Elizabeth Taylor
@elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social
I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house.
I don’t know why but reading about this puberty blockers trial has got me feeling very blue this afternoon.
There was a moment there where it thought a new generation would have things easier - and it feels like that’s all slipping away.
This will probably take another generation to roll back
There was a moment there where it thought a new generation would have things easier - and it feels like that’s all slipping away.
This will probably take another generation to roll back
November 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I don’t know why but reading about this puberty blockers trial has got me feeling very blue this afternoon.
There was a moment there where it thought a new generation would have things easier - and it feels like that’s all slipping away.
This will probably take another generation to roll back
There was a moment there where it thought a new generation would have things easier - and it feels like that’s all slipping away.
This will probably take another generation to roll back
I swear this article was written to ragebait me specifically.
It’s really worked my blood pressure has well and truly spiked after reading it x
It’s really worked my blood pressure has well and truly spiked after reading it x
Mahmoodism will save the Labour Party, by Jonathan Rutherford
Mahmoodism will save the Labour Party
The Home Secretary is a rare Labour politician who believes exactly what she says
www.newstatesman.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I swear this article was written to ragebait me specifically.
It’s really worked my blood pressure has well and truly spiked after reading it x
It’s really worked my blood pressure has well and truly spiked after reading it x
@batariangal.bsky.social “to trans”, like what we were discussing yesterday. Just the whole concept of trans or….? 😭
Reform are so dangerous and this headline doesn’t do it justice. I also think a piece like this should start with the politician‘s core views just to emphasise the urgency.
November 22, 2025 at 8:27 AM
@batariangal.bsky.social “to trans”, like what we were discussing yesterday. Just the whole concept of trans or….? 😭
Jonathan Bailey singing in Wicked with his forearms and chest hair out….
a poster for la guarimba film festival with a flower in the middle
ALT: a poster for la guarimba film festival with a flower in the middle
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Jonathan Bailey singing in Wicked with his forearms and chest hair out….
I have mixed feeling about this as even I’ve used this argument too.
On a personal level it can sting a bit when cis people say it. On the other hand I also think it objectively true, and talking about how transphobia affects us all is a useful way of identifying solidarity
On a personal level it can sting a bit when cis people say it. On the other hand I also think it objectively true, and talking about how transphobia affects us all is a useful way of identifying solidarity
Ngl, it doesn't feel awesome that so much discourse about policies designed specifically to hurt trans people is about the negative effects it might have on some cis people.
Not cos it's not bad that it will have broader incidental effects but because it should be enough that it will hurt us.
Not cos it's not bad that it will have broader incidental effects but because it should be enough that it will hurt us.
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I have mixed feeling about this as even I’ve used this argument too.
On a personal level it can sting a bit when cis people say it. On the other hand I also think it objectively true, and talking about how transphobia affects us all is a useful way of identifying solidarity
On a personal level it can sting a bit when cis people say it. On the other hand I also think it objectively true, and talking about how transphobia affects us all is a useful way of identifying solidarity
Do many Labour voters actually want this? Her views seem thoroughly repellent, I couldn’t imagine any person notionally on the lefts whose values are further from my own.
“She’s a raging wingnut crank and a true-believing psycho”
November 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Do many Labour voters actually want this? Her views seem thoroughly repellent, I couldn’t imagine any person notionally on the lefts whose values are further from my own.
If we’re reheating 2010s girlboss feminism can we just go the whole hog and do woke 2.0 please?
Fighting for my life here
Fighting for my life here
Rachel Reeves sick of people ‘mansplaining’ how to be chancellor
Rachel Reeves sick of people ‘mansplaining’ how to be chancellor
As she prepares to deliver her budget next week, Reeves speaks of pressure of being UK’s first female chancellor
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Rachel Reeves has said she is sick of people “mansplaining” how to be chancellor to her as she prepares to deliver her budget next week.
