Kat Brown
@katbrownwrites.com
Freelance journalist and editor, hello! Only Connect Jilly and servant to v entitled animals. My books are on ADHD and infertility, but I’m 99% fuelled by The Archers and horse riding. www.katbrownwrites.com
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Kat Brown
@katbrownwrites.com
· Feb 2
I was so excited to celebrate It's Not a Bloody Trend's birthday this morning, only to discover that it was actually...yesterday. Anyway, my book on (you'll be shocked to hear) ADHD is one today!
What with this, and Marina and Richard on The Rest is Entertainment this morning confusing the idea of “pregnant people” as being used to include trans women (who of course can’t get pregnant, ffs, but trans men certainly can) it’s a great day for “oh but you can’t say anything nowadays.”
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
What with this, and Marina and Richard on The Rest is Entertainment this morning confusing the idea of “pregnant people” as being used to include trans women (who of course can’t get pregnant, ffs, but trans men certainly can) it’s a great day for “oh but you can’t say anything nowadays.”
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I love the BBC. I would pay the licence fee for access just to CBeebies, CBBC & Radio 2/3/4.
It is a national broadcaster, not a state broadcaster, & its editorial decisions should not be made by politicians.
Its journalists make 1000s of editorial decisions every week & get most of them right.
It is a national broadcaster, not a state broadcaster, & its editorial decisions should not be made by politicians.
Its journalists make 1000s of editorial decisions every week & get most of them right.
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I love the BBC. I would pay the licence fee for access just to CBeebies, CBBC & Radio 2/3/4.
It is a national broadcaster, not a state broadcaster, & its editorial decisions should not be made by politicians.
Its journalists make 1000s of editorial decisions every week & get most of them right.
It is a national broadcaster, not a state broadcaster, & its editorial decisions should not be made by politicians.
Its journalists make 1000s of editorial decisions every week & get most of them right.
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The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
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Some of the most powerful and well-paid people in the world don't understand a lesson that every schoolchild knows: if you surrender to bullies, they will only bully you more
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Some of the most powerful and well-paid people in the world don't understand a lesson that every schoolchild knows: if you surrender to bullies, they will only bully you more
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A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
Oh hello! It’s Not a Bloody Trend is a 99p Kindle deal if a book on ADHD sounds up your street. (And it’s available to order from your local bookshop and library) amzn.eu/d/1IFRdXy
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Oh hello! It’s Not a Bloody Trend is a 99p Kindle deal if a book on ADHD sounds up your street. (And it’s available to order from your local bookshop and library) amzn.eu/d/1IFRdXy
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The BBC, both as a radio broadcaster, and a TV broadcaster, didn’t start out doing news at all. News is the upstart department. Its job is to act as a national fireplace. And that’s properly vital now, more than ever.
I reckon a shared national popular culture is just as important (if not more important) than a fact based, impartial news service for liberal democracy to work.
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The BBC, both as a radio broadcaster, and a TV broadcaster, didn’t start out doing news at all. News is the upstart department. Its job is to act as a national fireplace. And that’s properly vital now, more than ever.
I have been rewatching season 4 of #StrangerThings before the new one comes out at the end of the month and wow, you really can just fast forward through all of the David Harbour/boring scenes in Russia and miss absolutely nothing to the plot! MOAR KIDS MOAR ERICA MOAR EDDIE!
a girl with a netflix logo on the bottom right
ALT: a girl with a netflix logo on the bottom right
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I have been rewatching season 4 of #StrangerThings before the new one comes out at the end of the month and wow, you really can just fast forward through all of the David Harbour/boring scenes in Russia and miss absolutely nothing to the plot! MOAR KIDS MOAR ERICA MOAR EDDIE!
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Must be wild for the Trump administration to bear witness to a culture of accountability.
November 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Must be wild for the Trump administration to bear witness to a culture of accountability.
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Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
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Since we’re in the mood for strict accuracy in broadcast news, worth noting that a rival channel had a pundit - unchallenged - say asylum seekers in hotels committed 44% of sexual offences in one county, seemingly because she cannot understand basic maths.
A national newspaper journalist went on a British TV channel to claim police stats showed asylum-seekers committed 44% of sex crimes in Dorset.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
November 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Since we’re in the mood for strict accuracy in broadcast news, worth noting that a rival channel had a pundit - unchallenged - say asylum seekers in hotels committed 44% of sexual offences in one county, seemingly because she cannot understand basic maths.
Sybil hopes that you’ve managed to catch up on your sleep this weekend.
November 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Sybil hopes that you’ve managed to catch up on your sleep this weekend.
