & more. Sign the petition: tell Keir he MUST end this support: 38d.gs/hwpb
Donald Trump wants to open the spectacular deep Pacific Ocean to drilling and mining. It's a global emergency: resistors in the government say we need to flood the public comment process before it’s too late! action.eko.org/a/trump-atta...
Stop Trump's attack on our oceans!
Donald Trump just announced he’s going to open the Pacific Ocean to deep sea mining!That means his friends will get permits to vacuum up the ocean floor, destroy irreplaceable marine life, and make bi
action.eko.org
July 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Donald Trump wants to open the spectacular deep Pacific Ocean to drilling and mining. It's a global emergency: resistors in the government say we need to flood the public comment process before it’s too late! action.eko.org/a/trump-atta...
Block Trump from speaking in parliament during his state visit. Sign the petition to stop this national embarrassment:
June 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Block Trump from speaking in parliament during his state visit. Sign the petition to stop this national embarrassment:
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Some graphic biography for #PrideMonth : #Edinburgh based @auntiestuds.bsky.social 's Sensible Footwear, & It Rhymes With Takei, by beloved #StarTrek icon @georgetakei.bsky.social , pub @topshelfcomix.bsky.social
#books #livres #GraphicNovels #BandeDessinee #LGBTQIA
#books #livres #GraphicNovels #BandeDessinee #LGBTQIA
June 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Some graphic biography for #PrideMonth : #Edinburgh based @auntiestuds.bsky.social 's Sensible Footwear, & It Rhymes With Takei, by beloved #StarTrek icon @georgetakei.bsky.social , pub @topshelfcomix.bsky.social
#books #livres #GraphicNovels #BandeDessinee #LGBTQIA
#books #livres #GraphicNovels #BandeDessinee #LGBTQIA
A Trump-era trade deal could wipe out 7,000+ green jobs in the UK
Ministers are on the fence! Let’s give them the public push they need to save UK bioethanol before it’s too late:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Ministers are on the fence! Let’s give them the public push they need to save UK bioethanol before it’s too late:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Trump’s deal could kill 7,000 British green jobs – act now
A Trump-era trade deal could wipe out 7,000+ green jobs in the UK
Ministers are on the fence! Let’s give them the public push they need to save UK bioethanol before it’s too late:
you.38degrees.org.uk
June 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A Trump-era trade deal could wipe out 7,000+ green jobs in the UK
Ministers are on the fence! Let’s give them the public push they need to save UK bioethanol before it’s too late:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Ministers are on the fence! Let’s give them the public push they need to save UK bioethanol before it’s too late:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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podcast: Alex Fitch talks to graphic novelist Kate
@auntiestuds.bsky.social Charlesworth re: her book Sensible Footwear & to @dshenton.bsky.social re: his Forty Lies; two terrific comics on #LGBTQIA history. panelborders.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/p...
@auntiestuds.bsky.social Charlesworth re: her book Sensible Footwear & to @dshenton.bsky.social re: his Forty Lies; two terrific comics on #LGBTQIA history. panelborders.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/p...
Panel Borders: Veteran Gay Cartoonists
Veteran Gay Cartoonists: In the first of two Pride themed episodes of Panel Borders, Alex Fitch talks to a pair of veteran gay cartoonists about their auto/biographical books on LGBTQIA+ history. K…
panelborders.wordpress.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
podcast: Alex Fitch talks to graphic novelist Kate
@auntiestuds.bsky.social Charlesworth re: her book Sensible Footwear & to @dshenton.bsky.social re: his Forty Lies; two terrific comics on #LGBTQIA history. panelborders.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/p...
@auntiestuds.bsky.social Charlesworth re: her book Sensible Footwear & to @dshenton.bsky.social re: his Forty Lies; two terrific comics on #LGBTQIA history. panelborders.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/p...
18 months ago, Michelle Mone admitted she lied to the media about her links to a PPE firm that profited during the pandemic. Enough is enough. Sign the petition to demand she’s expelled from the House of Lords:
June 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
18 months ago, Michelle Mone admitted she lied to the media about her links to a PPE firm that profited during the pandemic. Enough is enough. Sign the petition to demand she’s expelled from the House of Lords: