ben smoke
@bencsmoke.bsky.social
senior editor (ralph magazine)
writer (lots of places)
vibes (everywhere)
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ben smoke
@bencsmoke.bsky.social
· Jan 9
About - the good fight
Stories, interviews, guides and more for everyone fighting for a better world. Click to read the good fight, by Ben Smoke, a Substack publication.
wefightthegoodfight.substack.com
🚨 i’m launching a substack!
it’s called ‘the good fight’ and it’s dedicated to telling the stories of incredible people doing incredible things across movements to make the world better! it’s free to subscribe so please click here to find out more! wefightthegoodfight.substack.com/about
it’s called ‘the good fight’ and it’s dedicated to telling the stories of incredible people doing incredible things across movements to make the world better! it’s free to subscribe so please click here to find out more! wefightthegoodfight.substack.com/about
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Ben and I got reckt in a ruined monastery for you, the least you can do is say thanks?????
me and @goingmedieval.bsky.social went to an abbey, got drunk and chatted about sex and gender through the ages, kinky monks and sex lizards — check it out here! youtu.be/rRSZCMj0-2U?...
Dr Eleanor Janega on the Secret Sex Lives of Medieval Monks & More | What Do You Want to Talk About?
YouTube video by Ralph World
youtu.be
August 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Ben and I got reckt in a ruined monastery for you, the least you can do is say thanks?????
me and @goingmedieval.bsky.social went to an abbey, got drunk and chatted about sex and gender through the ages, kinky monks and sex lizards — check it out here! youtu.be/rRSZCMj0-2U?...
Dr Eleanor Janega on the Secret Sex Lives of Medieval Monks & More | What Do You Want to Talk About?
YouTube video by Ralph World
youtu.be
August 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
me and @goingmedieval.bsky.social went to an abbey, got drunk and chatted about sex and gender through the ages, kinky monks and sex lizards — check it out here! youtu.be/rRSZCMj0-2U?...
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In which your faves hang out.
been working super hard on a new format called what do you wanna talk about where we let guests talk about whatever they want! launches tomorrow 5pm. heres a sneaky peek ft
Sapan Verma, @goingmedieval.bsky.social, @willhunterr.bsky.social + Fekky with many more to come! youtube.com/shorts/hfWpB...
Sapan Verma, @goingmedieval.bsky.social, @willhunterr.bsky.social + Fekky with many more to come! youtube.com/shorts/hfWpB...
What Do You Want to Talk About?
YouTube video by Ralph World
youtube.com
August 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
In which your faves hang out.
been working super hard on a new format called what do you wanna talk about where we let guests talk about whatever they want! launches tomorrow 5pm. heres a sneaky peek ft
Sapan Verma, @goingmedieval.bsky.social, @willhunterr.bsky.social + Fekky with many more to come! youtube.com/shorts/hfWpB...
Sapan Verma, @goingmedieval.bsky.social, @willhunterr.bsky.social + Fekky with many more to come! youtube.com/shorts/hfWpB...
What Do You Want to Talk About?
YouTube video by Ralph World
youtube.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
been working super hard on a new format called what do you wanna talk about where we let guests talk about whatever they want! launches tomorrow 5pm. heres a sneaky peek ft
Sapan Verma, @goingmedieval.bsky.social, @willhunterr.bsky.social + Fekky with many more to come! youtube.com/shorts/hfWpB...
Sapan Verma, @goingmedieval.bsky.social, @willhunterr.bsky.social + Fekky with many more to come! youtube.com/shorts/hfWpB...
Edinburgh Festival preview just out with 5 stars for Jordan Gray, How to Win Against History and Urooj Ashfaq PLUS must see shows from @robinince.bsky.social, @josielong.bsky.social, @awkwardprods.co.uk and more!
ralphworld.substack.com/p/ralph-reco...
ralphworld.substack.com/p/ralph-reco...
