Becky
@beckyrwhin.bsky.social
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You are NOT ALLOWED to use my images. Parent carer and very broken person who is fortunate enough to laugh with my whole self. Total lefty.
You are NOT ALLOWED to use my images. Parent carer and very broken person who is fortunate enough to laugh with my whole self. Total lefty.
Recovering from this tough time is hard and messy. To a certain extent I think my husband and I have ended up clinging on to each other for dear life. It's how we've coped. I would be lost if I hadn't had this closeness, not just to him, but our other kids too.
October 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Recovering from this tough time is hard and messy. To a certain extent I think my husband and I have ended up clinging on to each other for dear life. It's how we've coped. I would be lost if I hadn't had this closeness, not just to him, but our other kids too.
I've always been something of a hermit and a loner, but since the long hospitalisation of my daughter, it's turned up to 11
October 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I've always been something of a hermit and a loner, but since the long hospitalisation of my daughter, it's turned up to 11
I really really miss having a bath
October 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I really really miss having a bath
It has been hard to see our daughter change so much. I've struggled with sadness for what has been lost.
But being with her and seeing how hard she tries to move her body, even when doing so triggers a seizure, is mind-blowing. The love I feel is massive.
I guess as a family we're regrouping
But being with her and seeing how hard she tries to move her body, even when doing so triggers a seizure, is mind-blowing. The love I feel is massive.
I guess as a family we're regrouping
September 30, 2025 at 8:53 AM
It has been hard to see our daughter change so much. I've struggled with sadness for what has been lost.
But being with her and seeing how hard she tries to move her body, even when doing so triggers a seizure, is mind-blowing. The love I feel is massive.
I guess as a family we're regrouping
But being with her and seeing how hard she tries to move her body, even when doing so triggers a seizure, is mind-blowing. The love I feel is massive.
I guess as a family we're regrouping
Our new life is often overwhelming. I really miss having spontaneous zone out time.
September 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Our new life is often overwhelming. I really miss having spontaneous zone out time.
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If I was an allegedly centrist Prime Minister of the UK who is facing being wiped out by fascists in a few years, I probably wouldn’t be building them infrastructure with which they can track & surveil citizens.
But that’s probably just me.
But that’s probably just me.
September 29, 2025 at 5:34 AM
If I was an allegedly centrist Prime Minister of the UK who is facing being wiped out by fascists in a few years, I probably wouldn’t be building them infrastructure with which they can track & surveil citizens.
But that’s probably just me.
But that’s probably just me.
The line is pretty blurred at the moment
September 29, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The line is pretty blurred at the moment
A lot of the last 8 weeks has felt chaotic. Full of love but equally matched by mayhem.
September 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
A lot of the last 8 weeks has felt chaotic. Full of love but equally matched by mayhem.
Getting used to our new normal has been difficult
September 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Getting used to our new normal has been difficult
A couple of quickies
September 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
A couple of quickies
So I did actually draw one picture since A and I came home at the end of July. I haven't wanted to post it as it's pretty raw, but I've decided to post it now.
Oof
Oof
September 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
So I did actually draw one picture since A and I came home at the end of July. I haven't wanted to post it as it's pretty raw, but I've decided to post it now.
Oof
Oof
Not sure it's finished tbh and may tinker with it, but I cannot describe how good it feels to be drawing again, finally.
September 21, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Not sure it's finished tbh and may tinker with it, but I cannot describe how good it feels to be drawing again, finally.
Another trip to Oxford unfortunately, this time seizure related. Hoping it's a swift one this time. 🤞
August 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Another trip to Oxford unfortunately, this time seizure related. Hoping it's a swift one this time. 🤞
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Here's the problem - the right make up a story and the media plaster it everywhere.
The left tell a true story and the media ignore it.
The right hasn't actually 'hijacked' anything. The right have been given an open door while the left - the majority - are barricaded away.
The left tell a true story and the media ignore it.
The right hasn't actually 'hijacked' anything. The right have been given an open door while the left - the majority - are barricaded away.
Spot on @johnharris1969.bsky.social. The Right are hijacking Englishness with narratives of exclusion, exceptionalism & imperial nostalgia,& progressives haven’t even got onto the bloody pitch. We urgently need to tell more compelling stories of who we are #AnotherEngland👇
Flags as symbols of prejudice, not pride – and a distinct air of menace. Welcome to England 2025 | John Harris
The rapid spread of these banners is unsettling – and shows how the hard right is reaching people and places the left cannot, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
August 25, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Here's the problem - the right make up a story and the media plaster it everywhere.
The left tell a true story and the media ignore it.
The right hasn't actually 'hijacked' anything. The right have been given an open door while the left - the majority - are barricaded away.
The left tell a true story and the media ignore it.