Reeves made the comments in an interview with the Times in which she spoke of the pressure of being the UK’s first female chancellor and the subject of constant political attacks. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:28 PM
If we’re reheating 2010s girlboss feminism can we just go the whole hog and do woke 2.0 please?
Fighting for my life here
Fighting for my life here
Please can people stop unironically using terms like “grown up politics”? It’s just so cringeworthy and clearly a load of nonsense.
It really sets my teeth on edge lol
It really sets my teeth on edge lol
November 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Please can people stop unironically using terms like “grown up politics”? It’s just so cringeworthy and clearly a load of nonsense.
It really sets my teeth on edge lol
It really sets my teeth on edge lol
It is remarkable how many gender criticals have broadly departed from not just the left, but mainstream feminist thought in general.
Despite its initial redwashing, it is fundamentally a socially conservative movement and has been for a while imo.
Despite its initial redwashing, it is fundamentally a socially conservative movement and has been for a while imo.
Sorry to post an Unherd article but surely emboldened by how trans rights have been sucessfully undermined - and her support from many UK philosophy colleagues - Kathleen Stock is now starting to question abortion rights. It is important to recognise the trajectory here.
unherd.com/2025/11/what...
unherd.com/2025/11/what...
What progressives won’t say about abortion
unherd.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
It is remarkable how many gender criticals have broadly departed from not just the left, but mainstream feminist thought in general.
Despite its initial redwashing, it is fundamentally a socially conservative movement and has been for a while imo.
Despite its initial redwashing, it is fundamentally a socially conservative movement and has been for a while imo.
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We should probably have more sympathy given she did all of this alongside a glittering film career
It’s hard to read this stuff from doctors without cringing at how wildly out of touch it sounds (and how little self-awareness). £100k+ income is, to most of the public, beyond our dreams. Entitlement and class privilege is not the best way to win people over to your cause!
November 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
We should probably have more sympathy given she did all of this alongside a glittering film career
“New guidance seen by the BBC” which the Times has also seen funnily enough lol.
Baroness Falkner knowing her contract is about to end:
Baroness Falkner knowing her contract is about to end:
November 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
“New guidance seen by the BBC” which the Times has also seen funnily enough lol.
Baroness Falkner knowing her contract is about to end:
Baroness Falkner knowing her contract is about to end:
Can’t believe my letter to the Guardian is getting called out like this 🥺
It’s hard to read this stuff from doctors without cringing at how wildly out of touch it sounds (and how little self-awareness). £100k+ income is, to most of the public, beyond our dreams. Entitlement and class privilege is not the best way to win people over to your cause!
November 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Can’t believe my letter to the Guardian is getting called out like this 🥺
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dESpItE hIS uNeASe
November 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
dESpItE hIS uNeASe
Guys this is HUGE! Read all the comments from the minister in this piece - this is the beginning of a climb down. Where it will land who knows, but the winds are shifting!!
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Guys this is HUGE! Read all the comments from the minister in this piece - this is the beginning of a climb down. Where it will land who knows, but the winds are shifting!!
When this moral panic is over I’m going to enforce my own ban of Brits using the term “bathroom” to refer to public lavatories x
November 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
When this moral panic is over I’m going to enforce my own ban of Brits using the term “bathroom” to refer to public lavatories x
A good piece that is more nuanced than the headline, and I say that as a Green who broadly supports a wealth tax.
What does the left want? A wealth tax. What will that accomplish? Very little | Aditya Chakrabortty
What does the left want? A wealth tax. What will that accomplish? Very little | Aditya Chakrabortty
Imposing a 1% levy on the super-rich isn’t a policy, it’s pantomime. Tackling inequality in Britain will require much more far-reaching changes, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:28 AM
A good piece that is more nuanced than the headline, and I say that as a Green who broadly supports a wealth tax.
Adding to my point about how these people essentially deny medical transition exists - “we can always tell” is their only line of defence.
When that delusion is punctured, the nonsense of their entire worldview is too. Pretty much all of TERF ideology is predicated on it.