Ralph Recommends: Edinburgh Fringe edition
Ft. Jordan Gray, Urooj Ashfaq, How to Win Against History, and more
ralphworld.substack.com
August 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Edinburgh Festival preview just out with 5 stars for Jordan Gray, How to Win Against History and Urooj Ashfaq PLUS must see shows from @robinince.bsky.social, @josielong.bsky.social, @awkwardprods.co.uk and more!
ralphworld.substack.com/p/ralph-reco...
ralphworld.substack.com/p/ralph-reco...
went to latitude and chatted to legend and icon @robinince.bsky.social about the cosmic shambles arena, curiosity and the joy of resistance PLUS reviewed every meal i had there, you can check it all out here: ralphworld.substack.com/p/the-joy-of...
The joy of being curious
Ft. Robin Ince, Cosmic Shambles, Latitude food review and more
ralphworld.substack.com
July 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM
went to latitude and chatted to legend and icon @robinince.bsky.social about the cosmic shambles arena, curiosity and the joy of resistance PLUS reviewed every meal i had there, you can check it all out here: ralphworld.substack.com/p/the-joy-of...
running in the rain after a blazing few days is an unrivalled feeling. 15/10.
July 2, 2025 at 9:52 AM
running in the rain after a blazing few days is an unrivalled feeling. 15/10.
inject it
"Andrew Cuomo is visibly upset and people are crying"
June 25, 2025 at 8:17 AM
inject it
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In case any New Yorkers follow me and aren't yet decided about the mayor's race, let me share a series of articles from my decade-plus time covering Andrew Cuomo. To begin: when he made a fake political party dedicated to "Women's Equality" rewirenewsgroup.com/2014/07/30/n...
How New York's Governor Is Playing Politics With Women's Equality
In the wake of the recent announcement that Gov. Andrew Cuomo is creating an entirely new party devoted to “women's equality,” some women's rights supporters have wondered if the move is truly evidenc...
rewirenewsgroup.com
June 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
In case any New Yorkers follow me and aren't yet decided about the mayor's race, let me share a series of articles from my decade-plus time covering Andrew Cuomo. To begin: when he made a fake political party dedicated to "Women's Equality" rewirenewsgroup.com/2014/07/30/n...
forgot this place existed for like two months, did i miss anything
June 20, 2025 at 8:24 AM
forgot this place existed for like two months, did i miss anything
sat down with the incredible jordan gray a couple of weeks ago and chatted ethical non-monogamy, writing real life trans people, the death threats that inspired her new edinburgh show and a ceramic chicken called maude... www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qzw...
Ralph and Friends 03: Jordan Gray
YouTube video by Ralph Magazine
www.youtube.com
May 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
sat down with the incredible jordan gray a couple of weeks ago and chatted ethical non-monogamy, writing real life trans people, the death threats that inspired her new edinburgh show and a ceramic chicken called maude... www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qzw...
made a new playlist. ran a speedy 10k listening to it and cried three times along the way. great morning. 15/10.
April 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
made a new playlist. ran a speedy 10k listening to it and cried three times along the way. great morning. 15/10.
for 4 years many of us were shouting from the rooftops warning about starmer + how easily he'd throw everything + anyone under the bus to get or keep power and for 4 years, people like otto english told us we were wrong, labour'd get more left in power, that we were just tory enablers etc etc...
What the absolute fuck is Starmer thinking?
Who is advising him?
Where do they think this hateful crap will get them?
Who is advising him?
Where do they think this hateful crap will get them?
Asked if Keir Starmer still believes that a trans woman is a woman, his spokesman replies "no".
Says that trans women must now use men's bathrooms
Says that trans women must now use men's bathrooms
April 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
for 4 years many of us were shouting from the rooftops warning about starmer + how easily he'd throw everything + anyone under the bus to get or keep power and for 4 years, people like otto english told us we were wrong, labour'd get more left in power, that we were just tory enablers etc etc...
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it is, but that aside, “What a brilliant statement by the Crab Museum” has absolutely set me off, what a stunning set of words
April 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
it is, but that aside, “What a brilliant statement by the Crab Museum” has absolutely set me off, what a stunning set of words
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Me and @bencsmoke.bsky.social are getting married if you even care…
April 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Me and @bencsmoke.bsky.social are getting married if you even care…
🚨SOME PROFESSIONAL NEWS:
April 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
🚨SOME PROFESSIONAL NEWS:
know i’m getting old because i had a sex dream last night but my brain gave it subtitles so i could follow along lmao
April 18, 2025 at 7:34 AM
know i’m getting old because i had a sex dream last night but my brain gave it subtitles so i could follow along lmao
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These women are my constituents. Gangs in their home country have threatened their lives.
