Purna
@purnasen.bsky.social
Visiting Prof CWASU
SpAd ICC, chair Respect, Board Member UK Feminista
Long time policy, rights, anti-vawg person. Veggie; cat/animal and nature devotee
SpAd ICC, chair Respect, Board Member UK Feminista
Long time policy, rights, anti-vawg person. Veggie; cat/animal and nature devotee
#Epstein ‘s ranch was visited by #Chomsky & #Allen
Allegations surface now that ‘fetish’ sex happened here, there are videos & that bodies are buried there.
We may be inching towards a fuller story.
‘Buried bodies’ and celebrity guests: inquiry into Epstein ranch
www.thetimes.com/article/5854...
Allegations surface now that ‘fetish’ sex happened here, there are videos & that bodies are buried there.
We may be inching towards a fuller story.
‘Buried bodies’ and celebrity guests: inquiry into Epstein ranch
www.thetimes.com/article/5854...
‘Buried bodies’ and celebrity guests: inquiry into Epstein ranch
New Mexico police look into claims the paedophile strangled girls during sex and had their corpses concealed
www.thetimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:46 PM
#Epstein ‘s ranch was visited by #Chomsky & #Allen
Allegations surface now that ‘fetish’ sex happened here, there are videos & that bodies are buried there.
We may be inching towards a fuller story.
‘Buried bodies’ and celebrity guests: inquiry into Epstein ranch
www.thetimes.com/article/5854...
Allegations surface now that ‘fetish’ sex happened here, there are videos & that bodies are buried there.
We may be inching towards a fuller story.
‘Buried bodies’ and celebrity guests: inquiry into Epstein ranch
www.thetimes.com/article/5854...
The passing of #JesseJackson
A significant life of action and agitation.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
A significant life of action and agitation.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader Who Sought the Presidency, Dies at 84
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:26 AM
The passing of #JesseJackson
A significant life of action and agitation.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
A significant life of action and agitation.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
An interesting angle here, much more than the headline suggests
Makes some headway towards the core issue
#Epstein @rokhanna.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/o...
Makes some headway towards the core issue
#Epstein @rokhanna.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/o...
Opinion | Ro Khanna Is Shaken by What He’s Learned From the Epstein Files
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:21 AM
An interesting angle here, much more than the headline suggests
Makes some headway towards the core issue
#Epstein @rokhanna.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/o...
Makes some headway towards the core issue
#Epstein @rokhanna.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/o...
#Slovakia PM's national security adviser resigns over #Epstein links
Messages show #MiroslavLajčák 's wish for a woman in Epstein’s orbit
E asked for t-shirts before giving him access -additionly offering a woman (#girl ?)’s sisters
The #BrotherhoodOfPowerfulMen reaches far&has common activities.
Messages show #MiroslavLajčák 's wish for a woman in Epstein’s orbit
E asked for t-shirts before giving him access -additionly offering a woman (#girl ?)’s sisters
The #BrotherhoodOfPowerfulMen reaches far&has common activities.
February 4, 2026 at 9:13 PM
#Slovakia PM's national security adviser resigns over #Epstein links
Messages show #MiroslavLajčák 's wish for a woman in Epstein’s orbit
E asked for t-shirts before giving him access -additionly offering a woman (#girl ?)’s sisters
The #BrotherhoodOfPowerfulMen reaches far&has common activities.
Messages show #MiroslavLajčák 's wish for a woman in Epstein’s orbit
E asked for t-shirts before giving him access -additionly offering a woman (#girl ?)’s sisters
The #BrotherhoodOfPowerfulMen reaches far&has common activities.
Wow!
Washington Post low point
Washington Post low point
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Wow!
Washington Post low point
Washington Post low point
A modicum of accountability 👍🏼
This must set a precedent.
None of anything that is happening now would be possible without the #survivors speaking
They have made the change ❤️🙏🏽
#CSA #childAbuse #sexTrafficking
Peter #Mandelson to quit Lords over #Epstein emails
www.thetimes.com/article/69d4...
This must set a precedent.
None of anything that is happening now would be possible without the #survivors speaking
They have made the change ❤️🙏🏽
#CSA #childAbuse #sexTrafficking
Peter #Mandelson to quit Lords over #Epstein emails
www.thetimes.com/article/69d4...
Peter Mandelson to quit Lords over Epstein emails
The former Labour cabinet minister was alleged to have passed sensitive information to the paedophile financier
www.thetimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:09 PM
A modicum of accountability 👍🏼
This must set a precedent.
None of anything that is happening now would be possible without the #survivors speaking
They have made the change ❤️🙏🏽
#CSA #childAbuse #sexTrafficking
Peter #Mandelson to quit Lords over #Epstein emails
www.thetimes.com/article/69d4...
