Rowan (she/they)
@rowanrises.bsky.social
cat lady, bog witch, priestess aspirant and survivor activist. 🌟
💭 posting about: 💭
care-experience ~ mental illness ~ complex trauma ~ the courts ~ complex grief ~ disability ~ neurodivergence ~ and more!
also @rowan-rose.bsky.social
#JusticeForFern
💭 posting about: 💭
care-experience ~ mental illness ~ complex trauma ~ the courts ~ complex grief ~ disability ~ neurodivergence ~ and more!
also @rowan-rose.bsky.social
#JusticeForFern
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Rowan (she/they)
@rowanrises.bsky.social
· Nov 22
introducing myself - new to bsky!
hi, I’m Rowan - you can find me in dark corners, wild spaces, cat cafés and teams meetings.
I have worked in copro/participation for about 10 years.
I have seen and experienced a lot of injustice and do what I can to make the world a little more just.
❤️🩹
hi, I’m Rowan - you can find me in dark corners, wild spaces, cat cafés and teams meetings.
I have worked in copro/participation for about 10 years.
I have seen and experienced a lot of injustice and do what I can to make the world a little more just.
❤️🩹
life update I am still in hospital, under a section 3, and filing lawsuits bc of multiple human rights violations. with 50+ pages of poetry written in the last month
The attached gif is me in my head every time they fuck me over and break the law again
🎵just another naaaaail in the coffin…..🎵
The attached gif is me in my head every time they fuck me over and break the law again
🎵just another naaaaail in the coffin…..🎵
a bunch of 100 dollar bills are falling from the sky
ALT: a bunch of 100 dollar bills are falling from the sky
media.tenor.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
life update I am still in hospital, under a section 3, and filing lawsuits bc of multiple human rights violations. with 50+ pages of poetry written in the last month
The attached gif is me in my head every time they fuck me over and break the law again
🎵just another naaaaail in the coffin…..🎵
The attached gif is me in my head every time they fuck me over and break the law again
🎵just another naaaaail in the coffin…..🎵
Sweet irony.. from a zine I made at my last hospital w/o Oxe (‘A Patient’s Guide to 1-1 Staff and Where to Find Them) - think my artistic rendition is pretty spot on.
(This Oxevision is turned off… because of the argument I had with SABP ages ago…)
@stopoxevision.bsky.social
#madsky
(This Oxevision is turned off… because of the argument I had with SABP ages ago…)
@stopoxevision.bsky.social
#madsky
February 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Sweet irony.. from a zine I made at my last hospital w/o Oxe (‘A Patient’s Guide to 1-1 Staff and Where to Find Them) - think my artistic rendition is pretty spot on.
(This Oxevision is turned off… because of the argument I had with SABP ages ago…)
@stopoxevision.bsky.social
#madsky
(This Oxevision is turned off… because of the argument I had with SABP ages ago…)
@stopoxevision.bsky.social
#madsky
On my way to an inpatient mental health ward this evening. In general hospital waiting. Nervous but trying to keep it together. Card of the day is very apt. #madsky
December 10, 2024 at 7:45 PM
On my way to an inpatient mental health ward this evening. In general hospital waiting. Nervous but trying to keep it together. Card of the day is very apt. #madsky
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“Oh no you fucking don’t. Seriously, you tosspot, you’re not one of us and we wouldn’t want you even if you were. Step one foot on our lovely spectrum and we’ll yeet you directly into the sun.”
thedailytism.com/autistics-to...
thedailytism.com/autistics-to...
Autistics to Boris Johnson: don’t even fucking think about it
Autistic people have issued a statement explaining to Boris Johnson that autism does not cause you to become a compulsively lying, law-breaking, nation-wrecking cunt. The statement encourages Johnson ...
thedailytism.com
December 9, 2024 at 10:52 AM
“Oh no you fucking don’t. Seriously, you tosspot, you’re not one of us and we wouldn’t want you even if you were. Step one foot on our lovely spectrum and we’ll yeet you directly into the sun.”
thedailytism.com/autistics-to...
thedailytism.com/autistics-to...
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As part of #16DaysofActivism, human rights partner @leadevine27.bsky.social explains her work and how gender-based violence is a key part in the lives of women whose deaths are investigated at inquests where she represents.
www.leighday.co.uk/news/blog/el...
www.leighday.co.uk/news/blog/el...