They're detained and due to be deported next week, because of an admin error.
I've been urgently trying to get them released. The Home Office must not deport them.
www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
They're detained and due to be deported next week, because of an admin error.
I've been urgently trying to get them released. The Home Office must not deport them.
www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
Two young women detained and facing deportation over 'admin error'
Gang members have previously threatened the family and abducted one of the sisters
www.nottinghampost.com
April 12, 2025 at 8:15 AM
These women are my constituents. Gangs in their home country have threatened their lives.
They're detained and due to be deported next week, because of an admin error.
I've been urgently trying to get them released. The Home Office must not deport them.
www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
They're detained and due to be deported next week, because of an admin error.
I've been urgently trying to get them released. The Home Office must not deport them.
www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
wrote this piece on the vital work being done to green the film industry for @lwlies.com! big up @sexyclimatechange.bsky.social and the green rider campaign for chatting to me about all the cool shit they’ve been up to! give it a read here: lwlies.com/articles/eco...
Can we make greening the film industry sexy?
It's not easy being green, but the Green Rider initiative aims to engage Hollywood's biggest names with making changes to filmmaking that could help reduce the film industry's carbon footprint.
lwlies.com
April 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
wrote this piece on the vital work being done to green the film industry for @lwlies.com! big up @sexyclimatechange.bsky.social and the green rider campaign for chatting to me about all the cool shit they’ve been up to! give it a read here: lwlies.com/articles/eco...
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protest listings for the week now out!
actions on palestine, welfare cuts, climate change and more PLUS dates for your diary (and also a good meme i made @samuelsweek.bsky.social make for me)
check it out here: open.substack.com/pub/wefightt...
actions on palestine, welfare cuts, climate change and more PLUS dates for your diary (and also a good meme i made @samuelsweek.bsky.social make for me)
check it out here: open.substack.com/pub/wefightt...
March 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
protest listings for the week now out!
actions on palestine, welfare cuts, climate change and more PLUS dates for your diary (and also a good meme i made @samuelsweek.bsky.social make for me)
check it out here: open.substack.com/pub/wefightt...
actions on palestine, welfare cuts, climate change and more PLUS dates for your diary (and also a good meme i made @samuelsweek.bsky.social make for me)
check it out here: open.substack.com/pub/wefightt...
protest listings for the week now out!
actions on palestine, welfare cuts, climate change and more PLUS dates for your diary (and also a good meme i made @samuelsweek.bsky.social make for me)
check it out here: open.substack.com/pub/wefightt...
actions on palestine, welfare cuts, climate change and more PLUS dates for your diary (and also a good meme i made @samuelsweek.bsky.social make for me)
check it out here: open.substack.com/pub/wefightt...
March 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
protest listings for the week now out!
actions on palestine, welfare cuts, climate change and more PLUS dates for your diary (and also a good meme i made @samuelsweek.bsky.social make for me)
check it out here: open.substack.com/pub/wefightt...
actions on palestine, welfare cuts, climate change and more PLUS dates for your diary (and also a good meme i made @samuelsweek.bsky.social make for me)
check it out here: open.substack.com/pub/wefightt...
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I have written to the government to express my deep concerns about the proposed changes to disability benefits, and to ask a number of questions.
I will vote against these cuts.
I will vote against these cuts.
March 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I have written to the government to express my deep concerns about the proposed changes to disability benefits, and to ask a number of questions.
I will vote against these cuts.
I will vote against these cuts.
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In this weeks newsletter I looked at the reality of the cuts being levelled at disabled people, and the unconscionable choice labour is making to punch down rather than hit those with the broadest shoulders.
Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/wefightt...
Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/wefightt...
March 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM
In this weeks newsletter I looked at the reality of the cuts being levelled at disabled people, and the unconscionable choice labour is making to punch down rather than hit those with the broadest shoulders.
Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/wefightt...
Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/wefightt...