This must set a precedent.
None of anything that is happening now would be possible without the #survivors speaking
They have made the change ❤️🙏🏽
#CSA #childAbuse #sexTrafficking
Peter #Mandelson to quit Lords over #Epstein emails
www.thetimes.com/article/69d4...
Current #international #political upheavals, including challenges to #multi-lateralism, put the #UN in crisis: its effectiveness is challenged & huge $ cuts have prompted layoffs & restructuring.
A new #SG is to be selected in #2026.
With this mess to address, a #woman might finally get the job! 😂
A new #SG is to be selected in #2026.
With this mess to address, a #woman might finally get the job! 😂
January 10, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Current #international #political upheavals, including challenges to #multi-lateralism, put the #UN in crisis: its effectiveness is challenged & huge $ cuts have prompted layoffs & restructuring.
A new #SG is to be selected in #2026.
With this mess to address, a #woman might finally get the job! 😂
A new #SG is to be selected in #2026.
With this mess to address, a #woman might finally get the job! 😂
First #daffodils of #2026
So uplifting. 💛
So uplifting. 💛
January 10, 2026 at 9:46 AM
First #daffodils of #2026
So uplifting. 💛
So uplifting. 💛
I have today deleted the other app.
Much relieved.
Much relieved.
January 10, 2026 at 9:27 AM
I have today deleted the other app.
Much relieved.
Much relieved.
Protesters take over the highway in Iran's 2nd largest city
#IranProtests in Mashhad's Vakilabad Highway - Jan 8
people are chanting: Until the mullah is buried, this homeland will not be a homeland. @chadbourn.bsky.social
@domingosmcc.bsky.social
@jonathanpiron.bsky.social
#IranProtests in Mashhad's Vakilabad Highway - Jan 8
people are chanting: Until the mullah is buried, this homeland will not be a homeland. @chadbourn.bsky.social
@domingosmcc.bsky.social
@jonathanpiron.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 10:42 AM
As #USA follows through on the #disengagement w #multi-laterialism that it signalled, the challenge now is to construct a different (part-)world order.
What is that settlement?
Where is the imagination and creativity to envision and craft it?
#internationalPolitics
#UN
apnews.com/article/unit...
What is that settlement?
Where is the imagination and creativity to envision and craft it?
#internationalPolitics
#UN
apnews.com/article/unit...
US will exit 66 international organizations as it further retreats from global cooperation
The Trump administration will withdraw from dozens of international organizations, including the U.N.’s population agency and the U.N. treaty that establishes international climate negotiations.
apnews.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:39 AM
As #USA follows through on the #disengagement w #multi-laterialism that it signalled, the challenge now is to construct a different (part-)world order.
What is that settlement?
Where is the imagination and creativity to envision and craft it?
#internationalPolitics
#UN
apnews.com/article/unit...
What is that settlement?
Where is the imagination and creativity to envision and craft it?
#internationalPolitics
#UN
apnews.com/article/unit...
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
And some things are just irresistible - they simply have to be done!
😂💕
#wearTheTrousers
#trousers
#school
And some things are just irresistible - they simply have to be done!
😂💕
#wearTheTrousers
#trousers
#school
If you’re a woman wearing trousers jn a workplace right now, it’s because of the bravery and chutzpah of thousands of women who came before you.
More MORE JAM TOMORROW coming soon - here’s the latest episode!
More MORE JAM TOMORROW coming soon - here’s the latest episode!
With many 🙏🏽 to @rostaylor.bsky.social for this discussion and for giving space to #school activism in the story of change for #women re #trousers
It’s a great episode 👍🏼
Women’s appearance in the world is still a battlefield..and still we move forward 🎉
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
It’s a great episode 👍🏼
Women’s appearance in the world is still a battlefield..and still we move forward 🎉
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
January 6, 2026 at 1:32 PM
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
And some things are just irresistible - they simply have to be done!
😂💕
#wearTheTrousers
#trousers
#school
And some things are just irresistible - they simply have to be done!
😂💕
#wearTheTrousers
#trousers
#school
With many 🙏🏽 to @rostaylor.bsky.social for this discussion and for giving space to #school activism in the story of change for #women re #trousers
It’s a great episode 👍🏼
Women’s appearance in the world is still a battlefield..and still we move forward 🎉
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
It’s a great episode 👍🏼
Women’s appearance in the world is still a battlefield..and still we move forward 🎉
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
Women's Trousers
Podcast Episode · More Jam Tomorrow · 18/12/2025 · 22m
podcasts.apple.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:34 PM
With many 🙏🏽 to @rostaylor.bsky.social for this discussion and for giving space to #school activism in the story of change for #women re #trousers
It’s a great episode 👍🏼
Women’s appearance in the world is still a battlefield..and still we move forward 🎉
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
It’s a great episode 👍🏼
Women’s appearance in the world is still a battlefield..and still we move forward 🎉
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
On my daughter’s wedding day, when one bride is to wear a jumpsuit, it’s fab to have this podcast out on trousers.
