Davinia Hamilton
@daviniahamilton.bsky.social
Performer & writer • Co-creator of #Offie finalist Blanket Ban • Abortion Rights EC Member (she/her)
We don’t begin; we rearrange. With Julian’s words in my ear, I unpack the paradox of enclosure and porosity. I follow the thread from medieval cells to modern leases to ask how desire builds and rebuilds the rooms we live and write in.
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All Shall Be Well (In a Rented House)
Julian of Norwich, dwelling, and the stubborn clutter of the self
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August 31, 2025 at 1:39 PM
We don’t begin; we rearrange. With Julian’s words in my ear, I unpack the paradox of enclosure and porosity. I follow the thread from medieval cells to modern leases to ask how desire builds and rebuilds the rooms we live and write in.
open.substack.com/pub/evennowt...
open.substack.com/pub/evennowt...
I can spend hours wandering bookshops, even if I only end up downloading the e-book. Why? Perhaps to brush up against that old sensation of cultural chance: to encounter a book not because an algorithm has fed it to me, but because my eye fell upon it on a shelf.
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When Everything is Within Reach
On the lost rituals of finding, keeping, and loving the things that made us.
open.substack.com
August 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I can spend hours wandering bookshops, even if I only end up downloading the e-book. Why? Perhaps to brush up against that old sensation of cultural chance: to encounter a book not because an algorithm has fed it to me, but because my eye fell upon it on a shelf.
open.substack.com/pub/evennowt...
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Here is a glimpse into that secular version of The Rapture:
"The underground abode will be decked out with a number of lavish amenities such as wellness areas, gourmet dining, and a medical suite with robots for doctors."
www.realtor.com/news/unique-... h/t @thelever.bsky.social
"The underground abode will be decked out with a number of lavish amenities such as wellness areas, gourmet dining, and a medical suite with robots for doctors."
www.realtor.com/news/unique-... h/t @thelever.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Here is a glimpse into that secular version of The Rapture:
"The underground abode will be decked out with a number of lavish amenities such as wellness areas, gourmet dining, and a medical suite with robots for doctors."
www.realtor.com/news/unique-... h/t @thelever.bsky.social
"The underground abode will be decked out with a number of lavish amenities such as wellness areas, gourmet dining, and a medical suite with robots for doctors."
www.realtor.com/news/unique-... h/t @thelever.bsky.social
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Submissions Open: The Other Side of Hope
📅 1 Feb – 30 April 2025
Fiction & poetry: For refugees, asylum seekers & immigrants.
Non-fiction: Open to all, on migration.
Artwork: For refugees, asylum seekers & immigrants.
More info: othersideofhope.com/submissions-...
#RefugeeVoices #MigrantWriters
📅 1 Feb – 30 April 2025
Fiction & poetry: For refugees, asylum seekers & immigrants.
Non-fiction: Open to all, on migration.
Artwork: For refugees, asylum seekers & immigrants.
More info: othersideofhope.com/submissions-...
#RefugeeVoices #MigrantWriters
February 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Submissions Open: The Other Side of Hope
📅 1 Feb – 30 April 2025
Fiction & poetry: For refugees, asylum seekers & immigrants.
Non-fiction: Open to all, on migration.
Artwork: For refugees, asylum seekers & immigrants.
More info: othersideofhope.com/submissions-...
#RefugeeVoices #MigrantWriters
📅 1 Feb – 30 April 2025
Fiction & poetry: For refugees, asylum seekers & immigrants.
Non-fiction: Open to all, on migration.
Artwork: For refugees, asylum seekers & immigrants.
More info: othersideofhope.com/submissions-...
#RefugeeVoices #MigrantWriters
When I was very small, I thought the name “Hugh” was pronounced “huge”, so for a substantial part of my childhood I was convinced the actor’s name was Huge Grant.
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January 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
When I was very small, I thought the name “Hugh” was pronounced “huge”, so for a substantial part of my childhood I was convinced the actor’s name was Huge Grant.
🙃
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I’m very much here for the Drumcondra cherry tomato bridge.
January 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I’m very much here for the Drumcondra cherry tomato bridge.
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You can zip a zap, but you can’t zap a boing.
December 29, 2024 at 8:04 AM
You can zip a zap, but you can’t zap a boing.
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Nigel Farage and Elon Musk are plotting to take over Britain.
