@debbiesmudge.bsky.social
GC feminist, socialist, lover of good food and red wine.
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"“If you think your belief is based upon reason, you will support it by argument rather than by persecution, and will abandon it if the argument goes against you. " - Bertrand Russell
November 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
"“If you think your belief is based upon reason, you will support it by argument rather than by persecution, and will abandon it if the argument goes against you. " - Bertrand Russell
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As part of the #16days, we’re proud to highlight @filiahaguemums.bsky.social, a volunteer-led campaign working with frontline experts & victim-survivors to end injustices for mothers & children fleeing DA, created by #HagueAbductionConvention
🔗 www.hague-mothers.org.uk
#16DaysOfActivism #IDEVAW
🔗 www.hague-mothers.org.uk
#16DaysOfActivism #IDEVAW
November 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
As part of the #16days, we’re proud to highlight @filiahaguemums.bsky.social, a volunteer-led campaign working with frontline experts & victim-survivors to end injustices for mothers & children fleeing DA, created by #HagueAbductionConvention
🔗 www.hague-mothers.org.uk
#16DaysOfActivism #IDEVAW
🔗 www.hague-mothers.org.uk
#16DaysOfActivism #IDEVAW
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The Crime and Policing Bill, currently in the House of Lords, contains a provision which would criminalise mothers who attempt to escape an abusive partner by going back to their home country with their children.
Read more ➡️ @filiahaguemums.bsky.social
🔗 www.hague-mothers.org.uk/2025/11/24/d...
Read more ➡️ @filiahaguemums.bsky.social
🔗 www.hague-mothers.org.uk/2025/11/24/d...
November 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The Crime and Policing Bill, currently in the House of Lords, contains a provision which would criminalise mothers who attempt to escape an abusive partner by going back to their home country with their children.
Read more ➡️ @filiahaguemums.bsky.social
🔗 www.hague-mothers.org.uk/2025/11/24/d...
Read more ➡️ @filiahaguemums.bsky.social
🔗 www.hague-mothers.org.uk/2025/11/24/d...
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This is the oppression ladder in action. A black lesbian counts for less than a white man who claims to be a woman.
BTW: this man has served time for drug dealing and has domestic abuse on his record.
How can anyone think this is OK?
BTW: this man has served time for drug dealing and has domestic abuse on his record.
How can anyone think this is OK?
November 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This is the oppression ladder in action. A black lesbian counts for less than a white man who claims to be a woman.
BTW: this man has served time for drug dealing and has domestic abuse on his record.
How can anyone think this is OK?
BTW: this man has served time for drug dealing and has domestic abuse on his record.
How can anyone think this is OK?
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Lord Pannick: "Does she agree it is today the obligation of all persons, whether private or public, to comply with the judgment of the Supreme Court, whether you agree with it or not, & without waiting for guidance?"
@Jacqui_Smith1 for government: "Yes, I do agree with that...
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@Jacqui_Smith1 for government: "Yes, I do agree with that...
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LabourWomen’sDeclaration 🦖 on X: "Lord Pannick: "Does she agree it is today the obligation of all persons, whether private or public, to comply with the judgment of the Supreme Court, whether you agree with it or not, & without waiting for guidance?" @Jacqui_Smith1 for government: "Yes, I do agree with that..." 1 https://t.co/U8UMDCroRE" / X
Lord Pannick
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November 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Lord Pannick: "Does she agree it is today the obligation of all persons, whether private or public, to comply with the judgment of the Supreme Court, whether you agree with it or not, & without waiting for guidance?"
@Jacqui_Smith1 for government: "Yes, I do agree with that...
x.com/LabWomenDec/...
@Jacqui_Smith1 for government: "Yes, I do agree with that...
x.com/LabWomenDec/...
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www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/4886a69... Confirms the obvious. Our National broadcaster is a propaganda machine every bit as efficient as Pravda.
BBC trans coverage ‘censored’ by its own reporters
Corporation’s LGBT desk ‘keeps other perspectives off air’, leaked internal dossier claims
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/4886a69... Confirms the obvious. Our National broadcaster is a propaganda machine every bit as efficient as Pravda.
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In Memoir, Virginia Giuffre Alleges Her Father Abused Her and May Have Taken Epstein’s Money
www.thewomenpost.com/p/in-memoir-...
www.thewomenpost.com/p/in-memoir-...