🙏🏽@rostaylor.bsky.social for having.
My #WoodhouseSchool trousers episode was both evidence of constraints on girls & affirmation of solidarity amongst school kids. 💕
🙏🏽@rostaylor.bsky.social for having.
My #WoodhouseSchool trousers episode was both evidence of constraints on girls & affirmation of solidarity amongst school kids. 💕
New MORE JAM TOMORROW is out!
Women's trousers – how they went from taboo to ubiquitous.
Plus @purnasen.bsky.social recalls being kicked out of school for wearing boys' uniform trousers.
morejamtomorrow.com/episode/wome...
Women's trousers – how they went from taboo to ubiquitous.
Plus @purnasen.bsky.social recalls being kicked out of school for wearing boys' uniform trousers.
morejamtomorrow.com/episode/wome...
December 18, 2025 at 8:49 AM
On my daughter’s wedding day, when one bride is to wear a jumpsuit, it’s fab to have this podcast out on trousers.
🙏🏽@rostaylor.bsky.social for having.
My #WoodhouseSchool trousers episode was both evidence of constraints on girls & affirmation of solidarity amongst school kids. 💕
🙏🏽@rostaylor.bsky.social for having.
My #WoodhouseSchool trousers episode was both evidence of constraints on girls & affirmation of solidarity amongst school kids. 💕
2 weeks to go until Christmas and you can still buy gifts /support @UK-feminista:
“These beautiful bags, mugs, tea towels &posters were designed by Natalia (8yo) & Eva (15yo) to celebrate 15 years of #UKFeminista!
Power change with your gifts this festive season🎄
Shop 👉 uk-feminista.teemill.com “
“These beautiful bags, mugs, tea towels &posters were designed by Natalia (8yo) & Eva (15yo) to celebrate 15 years of #UKFeminista!
Power change with your gifts this festive season🎄
Shop 👉 uk-feminista.teemill.com “
December 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
2 weeks to go until Christmas and you can still buy gifts /support @UK-feminista:
“These beautiful bags, mugs, tea towels &posters were designed by Natalia (8yo) & Eva (15yo) to celebrate 15 years of #UKFeminista!
Power change with your gifts this festive season🎄
Shop 👉 uk-feminista.teemill.com “
“These beautiful bags, mugs, tea towels &posters were designed by Natalia (8yo) & Eva (15yo) to celebrate 15 years of #UKFeminista!
Power change with your gifts this festive season🎄
Shop 👉 uk-feminista.teemill.com “
It’s so important that we know where we have come from, how we got here.
None of us is starting from scratch.
Grateful for the opportunity to have been involved in this effort to make connections
🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️
None of us is starting from scratch.
Grateful for the opportunity to have been involved in this effort to make connections
🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️
Standing on the shoulders of giants – our #FiLiA2025 session Remembering & Honouring Brighton’96 & its significance for the movement to end #MVAWG w/ @proflizkelly.bsky.social, @hilarymcc7.bsky.social & @purnasen.bsky.social, & Joan Scanlon remembering Jalna Hanmer.
📺 youtu.be/pBNetVkmUmQ
#16days
📺 youtu.be/pBNetVkmUmQ
#16days
November 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
It’s so important that we know where we have come from, how we got here.
None of us is starting from scratch.
Grateful for the opportunity to have been involved in this effort to make connections
🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️
None of us is starting from scratch.
Grateful for the opportunity to have been involved in this effort to make connections
🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️
“#Sheinbaum, #Mexico’s first female #president, made ending violence against women a cornerstone of her campaign, but only a year after being elected, she was groped by a stranger in public.”
#vawg
#sexualHaraasment #MeToo #WomenInPolitics #TakeBackTheStreets
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/w...
#vawg
#sexualHaraasment #MeToo #WomenInPolitics #TakeBackTheStreets
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/w...
Mexico’s President Presses Charges Against Man Who Groped Her on the Street
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
“#Sheinbaum, #Mexico’s first female #president, made ending violence against women a cornerstone of her campaign, but only a year after being elected, she was groped by a stranger in public.”
#vawg
#sexualHaraasment #MeToo #WomenInPolitics #TakeBackTheStreets
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/w...
#vawg
#sexualHaraasment #MeToo #WomenInPolitics #TakeBackTheStreets
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/w...
There are some absolute gems in @ZohranKMamdani’s speech 💎
No matter that there will be many obstacles (put) in his way, his alliances, loyalties & priorities are spot on.