Supporting families with inquests following domestic abuse
Leanne Devine explains how violence towards women is a key part in the lives of women whose deaths are investigated at inquests.
www.leighday.co.uk
December 6, 2024 at 2:14 PM
As part of #16DaysofActivism, human rights partner @leadevine27.bsky.social explains her work and how gender-based violence is a key part in the lives of women whose deaths are investigated at inquests where she represents.
www.leighday.co.uk/news/blog/el...
www.leighday.co.uk/news/blog/el...
One thousand hundred million percent all of this
Meet the “sickfluencers”: disabled people turn to TikTok for help accessing disability benefits - and the media says they’re scroungers gaming the system.
My col. on Fraser Nelson’s stitch up job, and the paranoia those with the least might get an advantage. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My col. on Fraser Nelson’s stitch up job, and the paranoia those with the least might get an advantage. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Meet the ‘sickfluencers’ of TikTok – and don’t be fooled by the outrage obscuring the real scandal | Frances Ryan
That desperate people have to look online for help accessing disability and sickness benefits is what should truly upset us, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2024 at 11:51 AM
One thousand hundred million percent all of this
Wow, this is a pretty stunning exercise in mental gymnastics. It’s amazing how much work people will do to justify the things that they don’t want to change. The conclusion comes first - the narrative follows.
The system always resists change. For things to be better we have to start somewhere.
The system always resists change. For things to be better we have to start somewhere.
Had this misfortune to read this pile of shite this morning. The arrogance and ignorance of some medical professionals never fails to disappoint, sadly. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Long-term segregation and seclusion for people with an intellectual disability and/or autism in hospitals: critique of the current state of affairs | The British Journal of Psychiatry | Cambridge Core
Long-term segregation and seclusion for people with an intellectual disability and/or autism in hospitals: critique of the current state of affairs
www.cambridge.org
December 7, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Wow, this is a pretty stunning exercise in mental gymnastics. It’s amazing how much work people will do to justify the things that they don’t want to change. The conclusion comes first - the narrative follows.
The system always resists change. For things to be better we have to start somewhere.
The system always resists change. For things to be better we have to start somewhere.
‘You get more autistic in hospital’ is something I’m finding very true so far.
I’m stuck in A&E and it feels like my circuits are fried. I’ve not been this sensory-sensitive in a very long time. I think it’s because it’s so constant and out of control, and you just spend so much time waiting.
I’m stuck in A&E and it feels like my circuits are fried. I’ve not been this sensory-sensitive in a very long time. I think it’s because it’s so constant and out of control, and you just spend so much time waiting.
December 7, 2024 at 9:11 AM
‘You get more autistic in hospital’ is something I’m finding very true so far.
I’m stuck in A&E and it feels like my circuits are fried. I’ve not been this sensory-sensitive in a very long time. I think it’s because it’s so constant and out of control, and you just spend so much time waiting.
I’m stuck in A&E and it feels like my circuits are fried. I’ve not been this sensory-sensitive in a very long time. I think it’s because it’s so constant and out of control, and you just spend so much time waiting.
#3GoodThings A&E waiting for MH IP bed edition
1. I’m being taken seriously and not accused or insinuated of attention seeking or a PD (yet)
2. I have lush sleepy lotion and shower gel with me and it’s v soothing
3. The hospital shop has Ben&jerrys ice cream
#madsky
1. I’m being taken seriously and not accused or insinuated of attention seeking or a PD (yet)
2. I have lush sleepy lotion and shower gel with me and it’s v soothing
3. The hospital shop has Ben&jerrys ice cream
#madsky
December 7, 2024 at 8:59 AM
#3GoodThings A&E waiting for MH IP bed edition
1. I’m being taken seriously and not accused or insinuated of attention seeking or a PD (yet)
2. I have lush sleepy lotion and shower gel with me and it’s v soothing
3. The hospital shop has Ben&jerrys ice cream
#madsky
1. I’m being taken seriously and not accused or insinuated of attention seeking or a PD (yet)
2. I have lush sleepy lotion and shower gel with me and it’s v soothing
3. The hospital shop has Ben&jerrys ice cream
#madsky
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Synergi are holding a zoom peer support space on Monday 9th December from 12 – 2pm for people with lived experience of racism, working or volunteering in user-led peer groups or campaigning capacities.
synergiproject.org.uk/event/join-u...
synergiproject.org.uk/event/join-u...
