Leila Billing
leilabilling.bsky.social
Leila Billing
@leilabilling.bsky.social
Feminist, book lover, mama. Co-founder We Are Feminist Leaders.
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“We strongly condemn his killing and call... for the immediate restoration of the ceasefire.”

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says its 11th staff member has been killed in Gaza in an Israeli attack alongside his family members.

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April 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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While the BBC headline is an outright lie, about the outcome, here is the correct observation. A moment of truth prevailing, increasingly rare these days. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Cambridge University loses bid for long injunction on Israel-Palestine protests
Its lawyers had argued the injunction is ‘urgently’ needed ahead of a graduation ceremony this Saturday.
www.independent.co.uk
February 28, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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Horrific: More than 160 Gazan medics are still being held in Israeli prisons, with many said to be tortured and starved. Detention of healthcare workers is illegal under international law, whilst also eradicating the healthcare of Palestinians. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
More than 160 Gazan medics held in Israeli prisons amid reports of torture
Senior doctors claim they were subjected to months of physical abuse, as UN calls for release of those still detained
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Found this on the girls’ bathroom wall in my local secondary school where I go in the evenings to practise speaking Chinese. I mean… they’re not wrong!
January 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Nan Goldin: principled and courageous. This is a great article about how Germany’s support for Israel illuminates how *little* they have come to terms with their past lithub.com/on-the-coura...
On the Courage of Nan Goldin and the Truth About Germany’s “Never Again Is Now” Resolution
“Were you uncomfortable?” the photographer Nan Goldin asked from a lectern in Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie on a chilly Saturday in late November. “I hope so. We need to feel uncomfortable,” Goldin…
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January 16, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Utterly sickening news in todays @theguardian.com - also notable is that Meta removed the clause in its guidelines prohibiting users from calling women ‘household objects or property’ #Meta #Transphobia #Misogyny #Misinformation
January 9, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I didn’t read Percival Everett’s James for months because I was scared it wouldn’t live up to the hype. I was wrong - it’s utterly brilliant, as is he #goodreads
January 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The ongoing attempt to frame
child exploitation in the UK primarily as the result of the ‘dangerous brown man’ is a tale as old as time. The main losers when we limit the debate in this way are the survivors themselves www.bbc.com/news/article...
Kemi Badenoch calls for national inquiry into 'rape gangs'
Alexis Jay, who led a major inquiry into historical child sex abuse, says changes are needed, not more research.
www.bbc.com
January 3, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Does anyone else feel disheartened that so many Best of... books lists are just so Eurocentric? I always make it a point to check out Brittle Paper's annual 100 notable African books. And there are some real beauties in this list... brittlepaper.com/100-notable-...
100 Notable African Books of 2024
Explore African Literature
brittlepaper.com
January 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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December 29, 2024 at 8:09 AM
Beyond sad to hear that the poet Nikki Giovanni died this week. Here’s one of my favourites. Rest in Power, Nikki.
December 11, 2024 at 7:17 PM
I never thought I wanted nor needed a PHD until I saw the instructions to use my toilet in Bangkok
December 10, 2024 at 8:35 AM
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I went on a temple tour in Bangkok, and I could hear Jamaica Kincaid’s “Ugly Tourist Essay” the whole time at the back of my mind.🫣😂😭
December 6, 2024 at 4:45 AM
If you want to know how you will look in 20 years’ time, with a hangover, I really recommend looking in the mirror in the aeroplane bathroom. I have never NOT looked like the bride of Frankenstein
November 30, 2024 at 7:40 PM
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Israeli military spokesperson Avichay Adraee has said without providing any evidence that one of the three World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in Gaza purportedly took part in last year’s October 7 attack on Israel.

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Israel kills aid workers and food seekers in Gaza; 45 dead since dawn
Three aid workers from World Central Kitchen are killed in southern Khan Younis as Israel bombs people waiting for food.
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November 30, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Whenever I want to cower, even though I know the right thing to do is to step forward, I look at Zanele Muholi’s pictures. They are incredible - what a powerhouse they are…
November 28, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Spending today talking about intersectional organising - the pleasure and the pain. We use this picture of parliamentarian Sarah Jammah as a teaching tool - she was thrown out of the legislature for refusing to take off her keffiyeh. Pay attention to her colleagues… #feministleadership
November 26, 2024 at 10:57 AM
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Ready to organize for power? Free movement building training and support for Africa- and Asia-Pacific activists and campaigners to build people power. March - May 2025, followed by coaching support. Language access.

Learn more and register here: socialmovementtechnologies.org/movement-bui...
Movement-Building Training & Support Program for Africa and Asia - 2025
[Go to: All upcoming SMT trainings] Ready to organize for power? From Africa to Asia, people across the regions and their families want a just and sustainable future. To achieve it, we must use non-vi...
socialmovementtechnologies.org
November 25, 2024 at 8:12 AM
This was a great event - loved hearing from @jaseokundaye.bsky.social and Colin Grant. Thank you Jason for reminding us about what Baldwin had to say about Palestine. For those interested in how Baldwin's opinions about the state of Israel evolved, check out this pod: www.npr.org/2024/08/28/1...
November 24, 2024 at 9:17 AM
This article is essential: many of us have been highlighting how NGOs have been censoring staff and perpetuating double standards on Palestine for years. Including those that purport to have signed up to ‘feminist’ leadership approaches www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2024/11...
Staff accuse IRC management of Gaza bias and censorship
As Israel’s destruction of Gaza has escalated, the months-long rift between aid staff and leaders has widened.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
November 22, 2024 at 7:35 AM
Poetry will restore you like nothing else. I loved Natalie Diaz’s beautiful collection - the sorrow, the humour and the humanity. So happy it came into my hands
November 21, 2024 at 9:11 PM
God bless the British. They just love water - especially when it's frozen in cubes and surrounded by Gin.
November 19, 2024 at 7:00 PM