Elaine Brown
@eljoa.bsky.social
Mostly here for the great photographers and artists of wildlife, birds, and landscapes. Also, for occasional politics and feminism. Blue side of Manchester. Realist side of sex.
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"A woman’s right to prioritise her perception of herself, refusing to allow it to be overridden by male fantasy, is never a luxury."
thecritic.co.uk/does-it-real...
thecritic.co.uk/does-it-real...
Does it really cost women nothing to use incorrect pronouns? | Victoria Smith | The Critic Magazine
Towards the end of 1984, there’s a scene in which Inner Party member O’Brien asks Winston Smith to state how many fingers he is holding up: “Four.” “And if the Party says that it is not four but five…
thecritic.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM
"A woman’s right to prioritise her perception of herself, refusing to allow it to be overridden by male fantasy, is never a luxury."
thecritic.co.uk/does-it-real...
thecritic.co.uk/does-it-real...
Helen Webberley is terrifying. As a young scared lesbian in the early 1980s I would have been chemically conformed and sterilised by her.
Thank you to all the brave women and men who have fought against this.
www.youtube.com/live/SoaRbOS...
Thank you to all the brave women and men who have fought against this.
www.youtube.com/live/SoaRbOS...
🔴 LIVE: Times Radio gender debate | 9pm-10pm | 20-Nov-25
YouTube video by Times Radio
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November 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Helen Webberley is terrifying. As a young scared lesbian in the early 1980s I would have been chemically conformed and sterilised by her.
Thank you to all the brave women and men who have fought against this.
www.youtube.com/live/SoaRbOS...
Thank you to all the brave women and men who have fought against this.
www.youtube.com/live/SoaRbOS...
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Happy 60th birthday, Björk!
Born on this day #BOTD, Icelandic singer Bjork is 60 years old today.
Here with fellow artist PJ Harvey.
#WomenArtist
Here with fellow artist PJ Harvey.
#WomenArtist
November 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Happy 60th birthday, Björk!
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What a wonderful evening!
November 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
What a wonderful evening!
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What happens when we give kids a smartphone — we ask the impossible. A wonderful PSA by Smartphone-Free Childhood US.
September 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
What happens when we give kids a smartphone — we ask the impossible. A wonderful PSA by Smartphone-Free Childhood US.
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Actually speechless at Stormzy’s progress today. He woke up and decided to attack the week.
Listen out for the cutest little bark ever ❤️
Listen out for the cutest little bark ever ❤️
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Actually speechless at Stormzy’s progress today. He woke up and decided to attack the week.
Listen out for the cutest little bark ever ❤️
Listen out for the cutest little bark ever ❤️
Listening to Inside Science on Radio 4 and its interesting discussion of analysing the biological sex of skeletons and whether the females had been pregnant. Also noted in the programme was that the lives of biological females were not well understood.
October 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Listening to Inside Science on Radio 4 and its interesting discussion of analysing the biological sex of skeletons and whether the females had been pregnant. Also noted in the programme was that the lives of biological females were not well understood.
Just listening to Radio 4's Screenshot programme on 'The Naked Civil Servant' and it's so sad to hear the 'trans-ing' of Quentin Crisp. It starts with a discussion of personal pronouns and a quote from 90 year old Quentin Crisp saying "it's been explained to me that I'm transgender". Wtaf?
October 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Just listening to Radio 4's Screenshot programme on 'The Naked Civil Servant' and it's so sad to hear the 'trans-ing' of Quentin Crisp. It starts with a discussion of personal pronouns and a quote from 90 year old Quentin Crisp saying "it's been explained to me that I'm transgender". Wtaf?