Join us on Zoom for Synergi’s monthly Peer Support Space
Join us on Zoom Monday 9th December from 12 – 2pm for a free, supportive space for people with lived experience of racism, working or volunteering in user-led peer groups or campaigning capacities.
synergiproject.org.uk
December 2, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Synergi are holding a zoom peer support space on Monday 9th December from 12 – 2pm for people with lived experience of racism, working or volunteering in user-led peer groups or campaigning capacities.
synergiproject.org.uk/event/join-u...
synergiproject.org.uk/event/join-u...
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INQUEST has done vital work supporting the families of people who die in the care of the state, including many of those in our mad/disabled community. This week, anything you can give is doubled.
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Bereaved families' support and connections
INQUEST is the only charity supporting families bereaved as a result of a state related death. Support, advice, and connections …
donate.biggive.org
December 2, 2024 at 9:47 PM
INQUEST has done vital work supporting the families of people who die in the care of the state, including many of those in our mad/disabled community. This week, anything you can give is doubled.
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Back under CMHT for the first time in 4 years. Terrified of them but too unwell to self-manage. Should be admitted to a crisis bed tomorrow. Wish me luck 🤞
December 3, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Back under CMHT for the first time in 4 years. Terrified of them but too unwell to self-manage. Should be admitted to a crisis bed tomorrow. Wish me luck 🤞
Really saddened to hear about Hannah Aitken’s death. From the info provided I’m pretty certain it’s what my sister used in the same way. Yet another PFD for the same substance, yet more reluctance from public bodies to do anything about it, just as we experienced. And yet another autistic girl lost.
December 3, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Really saddened to hear about Hannah Aitken’s death. From the info provided I’m pretty certain it’s what my sister used in the same way. Yet another PFD for the same substance, yet more reluctance from public bodies to do anything about it, just as we experienced. And yet another autistic girl lost.
Happy birthday to me!
Spending the day by the log fire and going out to unlimited kbbq in the evening.
I've been in Tuscany all week (I found Florence overrated but more rural Italy incredible) so it's great to be home.
Brought home some lovely olive oil and balsamic vinegar!
Bliss.
Spending the day by the log fire and going out to unlimited kbbq in the evening.
I've been in Tuscany all week (I found Florence overrated but more rural Italy incredible) so it's great to be home.
Brought home some lovely olive oil and balsamic vinegar!
Bliss.
November 30, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Happy birthday to me!
Spending the day by the log fire and going out to unlimited kbbq in the evening.
I've been in Tuscany all week (I found Florence overrated but more rural Italy incredible) so it's great to be home.
Brought home some lovely olive oil and balsamic vinegar!
Bliss.
Spending the day by the log fire and going out to unlimited kbbq in the evening.
I've been in Tuscany all week (I found Florence overrated but more rural Italy incredible) so it's great to be home.
Brought home some lovely olive oil and balsamic vinegar!
Bliss.
Autism can absolutely affect your vulnerability and leave you displaced, which can both be a contributing factor to criminality. Lack of social understanding can also contribute to sexual offences (and definitely to being caught where others wouldn't be.)
It doesn't make it acceptable.
It doesn't make it acceptable.
People need to stop using being autistic as an excuse for being an arsehole. It just embeds misleading stereotypes.
Yes, being autistic can mean you find social interactions difficult, I know I can.
It doesn't mean you default to walking around with a sock on your c**k.
www.lbc.co.uk/news/gregg-w...
Yes, being autistic can mean you find social interactions difficult, I know I can.
It doesn't mean you default to walking around with a sock on your c**k.
www.lbc.co.uk/news/gregg-w...
November 30, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Autism can absolutely affect your vulnerability and leave you displaced, which can both be a contributing factor to criminality. Lack of social understanding can also contribute to sexual offences (and definitely to being caught where others wouldn't be.)
It doesn't make it acceptable.
It doesn't make it acceptable.
Disabled friends who are dismayed by the passing of the assisted suicide bill: I am with you.
Your life is important and valuable. Your life matters.
You deserve the help and support that is right for your needs.
Benefits aren’t shameful.
You are not a burden on society.
You are loved.
💗
Your life is important and valuable. Your life matters.
You deserve the help and support that is right for your needs.
Benefits aren’t shameful.
You are not a burden on society.
You are loved.
💗
November 29, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Disabled friends who are dismayed by the passing of the assisted suicide bill: I am with you.
Your life is important and valuable. Your life matters.
You deserve the help and support that is right for your needs.
Benefits aren’t shameful.
You are not a burden on society.
You are loved.
💗
Your life is important and valuable. Your life matters.
You deserve the help and support that is right for your needs.
Benefits aren’t shameful.