The right hasn't actually 'hijacked' anything. The right have been given an open door while the left - the majority - are barricaded away.
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I want at least one political party which is proudly and vociferously pro-trans rights that i can vote for. I really don't think it's too much to ask that we no longer have to put up with "let's listen to the people who just want trans people not to exist."
July 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I want at least one political party which is proudly and vociferously pro-trans rights that i can vote for. I really don't think it's too much to ask that we no longer have to put up with "let's listen to the people who just want trans people not to exist."
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Seeing/hearing people who previously had nothing to say about what is happening to the people of Gaza, now coming out and saying ‘it’s gone too far’.
All I can say is ⬇️
All I can say is ⬇️
July 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Seeing/hearing people who previously had nothing to say about what is happening to the people of Gaza, now coming out and saying ‘it’s gone too far’.
All I can say is ⬇️
All I can say is ⬇️
I've missed my partner so much this last year. Can't wait to be properly back home
July 24, 2025 at 7:09 AM
I've missed my partner so much this last year. Can't wait to be properly back home
Tuesday morning was fraught with scary desats and hitting 999
It was a frightening and demoralising day but thank goodness, our daughter has bounced back fast.
Today we'll take her home from Oxford for the second time this week!
It was a frightening and demoralising day but thank goodness, our daughter has bounced back fast.
Today we'll take her home from Oxford for the second time this week!
July 24, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Tuesday morning was fraught with scary desats and hitting 999
It was a frightening and demoralising day but thank goodness, our daughter has bounced back fast.
Today we'll take her home from Oxford for the second time this week!
It was a frightening and demoralising day but thank goodness, our daughter has bounced back fast.
Today we'll take her home from Oxford for the second time this week!
Bad news folks. We're heading back to Oxford
July 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Bad news folks. We're heading back to Oxford
Oh my goodness, today's the day! My daughter is coming home
July 21, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Oh my goodness, today's the day! My daughter is coming home
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Earlier in Labour's term I put this down to growing pains. But I'm increasingly sure I was wrong - a continuation of the Tories' cultural politics really is what Labour wants.
None of these pieces discuss progressives' frustration with Labour being *culturally* indistinguishable from the Tories. Labour has embraced - often accelerated - the cruelty, authoritarianism and hypocrisy of the Tories and we wanted better.
The Telegraph is concerned.
June 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Earlier in Labour's term I put this down to growing pains. But I'm increasingly sure I was wrong - a continuation of the Tories' cultural politics really is what Labour wants.
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People are afraid of disability. They can’t comprehend the “chronic” part of chronic illness.
They expect us to tell them we’re “fine”.
They ask if we’re “better yet?”
They ghost us when we don’t improve.
Disability is not a moral failing. It happens to most people eventually
They expect us to tell them we’re “fine”.
They ask if we’re “better yet?”
They ghost us when we don’t improve.
Disability is not a moral failing. It happens to most people eventually
June 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
People are afraid of disability. They can’t comprehend the “chronic” part of chronic illness.
They expect us to tell them we’re “fine”.
They ask if we’re “better yet?”
They ghost us when we don’t improve.
Disability is not a moral failing. It happens to most people eventually
They expect us to tell them we’re “fine”.
They ask if we’re “better yet?”
They ghost us when we don’t improve.
Disability is not a moral failing. It happens to most people eventually
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I have seen how governments' piecemeal approaches to encouraging people to have kids have failed. In Japan the falling birthrate means that parents need to join in after-school baseball teams because there are not enough kids to make up a team, for example. Labour's 200 nurseries are a joke.
June 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I have seen how governments' piecemeal approaches to encouraging people to have kids have failed. In Japan the falling birthrate means that parents need to join in after-school baseball teams because there are not enough kids to make up a team, for example. Labour's 200 nurseries are a joke.
This happened recently, and I lost my shit.
It's not resolved but my general Banshee level has moderated. It has to. I have to keep going to MDT's and talking to people who hold my daughter's life in their hands.
So, dear Sheila the Banshee, I hear you, even when I have to pretend you're not there
It's not resolved but my general Banshee level has moderated. It has to. I have to keep going to MDT's and talking to people who hold my daughter's life in their hands.
So, dear Sheila the Banshee, I hear you, even when I have to pretend you're not there
June 29, 2025 at 10:10 AM
This happened recently, and I lost my shit.
It's not resolved but my general Banshee level has moderated. It has to. I have to keep going to MDT's and talking to people who hold my daughter's life in their hands.
So, dear Sheila the Banshee, I hear you, even when I have to pretend you're not there
It's not resolved but my general Banshee level has moderated. It has to. I have to keep going to MDT's and talking to people who hold my daughter's life in their hands.
So, dear Sheila the Banshee, I hear you, even when I have to pretend you're not there