Martha Simon
@marthasimon13.bsky.social
Director / dramaturg / facilitator
Mam
Sourdough baker
Hot sauce enthusiast
She / her
Mam
Sourdough baker
Hot sauce enthusiast
She / her
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In 2019 a group of Bolivian indigenous women aka the “Climbing Cholitas” summitted Mount Aconcagua, Argentina (highest point - Southern Hemisphere) The women had previously worked for years as cooks for mostly rich male mountaineers. They climbed in traditional dress #WomensArt
December 5, 2025 at 6:18 AM
In 2019 a group of Bolivian indigenous women aka the “Climbing Cholitas” summitted Mount Aconcagua, Argentina (highest point - Southern Hemisphere) The women had previously worked for years as cooks for mostly rich male mountaineers. They climbed in traditional dress #WomensArt
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I will cut adrift—I will sit on pavements and drink coffee—I will dream; I will take my mind out of its iron cage and let it swim—this fine October.
- Virginia Woolf
#Womensart
- Virginia Woolf
#Womensart
October 15, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I will cut adrift—I will sit on pavements and drink coffee—I will dream; I will take my mind out of its iron cage and let it swim—this fine October.
- Virginia Woolf
#Womensart
- Virginia Woolf
#Womensart
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It’s really hard to describe to people who are not artists how survival mode does *not* inspire creativity, as the myth would have us believe. It suppresses creativity as you try to limit every possible risk – and the opportunities that come with them.
It turns out building habits and stuff actually requires not being in survival mode, who knew?!
(Yeah yeah I did)
(Yeah yeah I did)
October 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
It’s really hard to describe to people who are not artists how survival mode does *not* inspire creativity, as the myth would have us believe. It suppresses creativity as you try to limit every possible risk – and the opportunities that come with them.
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IG newberlinlibrary
IG newberlinlibrary
October 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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IG newberlinlibrary
IG newberlinlibrary
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Young Syrian refugees paint murals at Zataari camp Jordan, to overcome trauma and memories of violence #womensart
September 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Young Syrian refugees paint murals at Zataari camp Jordan, to overcome trauma and memories of violence #womensart
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Rachel Heller, UK artist with Down's Syndrome, who creates figurative and abstract works mostly in pastel #WomensArt
September 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Rachel Heller, UK artist with Down's Syndrome, who creates figurative and abstract works mostly in pastel #WomensArt
“Are the Tates really that bad, though?”
I fucking despair
I fucking despair
you know I wouldn't say I had high hopes for "the Spectator interviews the Tate brothers" anyway but somehow the piece is worse than I thought it would be
September 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
“Are the Tates really that bad, though?”
I fucking despair
I fucking despair
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ITC's summary statement of recent ACE issues:
www.itc-arts.org/arts-council...
www.itc-arts.org/arts-council...
Arts Council England Project Grants – Major Concerns | ITC Independent Theatre Council
Earlier this year ITC wrote to ACE to express concerns about leaked plans to change ACE Project funding in very unhelpful ways. ACE put these plans on hold, planning to revisit them in September after...
www.itc-arts.org
August 29, 2025 at 9:35 AM
ITC's summary statement of recent ACE issues:
www.itc-arts.org/arts-council...
www.itc-arts.org/arts-council...
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"Here I painted myself, Frida Kahlo, with my reflection in the mirror. I am 37 years old and this is #July, 1947. In Coyoacan, Mexico, the place where I was born".
The inscription on Frida's
Self Portrait with Loose Hair, 1947
#WomensArt
The inscription on Frida's
Self Portrait with Loose Hair, 1947
#WomensArt
July 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"Here I painted myself, Frida Kahlo, with my reflection in the mirror. I am 37 years old and this is #July, 1947. In Coyoacan, Mexico, the place where I was born".
The inscription on Frida's
Self Portrait with Loose Hair, 1947
#WomensArt
The inscription on Frida's
Self Portrait with Loose Hair, 1947
#WomensArt
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Kenyan artist Thandiwe Muriu’s 'Camo series', photographic portraits cloaking models in patterned fabric #WomensArt #FridayFeeling
July 18, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Kenyan artist Thandiwe Muriu’s 'Camo series', photographic portraits cloaking models in patterned fabric #WomensArt #FridayFeeling
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“It’ll take days bedbound to recover, but if we don’t fight our own corner, who will?”
I spoke to disabled people fighting the welfare bill - and got their reaction on last night’s chaotic vote. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I spoke to disabled people fighting the welfare bill - and got their reaction on last night’s chaotic vote. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘This isn’t a U-turn’: disabled people react to passing of watered-down welfare bill
Campaigners call government’s climbdown on personal independence payments ‘desperate’ and vow to fight on
www.theguardian.com
July 2, 2025 at 10:49 AM
“It’ll take days bedbound to recover, but if we don’t fight our own corner, who will?”
I spoke to disabled people fighting the welfare bill - and got their reaction on last night’s chaotic vote. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I spoke to disabled people fighting the welfare bill - and got their reaction on last night’s chaotic vote. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Northumbria police destroy Battle of Orgreave and other miners’ strike files
Northumbria police destroy Battle of Orgreave and other miners’ strike files
Force says it disposed of papers last year despite forthcoming inquiry into scenes of violent policing in 1984
Police have destroyed documents relating to the Battle of Orgreave in 1984 during the miners’ strike, which is the subject of a forthcoming official inquiry.
Northumbria police disposed of the papers less than a month before Rishi Sunak called last summer’s election, which brought the Labour party into government with a longstanding manifesto pledge to hold an inquiry into the scenes of violent policing at Orgreave. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Northumbria police destroy Battle of Orgreave and other miners’ strike files
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Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
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“Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.”