This saga exposes the nonsense poison of right-wing populism - claiming to stand for the 'little guy' against the elite, while going cap in hand to plutocrats.
New post 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/nigel-fara...
This saga exposes the nonsense poison of right-wing populism - claiming to stand for the 'little guy' against the elite, while going cap in hand to plutocrats.
New post 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/nigel-fara...
December 18, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Nigel Farage and Elon Musk are plotting to take over Britain.
This saga exposes the nonsense poison of right-wing populism - claiming to stand for the 'little guy' against the elite, while going cap in hand to plutocrats.
New post 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/nigel-fara...
This saga exposes the nonsense poison of right-wing populism - claiming to stand for the 'little guy' against the elite, while going cap in hand to plutocrats.
New post 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/nigel-fara...
I read “quilt” as “guilt”, and it still applies.
Just put a new cover on my quilt, got so frustrated that I went for the rare move of climbing inside the quilt and sorting out the edges that way.
December 18, 2024 at 7:53 PM
I read “quilt” as “guilt”, and it still applies.
As Malta celebrates 50 years of being a self-governing republic, I’m reposting my essay on nature, language, and post/colonial identity, first published last year:
aphroconfuso.mt/davinia-hami...
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Żerriegħa ta’ Davinia Hamilton
Fil-ħarifa tal-2020, fil-bidu tat-tieni lockdown, żrajt żerriegħa għall-ewwel darba f’ħajti, u r-raħs ta’ idea rabba l-għeruq. Dak iż-żmien konna f’nofs il-pandemija: in-numri—l-infezzjonijiet, il-paz...
aphroconfuso.mt
December 13, 2024 at 9:56 AM
As Malta celebrates 50 years of being a self-governing republic, I’m reposting my essay on nature, language, and post/colonial identity, first published last year:
aphroconfuso.mt/davinia-hami...
aphroconfuso.mt/davinia-hami...
I’ve really been enjoying this gem recently. A glimpse into the private inner world of a 1950s mother and wife.
December 5, 2024 at 11:40 AM
I’ve really been enjoying this gem recently. A glimpse into the private inner world of a 1950s mother and wife.
This is such a flex, but this is how I serve my rice now. 👩🏻🍳
December 4, 2024 at 2:29 PM
This is such a flex, but this is how I serve my rice now. 👩🏻🍳
From yesterday’s walk.
November 27, 2024 at 10:39 AM
From yesterday’s walk.
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NEW: Porsha Ngumezi is the fifth case we've reported on in which a woman died after not receiving a D&C or its second-trimester equivalent in time, or at all.
Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments.
Thirty-five-year-old Porsha Ngumezi’s case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2024 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Porsha Ngumezi is the fifth case we've reported on in which a woman died after not receiving a D&C or its second-trimester equivalent in time, or at all.
Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
Let’s do this.
1 Like = 1 piece of Dav lore
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Jumping on the bandwagon, since it's a good way of introducing myself to everyone here (outside of my pinned tweet!)
1 like = 1 piece of Simon lore
1 like = 1 piece of Simon lore
A great way to reintroduce myself on here.
1 like = 1 piece of Yaz lore
1 like = 1 piece of Yaz lore
November 25, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Let’s do this.
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1 Like = 1 piece of Dav lore
What is going on
November 24, 2024 at 5:57 PM
What is going on
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Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students.
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
Gazan Humanitarian Scholarship
We offer scholarships for citizens of Gaza who have been displaced as a result of the ongoing conflict in the region and are living in a different country (outside of the UK).
www.leeds.ac.uk
November 21, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students.
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
It’s 2°C here today and I went for a walk, and it was worth it.
November 21, 2024 at 5:18 PM
It’s 2°C here today and I went for a walk, and it was worth it.
This is the content I am here for.
rereading lord of the rings for the first time in a while and this caught my eye. just a coincidence i assumed. but then
November 20, 2024 at 3:17 PM
This is the content I am here for.
Good morning to everyone except the guy who open-mouth coughed the entire 40-minute train ride to the airport last Sunday and spread the eldritch illness I now also have.
November 19, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Good morning to everyone except the guy who open-mouth coughed the entire 40-minute train ride to the airport last Sunday and spread the eldritch illness I now also have.
Just joined Bluesky. Should I act mysterious or are we all just oversharing right out of the gate?
November 17, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Just joined Bluesky. Should I act mysterious or are we all just oversharing right out of the gate?