When that delusion is punctured, the nonsense of their entire worldview is too. Pretty much all of TERF ideology is predicated on it.
None of these examples are covered by the EHRC guidance. It’s notable how the biggest supporters of this bathroom ban are unable or unwilling to engage with the actual implications of it.
November 20, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Adding to my point about how these people essentially deny medical transition exists - “we can always tell” is their only line of defence.
When that delusion is punctured, the nonsense of their entire worldview is too. Pretty much all of TERF ideology is predicated on it.
When that delusion is punctured, the nonsense of their entire worldview is too. Pretty much all of TERF ideology is predicated on it.
I am once again reminding transphobes and the whole of British media that medical transition exists x
"If someone appears to be going into a changing room or facility that doesn't align with their sex, they should be challenged" - Director of Campaigns at Sex Matters (Keir Starmer's comms director was a Sex Matters board member)
November 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I am once again reminding transphobes and the whole of British media that medical transition exists x
LOL so in reality self id as we all suspected, with empowered busybodies who will most likely target GNC cis women.
"The new guidance also removes a suggestion in an earlier draft that those running services could in “necessary and proportionate circumstances” ask to see a birth certificate or gender recognition certificate (GRC) if they suspected someone was lying about their sex."
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
LOL so in reality self id as we all suspected, with empowered busybodies who will most likely target GNC cis women.
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Sharing the video of this because it’s such a ghoulish thing to say that I’m honestly in disbelief that I even heard her properly
November 19, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Sharing the video of this because it’s such a ghoulish thing to say that I’m honestly in disbelief that I even heard her properly
Can someone explain the reasoning for this? I’m sure there’s some dreadful reactionary reason, but I can’t really wrap my head around the need to make this distinction?
Is it some kind of weird Richard Dawkins brain?
Is it some kind of weird Richard Dawkins brain?
Both Keir Starmer and his official spokespeople now refusing to use the word "Islamophobia", instead using the term "anti-Muslim hate"
November 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Can someone explain the reasoning for this? I’m sure there’s some dreadful reactionary reason, but I can’t really wrap my head around the need to make this distinction?
Is it some kind of weird Richard Dawkins brain?
Is it some kind of weird Richard Dawkins brain?
This video is actually obscene, what the fuck is wrong with this woman?
I'm struck by this clip of former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz saying Holocaust education has backfired in part because people Palestinians as victims: "They think the lesson of the Holocaust is…you fight the big powerful people hurting the weak people."
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November 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
This video is actually obscene, what the fuck is wrong with this woman?
Hun there’s no “risks” about it, your party and leader are doing it right now.
The leader of the greens thinks he can persuade Putin to give up weapons. The leader of reform thinks he can cut public spending without cutting services. Labour risks falling into same trap in its immigration and asylum policies. To actually change the world we need less bravado and more scrutiny.
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Hun there’s no “risks” about it, your party and leader are doing it right now.
Just use the mute thread function for the first time
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Just use the mute thread function for the first time
I take seat projections with a massive pinch of salt, but if we get results close this we are going to be in such chaos lol
🗳️ Projected seat totals:
➡️ REF: 318 seats (+313)
🟠 LD: 87 seats (+15)
🟢 GRN: 61 seats (+57)
🔴 LAB: 60 seats (-351)
🟡 SNP: 46 seats (+37)
🔵 CON: 32 seats (-89)
🟢 PLAID: 7 seats (+3)
Based on @YouGov poll, 16-17 Nov (+/- vs GE2024)
➡️ REF: 318 seats (+313)
🟠 LD: 87 seats (+15)
🟢 GRN: 61 seats (+57)
🔴 LAB: 60 seats (-351)
🟡 SNP: 46 seats (+37)
🔵 CON: 32 seats (-89)
🟢 PLAID: 7 seats (+3)
Based on @YouGov poll, 16-17 Nov (+/- vs GE2024)
November 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I take seat projections with a massive pinch of salt, but if we get results close this we are going to be in such chaos lol