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Transphobia is a pipeline to the far right. An example:
Suzanne Moore used to be a left wing columnist at the Guardian.
Then came the anti-trans panic. Despite the Guardian also promoting it, it wasn’t enough & she left.
Moore is now complaining about wokeness over the Irish famine & colonialism.
Suzanne Moore used to be a left wing columnist at the Guardian.
Then came the anti-trans panic. Despite the Guardian also promoting it, it wasn’t enough & she left.
Moore is now complaining about wokeness over the Irish famine & colonialism.
Suzanne Moore, who would rather be locked up than pay her BBC licence fee because the BBC is too nice to trans people for her liking.
November 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Transphobia is a pipeline to the far right. An example:
Suzanne Moore used to be a left wing columnist at the Guardian.
Then came the anti-trans panic. Despite the Guardian also promoting it, it wasn’t enough & she left.
Moore is now complaining about wokeness over the Irish famine & colonialism.
Suzanne Moore used to be a left wing columnist at the Guardian.
Then came the anti-trans panic. Despite the Guardian also promoting it, it wasn’t enough & she left.
Moore is now complaining about wokeness over the Irish famine & colonialism.
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As I was saying about elite radicalisation…
Suzanne Moore, who would rather be locked up than pay her BBC licence fee because the BBC is too nice to trans people for her liking.
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
As I was saying about elite radicalisation…
This is great. Pregnant people is an important term because trans men can carry babies too. Trevor Phillips seems to be assuming that only men transition, what a shocker.
Great to see @zackpolanski.bsky.social on @skynewsrss.bsky.social this morning standing up for trans people.
It’s clear that Trevor Phillips was trying to trap Zack by not giving him all the facts! Martine Croxall not only eye rolled, she changed a direct quote - unethical for a journalist!
It’s clear that Trevor Phillips was trying to trap Zack by not giving him all the facts! Martine Croxall not only eye rolled, she changed a direct quote - unethical for a journalist!
November 9, 2025 at 11:33 AM
This is great. Pregnant people is an important term because trans men can carry babies too. Trevor Phillips seems to be assuming that only men transition, what a shocker.
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The face of a cat who conned his staff into providing two breakfasts of Iams chicken in jelly in quick succession this morning.
November 9, 2025 at 10:19 AM
The face of a cat who conned his staff into providing two breakfasts of Iams chicken in jelly in quick succession this morning.
This really is one of those horror outfit weeks that turn up each series where you wonder what nightmare has befallen the wardrobe department’s love lives #Strictly
November 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This really is one of those horror outfit weeks that turn up each series where you wonder what nightmare has befallen the wardrobe department’s love lives #Strictly
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On Bob Mortimer's Desert Island Discs he's asked why nobody's doing comedy like he did anymore, which always feels like the guest is being baited into saying they'd be "cancelled", and he answers "because it's a career path now, not just lads dicking about". Refreshing perspective.
November 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
On Bob Mortimer's Desert Island Discs he's asked why nobody's doing comedy like he did anymore, which always feels like the guest is being baited into saying they'd be "cancelled", and he answers "because it's a career path now, not just lads dicking about". Refreshing perspective.
That is quite excessive to be fair www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Stand-off over £800,000 Your Party membership fees
Your Party officials accuse Zarah Sultana of withholding funds despite publicly agreeing to transfer the money.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
That is quite excessive to be fair www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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My mum just said to me "You should be hung like a horse". When I challenged her over saying such a thing, it transpires she thought it was a punishment horses got. Turns out she's been incorrectly using the phrase since the 90s in various settings
November 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
My mum just said to me "You should be hung like a horse". When I challenged her over saying such a thing, it transpires she thought it was a punishment horses got. Turns out she's been incorrectly using the phrase since the 90s in various settings
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Oh, changing the time by one hour for Daylight Savings is messing with your sleep schedule? "Why is it dark at 5 p.m.," you ask?
Frilled sharks live in such deep water that they never see the sun at all! You didn't think about THAT, did you? No, you only ever think about yourself.
Frilled sharks live in such deep water that they never see the sun at all! You didn't think about THAT, did you? No, you only ever think about yourself.
November 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Oh, changing the time by one hour for Daylight Savings is messing with your sleep schedule? "Why is it dark at 5 p.m.," you ask?
Frilled sharks live in such deep water that they never see the sun at all! You didn't think about THAT, did you? No, you only ever think about yourself.
Frilled sharks live in such deep water that they never see the sun at all! You didn't think about THAT, did you? No, you only ever think about yourself.