In Memoir, Virginia Giuffre Alleges Her Father Abused Her and May Have Taken Epstein’s Money
Giuffre, 41, had been working on the book before her death by suicide in April
www.thewomenpost.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:39 AM
In Memoir, Virginia Giuffre Alleges Her Father Abused Her and May Have Taken Epstein’s Money
www.thewomenpost.com/p/in-memoir-...
www.thewomenpost.com/p/in-memoir-...
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This is beautiful! Tommy Robinson's decision to support banned Maccabi Tel Aviv fans by wearing was the 'final straw' for the club and it decided not to sell tickets for Aston Villa. Now Birmingham won't have to deal with the thugs. Starmer also looks like a fool (again). Beautiful.
October 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This is beautiful! Tommy Robinson's decision to support banned Maccabi Tel Aviv fans by wearing was the 'final straw' for the club and it decided not to sell tickets for Aston Villa. Now Birmingham won't have to deal with the thugs. Starmer also looks like a fool (again). Beautiful.
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A 55-year-old Palestinian woman has been taken to hospital after being clubbed over the head by a masked Jewish settler as she was picking olives. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Palestinian woman in hospital after being clubbed by masked Israeli settler
The attacker is seen striking the 55-year-old woman with a large wooden stick during the assault in the West Bank village of Turmus Ayaa.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A 55-year-old Palestinian woman has been taken to hospital after being clubbed over the head by a masked Jewish settler as she was picking olives. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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For the record this is what I said @filiacharity.bsky.social 2025 conference. I'm being misrepresented by people intent on forwarding their own distorted agendas @maryamaldossari.bsky.social @maryamnamazie.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
For the record this is what I said @filiacharity.bsky.social 2025 conference. I'm being misrepresented by people intent on forwarding their own distorted agendas @maryamaldossari.bsky.social @maryamnamazie.bsky.social
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I'm amused that Zarah Sultana is upset by SEXism when she thinks she's affected but she's happy to call other women bigots for opposing it!
September 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I'm amused that Zarah Sultana is upset by SEXism when she thinks she's affected but she's happy to call other women bigots for opposing it!
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Taxpayers lose £400m as result of investment fund set up by Rishi Sunak
Report shows 334 companies backed by Future Fund, set up in May 2020 by then chancellor, have since gone under
The Future Fund spent £1.14bn backing 1,190 companies, and invested nearly £2m in companies linked to Sunak’s wife
Report shows 334 companies backed by Future Fund, set up in May 2020 by then chancellor, have since gone under
The Future Fund spent £1.14bn backing 1,190 companies, and invested nearly £2m in companies linked to Sunak’s wife
Taxpayers lose £400m as result of investment fund set up by Rishi Sunak
Report shows 334 companies backed by Future Fund, set up in May 2020 by then chancellor, have since gone under
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Taxpayers lose £400m as result of investment fund set up by Rishi Sunak
Report shows 334 companies backed by Future Fund, set up in May 2020 by then chancellor, have since gone under
The Future Fund spent £1.14bn backing 1,190 companies, and invested nearly £2m in companies linked to Sunak’s wife
Report shows 334 companies backed by Future Fund, set up in May 2020 by then chancellor, have since gone under
The Future Fund spent £1.14bn backing 1,190 companies, and invested nearly £2m in companies linked to Sunak’s wife
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'Non-binary is the gender identity you end up claiming if you’re a feminist who’s made the category “woman” uninhabitable for any female human with an ounce of self-respect.'
'Left-wing misogynists love Penny’s stance because she positions boring, old-style feminism — with its comprehensible arguments and clear, if boner-killing, demands — as past it; right-wing misogynists love it because it makes feminism look utterly incoherent.'
thecritic.co.uk/the-feminist...
thecritic.co.uk/the-feminist...
The feminists who argued themselves out of being women | Victoria Smith | The Critic Magazine
Feminism is not a stupid movement and feminists are not stupid. If I believed otherwise, I wouldn’t be a feminist. There are times, nonetheless, when even I have to admit it’s been made to look pretty...
thecritic.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
'Non-binary is the gender identity you end up claiming if you’re a feminist who’s made the category “woman” uninhabitable for any female human with an ounce of self-respect.'
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Wandsworth Prison was forced to transfer an unknown number of inmates at short notice to prisons as far away as Norwich to make room for hundreds of protesters arrested during the recent Palestine Action demonstration
putney.news/2025/08/20/e...
putney.news/2025/08/20/e...
Elderly protesters cause chaos at Britain’s most overcrowded prison - Putney.news
Mass arrests of 532 Palestine Action protesters, half aged 60+, force emergency prisoner transfers from overcrowded Wandsworth Prison, separating families.
putney.news
August 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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From undiagnosed reproductive illnesses and chronic health issues to inaccessible mental health support, women’s health is still grossly overlooked within the workplace. And it’s costing many women their wellbeing, and their jobs.