- Dorothy Parker,
US poet, writer and wit #WomensArt
- Dorothy Parker,
US poet, writer and wit #WomensArt
June 7, 2025 at 8:47 AM
“Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.”
- Dorothy Parker,
US poet, writer and wit #WomensArt
- Dorothy Parker,
US poet, writer and wit #WomensArt
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Things which can be true at once:
A) It's entertaining
B) It's deeply dysfunctional which the Trump court always was/was always going to be
C) This happens when a political project is about vibes/personality cults rather than actual convergent beliefs
D) It's pathetic
E) They could make up
A) It's entertaining
B) It's deeply dysfunctional which the Trump court always was/was always going to be
C) This happens when a political project is about vibes/personality cults rather than actual convergent beliefs
D) It's pathetic
E) They could make up
June 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Things which can be true at once:
A) It's entertaining
B) It's deeply dysfunctional which the Trump court always was/was always going to be
C) This happens when a political project is about vibes/personality cults rather than actual convergent beliefs
D) It's pathetic
E) They could make up
A) It's entertaining
B) It's deeply dysfunctional which the Trump court always was/was always going to be
C) This happens when a political project is about vibes/personality cults rather than actual convergent beliefs
D) It's pathetic
E) They could make up
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A plague a’ both houses!
June 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A plague a’ both houses!
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Playwrights working in the UK independent theatre sector are to gain new rights for the digital exploitation of their work and a 24% uplift in minimum fees over three years, following a major update to the existing agreement between WGGB + @itc-arts.bsky.social
writersguild.org.uk/itc-new-agre...
writersguild.org.uk/itc-new-agre...
June 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Playwrights working in the UK independent theatre sector are to gain new rights for the digital exploitation of their work and a 24% uplift in minimum fees over three years, following a major update to the existing agreement between WGGB + @itc-arts.bsky.social
writersguild.org.uk/itc-new-agre...
writersguild.org.uk/itc-new-agre...
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We have released a statement on the impact of recent proposed policy changes & benefits reform within the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper.
graeae.org/resource/gra...
Our community cannot & should not take this further assault on civil liberties!
graeae.org/resource/gra...
Our community cannot & should not take this further assault on civil liberties!
May 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
We have released a statement on the impact of recent proposed policy changes & benefits reform within the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper.
graeae.org/resource/gra...
Our community cannot & should not take this further assault on civil liberties!
graeae.org/resource/gra...
Our community cannot & should not take this further assault on civil liberties!
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To mark the 1st day of my 4th year without Alice I have an announcement:
I’ve joined up with a determined group of women working to change the narrative around trans people. Women standing in solidarity with our trans siblings.
Our first step is to ask cis women to read and sign our open letter ⬇️
I’ve joined up with a determined group of women working to change the narrative around trans people. Women standing in solidarity with our trans siblings.
Our first step is to ask cis women to read and sign our open letter ⬇️
Not in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
chng.it
May 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM
To mark the 1st day of my 4th year without Alice I have an announcement:
I’ve joined up with a determined group of women working to change the narrative around trans people. Women standing in solidarity with our trans siblings.
Our first step is to ask cis women to read and sign our open letter ⬇️
I’ve joined up with a determined group of women working to change the narrative around trans people. Women standing in solidarity with our trans siblings.
Our first step is to ask cis women to read and sign our open letter ⬇️
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Brazilian artist Tarsila do Amaral (1886-1973), considered to be one of the leading South American modernist painters #womensart
May 17, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Brazilian artist Tarsila do Amaral (1886-1973), considered to be one of the leading South American modernist painters #womensart
🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
Petition: Make the arts part of UK National Renewal | Campaign for the Arts
The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. The arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them.
www.campaignforthearts.org
May 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
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Gaza community kitchens say food is running out after two months of Israeli blockade.
“We used to receive more than 100 trucks every week - trucks of food parcels and hygiene kits. Now we don't have anything.”
UN warns of starvation if blockade holds.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
“We used to receive more than 100 trucks every week - trucks of food parcels and hygiene kits. Now we don't have anything.”
UN warns of starvation if blockade holds.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Gaza kitchens warn food running out after two-months Israeli blockade
Many Palestinians depend on community kitchens, but one says they have only two weeks of supplies left.
www.bbc.com
May 2, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Gaza community kitchens say food is running out after two months of Israeli blockade.
“We used to receive more than 100 trucks every week - trucks of food parcels and hygiene kits. Now we don't have anything.”
UN warns of starvation if blockade holds.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
“We used to receive more than 100 trucks every week - trucks of food parcels and hygiene kits. Now we don't have anything.”
UN warns of starvation if blockade holds.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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📣 Applications are now open for Round 23 of Developing Your Creative Practice!
🌟 Ready to take your practice to the next stage? Start your application 🔗https://buff.ly/hVVi126
🗓️ Deadline for applications 12pm on 22 May 2025!
#LetsCreate
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🌟 Ready to take your practice to the next stage? Start your application 🔗https://buff.ly/hVVi126
🗓️ Deadline for applications 12pm on 22 May 2025!
#LetsCreate
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April 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
📣 Applications are now open for Round 23 of Developing Your Creative Practice!
🌟 Ready to take your practice to the next stage? Start your application 🔗https://buff.ly/hVVi126
🗓️ Deadline for applications 12pm on 22 May 2025!
#LetsCreate
📸Howaboutdave Photography
🌟 Ready to take your practice to the next stage? Start your application 🔗https://buff.ly/hVVi126
🗓️ Deadline for applications 12pm on 22 May 2025!
#LetsCreate
📸Howaboutdave Photography
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By UK anarcho-craftivist artist Carrie Reichardt #womensart
April 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
By UK anarcho-craftivist artist Carrie Reichardt #womensart