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Love this
🇨🇦 Canada is sending out agents into the streets of Toronto to deal with foreigners
October 23, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Love this
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Only 7 million…
but then, he’s not shown he’s any good at math! 🤷♀️
but then, he’s not shown he’s any good at math! 🤷♀️
"I hear very few people are gonna be there" -- Donald Trump, 10/15/25
October 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Only 7 million…
but then, he’s not shown he’s any good at math! 🤷♀️
but then, he’s not shown he’s any good at math! 🤷♀️
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• Sue Cowling •
October 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
• Sue Cowling •
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I'm not one to draw lines in the sand, but if you've never eaten a curry of any kind then you aren't British. Simple as that.
October 18, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I'm not one to draw lines in the sand, but if you've never eaten a curry of any kind then you aren't British. Simple as that.
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Thank you @birdrgirl for your reposts of the No King's, from an English woman 👊
Thank you @birdrgirl for your reposts of the No King's, from an English woman 👊
October 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Thank you @birdrgirl for your reposts of the No King's, from an English woman 👊
Thank you @birdrgirl for your reposts of the No King's, from an English woman 👊
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Any discussion of traditional English food and identity that isn't grounded in eels is a lie. #TrueEelFacts
British racists are mere weeks away from a scurvy outbreak because citrus fruits are "fancy foreign muck"
October 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Any discussion of traditional English food and identity that isn't grounded in eels is a lie. #TrueEelFacts
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
October 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
It saddens me to see intelligent and progressive women - especially female elite athletes and sports journalists who are bamboozled by the Gender Taliban. Why can't they see what this means for young girls and women?
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Reaction when I stood up for trans women made me realise I had to do more
Manchester City and Netherlands player explains why she has become an LGBT Foundation patron and the importance of keeping football free of hate
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
It saddens me to see intelligent and progressive women - especially female elite athletes and sports journalists who are bamboozled by the Gender Taliban. Why can't they see what this means for young girls and women?
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Bertrand Russell to Oswald Mosley. Perfection.
October 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Bertrand Russell to Oswald Mosley. Perfection.
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In honour of last night's beautiful moon.
The second picture has words by Maya Angelou.
"If you're always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be."
If you enjoy seeing my work, I'd love it if you could show your friends who are on here too. Thank you 😊
The second picture has words by Maya Angelou.
"If you're always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be."
If you enjoy seeing my work, I'd love it if you could show your friends who are on here too. Thank you 😊
October 8, 2025 at 7:22 AM
In honour of last night's beautiful moon.
The second picture has words by Maya Angelou.
"If you're always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be."
If you enjoy seeing my work, I'd love it if you could show your friends who are on here too. Thank you 😊
The second picture has words by Maya Angelou.
"If you're always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be."
If you enjoy seeing my work, I'd love it if you could show your friends who are on here too. Thank you 😊
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Personally, I always wait until the trains are running to the concentration camps before I decide I’m living under fascism
If we were living under fascism, none of you would be here daring to post things. You'd be erasing your social media accounts and keeping your head down; you'd know that peacocking your faux-bravery on a network would expose you to being disappeared.
You have no idea what "fascism" really means.
You have no idea what "fascism" really means.
the regime is zip tying toddlers and ripping them away from their mothers unclothed... calling it fascism upsets this neo-con.
October 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Personally, I always wait until the trains are running to the concentration camps before I decide I’m living under fascism
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Incredible work - figures for a private event on Nov 5th (Bonfire Night / Guy Fawkes').
she's been working with great economy of time/effort/materials but with such exquisite selection of precisely the right details to really capture her subjects.
#pennyfortheguy #handmade #textileart
she's been working with great economy of time/effort/materials but with such exquisite selection of precisely the right details to really capture her subjects.
#pennyfortheguy #handmade #textileart
October 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Incredible work - figures for a private event on Nov 5th (Bonfire Night / Guy Fawkes').
she's been working with great economy of time/effort/materials but with such exquisite selection of precisely the right details to really capture her subjects.
#pennyfortheguy #handmade #textileart
she's been working with great economy of time/effort/materials but with such exquisite selection of precisely the right details to really capture her subjects.
#pennyfortheguy #handmade #textileart