In this guest blog, Sophie Bishop offers potential solutions.
In this guest blog, Sophie Bishop offers potential solutions.
The Solutions for Workplace Struggles that Women aren’t Talking About
From undiagnosed reproductive illnesses and chronic health issues to unaddressed mental health support for female employees, women’s health is still grossly overlooked in the workplace. In this guest ...
www.wbg.org.uk
August 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
From undiagnosed reproductive illnesses and chronic health issues to inaccessible mental health support, women’s health is still grossly overlooked within the workplace. And it’s costing many women their wellbeing, and their jobs.
In this guest blog, Sophie Bishop offers potential solutions.
In this guest blog, Sophie Bishop offers potential solutions.
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“What we need is a masculinity that is pleased that women are flourishing. Men who understand this as a strengthening of humanity, and recognise that it contributes to the conditions of their own advancement. I suspect this would be highly attractive to women.."
www.grantwyeth.com/p/the-elepha...
www.grantwyeth.com/p/the-elepha...
August 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
“What we need is a masculinity that is pleased that women are flourishing. Men who understand this as a strengthening of humanity, and recognise that it contributes to the conditions of their own advancement. I suspect this would be highly attractive to women.."
www.grantwyeth.com/p/the-elepha...
www.grantwyeth.com/p/the-elepha...
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🧵 Baroness Falkner, the EHRC Chair said that #EHRC ‘asked NHS Fife to provide us with info on the provision of single-sex changing facilities for staff & the rights of different groups in the application of these policies. At that point #NHSFife confirmed that no EqIA was available.’
August 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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💥 #FiLiA2025 speaker news 💥
KENJI SARIO, Filipina, anti-imperialist activist, human rights defender, community organiser and Communications & Policy Officer at @enomw.bsky.social will be speaking at #FiLiA
🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets
#Philippines #Brighton #Sisterhood #Solidarity
KENJI SARIO, Filipina, anti-imperialist activist, human rights defender, community organiser and Communications & Policy Officer at @enomw.bsky.social will be speaking at #FiLiA
🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets
#Philippines #Brighton #Sisterhood #Solidarity
August 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
💥 #FiLiA2025 speaker news 💥
KENJI SARIO, Filipina, anti-imperialist activist, human rights defender, community organiser and Communications & Policy Officer at @enomw.bsky.social will be speaking at #FiLiA
🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets
#Philippines #Brighton #Sisterhood #Solidarity
KENJI SARIO, Filipina, anti-imperialist activist, human rights defender, community organiser and Communications & Policy Officer at @enomw.bsky.social will be speaking at #FiLiA
🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets
#Philippines #Brighton #Sisterhood #Solidarity
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💥 #FiLiA2025 speaker news 💥
ALYSSA AHRABARE @alyssaahrabare.bsky.social, lawyer specialising in European law & fundamental freedoms & President of @cleffemmes.bsky.social, leading a network of 80 French feminist orgs, will be at #FiLiA
🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets
#Brighton #Sisterhood #Solidarity
ALYSSA AHRABARE @alyssaahrabare.bsky.social, lawyer specialising in European law & fundamental freedoms & President of @cleffemmes.bsky.social, leading a network of 80 French feminist orgs, will be at #FiLiA
🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets
#Brighton #Sisterhood #Solidarity
August 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM
💥 #FiLiA2025 speaker news 💥
ALYSSA AHRABARE @alyssaahrabare.bsky.social, lawyer specialising in European law & fundamental freedoms & President of @cleffemmes.bsky.social, leading a network of 80 French feminist orgs, will be at #FiLiA
🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets
#Brighton #Sisterhood #Solidarity
ALYSSA AHRABARE @alyssaahrabare.bsky.social, lawyer specialising in European law & fundamental freedoms & President of @cleffemmes.bsky.social, leading a network of 80 French feminist orgs, will be at #FiLiA
🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets
#Brighton #Sisterhood #Solidarity
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💥 #FiLiA2025 speaker news 💥
MICHAELA-CLARE ADDISON, northern, working-class feminist, Victim Support National Sexual Violence Lead, with experience from frontline advocacy roles to national policy & strategy, will be at #FiLiA
🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets
#Sisterhood #Solidarity
MICHAELA-CLARE ADDISON, northern, working-class feminist, Victim Support National Sexual Violence Lead, with experience from frontline advocacy roles to national policy & strategy, will be at #FiLiA
🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets
#Sisterhood #Solidarity
August 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
💥 #FiLiA2025 speaker news 💥
MICHAELA-CLARE ADDISON, northern, working-class feminist, Victim Support National Sexual Violence Lead, with experience from frontline advocacy roles to national policy & strategy, will be at #FiLiA
🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets
#Sisterhood #Solidarity
MICHAELA-CLARE ADDISON, northern, working-class feminist, Victim Support National Sexual Violence Lead, with experience from frontline advocacy roles to national policy & strategy, will be at #FiLiA
🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets
#Sisterhood #Solidarity
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💥 #FiLiA2025 speaker news 💥
KELLIE ZIEMBA, CEO of Kairos Women Working Together, survivor of sexual exploitation inside & outside of the sex industry & part of FiLiA’s #WomenFirst project, will be speaking at #FiLiA
🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets
#AbolitionNow #Brighton #Sisterhood #Solidarity
KELLIE ZIEMBA, CEO of Kairos Women Working Together, survivor of sexual exploitation inside & outside of the sex industry & part of FiLiA’s #WomenFirst project, will be speaking at #FiLiA
🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets
#AbolitionNow #Brighton #Sisterhood #Solidarity
August 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
💥 #FiLiA2025 speaker news 💥
KELLIE ZIEMBA, CEO of Kairos Women Working Together, survivor of sexual exploitation inside & outside of the sex industry & part of FiLiA’s #WomenFirst project, will be speaking at #FiLiA
🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets
#AbolitionNow #Brighton #Sisterhood #Solidarity
KELLIE ZIEMBA, CEO of Kairos Women Working Together, survivor of sexual exploitation inside & outside of the sex industry & part of FiLiA’s #WomenFirst project, will be speaking at #FiLiA
🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets
#AbolitionNow #Brighton #Sisterhood #Solidarity
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💥FIRST FiLiA2025 session news💥
WHY DO I HAVE TO HIDE AWAY? – The Far Right Riots & the Feminist Fight Back
This panel will draw on research by @projectresist.bsky.social & the Angelou Centre on the impact of the far-right riots of 2024 on Black, minoritised & migrant Women.
🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets
WHY DO I HAVE TO HIDE AWAY? – The Far Right Riots & the Feminist Fight Back
This panel will draw on research by @projectresist.bsky.social & the Angelou Centre on the impact of the far-right riots of 2024 on Black, minoritised & migrant Women.
🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets
August 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
💥FIRST FiLiA2025 session news💥
WHY DO I HAVE TO HIDE AWAY? – The Far Right Riots & the Feminist Fight Back
This panel will draw on research by @projectresist.bsky.social & the Angelou Centre on the impact of the far-right riots of 2024 on Black, minoritised & migrant Women.
🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets
WHY DO I HAVE TO HIDE AWAY? – The Far Right Riots & the Feminist Fight Back
This panel will draw on research by @projectresist.bsky.social & the Angelou Centre on the impact of the far-right riots of 2024 on Black, minoritised & migrant Women.
🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets
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‘This magical Women's political space will always be in my memory and I can return to it anytime, anywhere to recharge. Thank you so much!’
Become a Friend of #FiLiA ♀️
🔗 filia.org.uk/friends-of-filia
#Sisterhood #Solidarity #FiLiA2025 #Brighton
Become a Friend of #FiLiA ♀️
🔗 filia.org.uk/friends-of-filia
#Sisterhood #Solidarity #FiLiA2025 #Brighton
August 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
‘This magical Women's political space will always be in my memory and I can return to it anytime, anywhere to recharge. Thank you so much!’
Become a Friend of #FiLiA ♀️
🔗 filia.org.uk/friends-of-filia
#Sisterhood #Solidarity #FiLiA2025 #Brighton
Become a Friend of #FiLiA ♀️
🔗 filia.org.uk/friends-of-filia
#Sisterhood #Solidarity #FiLiA2025 #Brighton
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Meanwhile, far right Britain First supporters were allowed to spout racist hate in Manchester city centre last week.
JFC. 150 arrested now.
In future, when people read how a genocide was allowed to happen in #Gaza, the history books will note that some did take a stand. They included college students, the elderly and the disabled.
Their government labelled them terrorist supporters & arrested them.
In future, when people read how a genocide was allowed to happen in #Gaza, the history books will note that some did take a stand. They included college students, the elderly and the disabled.
Their government labelled them terrorist supporters & arrested them.
August 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Meanwhile, far right Britain First supporters were allowed to spout racist hate in Manchester city centre last week.