He has brought hope to many #NewYork ers, & those beyond, who need urgent change
#NYC
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
No matter that there will be many obstacles (put) in his way, his alliances, loyalties & priorities are spot on.
He has brought hope to many #NewYork ers, & those beyond, who need urgent change
#NYC
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
The Full Transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Speech
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
There are some absolute gems in @ZohranKMamdani’s speech 💎
No matter that there will be many obstacles (put) in his way, his alliances, loyalties & priorities are spot on.
He has brought hope to many #NewYork ers, & those beyond, who need urgent change
#NYC
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
No matter that there will be many obstacles (put) in his way, his alliances, loyalties & priorities are spot on.
He has brought hope to many #NewYork ers, & those beyond, who need urgent change
#NYC
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
From #JessAssato over at the other place:
Great to see the Government introduce a ban on strangulation content in pornography. We first made this argument back in the Online Safety Bill and @BertinGabby made it one of her Review’s recommendations. Huge thanks to @APPG_CSE @UK_Feminista @barnardos
Great to see the Government introduce a ban on strangulation content in pornography. We first made this argument back in the Online Safety Bill and @BertinGabby made it one of her Review’s recommendations. Huge thanks to @APPG_CSE @UK_Feminista @barnardos
November 4, 2025 at 9:13 AM
From #JessAssato over at the other place:
Great to see the Government introduce a ban on strangulation content in pornography. We first made this argument back in the Online Safety Bill and @BertinGabby made it one of her Review’s recommendations. Huge thanks to @APPG_CSE @UK_Feminista @barnardos
Great to see the Government introduce a ban on strangulation content in pornography. We first made this argument back in the Online Safety Bill and @BertinGabby made it one of her Review’s recommendations. Huge thanks to @APPG_CSE @UK_Feminista @barnardos
I was Special Advisor to #ICC #Prosecutor This case, prolonged investigation &consequent harms are extremely disturbing.
The impact on the 2 directly concerned& all staff is huge. Much work still to do.
Inside alleged sexual misconduct of ICC prosecutor Karim Khan
www.thetimes.com/article/3d90...
The impact on the 2 directly concerned& all staff is huge. Much work still to do.
Inside alleged sexual misconduct of ICC prosecutor Karim Khan
www.thetimes.com/article/3d90...
Inside alleged sexual misconduct of ICC prosecutor Karim Khan
Told for the first time, the story of the staff member who accused the leading British human rights barrister of sexual misconduct. He denies wrongdoing
www.thetimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I was Special Advisor to #ICC #Prosecutor This case, prolonged investigation &consequent harms are extremely disturbing.
The impact on the 2 directly concerned& all staff is huge. Much work still to do.
Inside alleged sexual misconduct of ICC prosecutor Karim Khan
www.thetimes.com/article/3d90...
The impact on the 2 directly concerned& all staff is huge. Much work still to do.
Inside alleged sexual misconduct of ICC prosecutor Karim Khan
www.thetimes.com/article/3d90...
It’s taken many years, the persistence of #victims #survivors, the passing of (at least one of) them
&
Some supportive journalists
& turning public opinion
-> a degree of censure is in place.
Significant that this is not the outcome of legal process
#Andrew #Epstein
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
&
Some supportive journalists
& turning public opinion
-> a degree of censure is in place.
Significant that this is not the outcome of legal process
#Andrew #Epstein
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
Andrew stripped of Prince title and will move out of Royal Lodge
He will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor - Buckingham Palace says
www.bbc.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It’s taken many years, the persistence of #victims #survivors, the passing of (at least one of) them
&
Some supportive journalists
& turning public opinion
-> a degree of censure is in place.
Significant that this is not the outcome of legal process
#Andrew #Epstein
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
&
Some supportive journalists
& turning public opinion
-> a degree of censure is in place.
Significant that this is not the outcome of legal process
#Andrew #Epstein
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
Why would we expect London to be exempt from #grooming?
It would make no sense
#CSE
#childSexualAbuse
#sexualAbuse
#Rape
Sadiq Khan accused of covering up #London grooming gangs scandal
www.thetimes.com/article/f9cc...
It would make no sense
#CSE
#childSexualAbuse
#sexualAbuse
#Rape
Sadiq Khan accused of covering up #London grooming gangs scandal
www.thetimes.com/article/f9cc...
October 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Why would we expect London to be exempt from #grooming?
It would make no sense
#CSE
#childSexualAbuse
#sexualAbuse
#Rape
Sadiq Khan accused of covering up #London grooming gangs scandal
www.thetimes.com/article/f9cc...
It would make no sense
#CSE
#childSexualAbuse
#sexualAbuse
#Rape
Sadiq Khan accused of covering up #London grooming gangs scandal
www.thetimes.com/article/f9cc...