You are not a burden on society.
You are loved.
💗
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I don't feel we've heard enough from #disabled people and those who will bear the brunt of the impact of this bill, which IMO has not had anywhere near enough scrutiny.
I've also rarely heard from those who have lived good #EOLC but still want change. I have so many thoughts, for another time.
I've also rarely heard from those who have lived good #EOLC but still want change. I have so many thoughts, for another time.
Feel conflicted re #AssistedDyingBill agree with everything @ianbirrell.bsky.social says inews.co.uk/opinion/ther... is unsafe
That said I will never forget my Dad, who had exceptional #EOLC, asking me to do something to "help him leave" as he'd "had enough". It still took him another week to die.
That said I will never forget my Dad, who had exceptional #EOLC, asking me to do something to "help him leave" as he'd "had enough". It still took him another week to die.
I have investigated assisted dying in Europe – it frees a genie from the bottle
Unleashing state-sanctioned killing in healthcare is not ‘progressive’
inews.co.uk
November 27, 2024 at 7:00 AM
Men are more likely to be sexually assaulted than they are to be falsely accused. And if a man tells me he has been sexually assaulted then yes; my predisposition is to believe him.
This is not the ‘own’ you think it is. Take your internalised misogyny to therapy and out my comment section x
This is not the ‘own’ you think it is. Take your internalised misogyny to therapy and out my comment section x
November 27, 2024 at 8:39 AM
Men are more likely to be sexually assaulted than they are to be falsely accused. And if a man tells me he has been sexually assaulted then yes; my predisposition is to believe him.
This is not the ‘own’ you think it is. Take your internalised misogyny to therapy and out my comment section x
This is not the ‘own’ you think it is. Take your internalised misogyny to therapy and out my comment section x
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🚨Human Rights Organisation Liberty: Assisted dying Bill presents serious safeguarding risks
The bill has a “principles first, details later” approach which could lead to significant risks to marginalised and vulnerable groups, Liberty claimed.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/libe...
The bill has a “principles first, details later” approach which could lead to significant risks to marginalised and vulnerable groups, Liberty claimed.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/libe...
Liberty: Assisted dying Bill presents serious safeguarding risks
The debate and expected vote on November 29 will be the first on the controversial issue in the Commons in almost a decade.
www.independent.co.uk
November 26, 2024 at 9:43 AM
🚨Human Rights Organisation Liberty: Assisted dying Bill presents serious safeguarding risks
The bill has a “principles first, details later” approach which could lead to significant risks to marginalised and vulnerable groups, Liberty claimed.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/libe...
The bill has a “principles first, details later” approach which could lead to significant risks to marginalised and vulnerable groups, Liberty claimed.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/libe...
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Earlier this month, an inquest found that Wayne Bayley, a 43 yr old Black man, died from sickle cell disease complications & restraint at HMP Pentonville contributed to by neglect.
Now Wayne's family have spoken out to say "nobody should be treated that way."
www.itv.com/news/london/...
Now Wayne's family have spoken out to say "nobody should be treated that way."
www.itv.com/news/london/...
www.itv.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Earlier this month, an inquest found that Wayne Bayley, a 43 yr old Black man, died from sickle cell disease complications & restraint at HMP Pentonville contributed to by neglect.
Now Wayne's family have spoken out to say "nobody should be treated that way."
www.itv.com/news/london/...
Now Wayne's family have spoken out to say "nobody should be treated that way."
www.itv.com/news/london/...
There’s an uncomfortably significant group of people in the UK whose opposition to racism (sometimes fierce) seems to end the moment that GRT folks are brought into the conversation.
November 25, 2024 at 10:29 AM
There’s an uncomfortably significant group of people in the UK whose opposition to racism (sometimes fierce) seems to end the moment that GRT folks are brought into the conversation.
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‘Deep in my madness, witches gave me hope’: Elizabeth Sankey on motherhood, depression and witches
‘Deep in my madness, witches gave me hope’: Elizabeth Sankey on motherhood, depression and witches
While battling through the darkness of severe postpartum anxiety, Elizabeth Sankey saw a light of solidarity in the stories of witchcraft
Four years ago, when my son was only one-month-old, he and I were admitted to a mother and baby unit, a psychiatric…
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2024 at 11:04 AM
‘Deep in my madness, witches gave me hope’: Elizabeth Sankey on motherhood, depression and witches
NHS MH crisis care in a nutshell:
Your options…
- wait months or years for 6-12 sessions of CBT or maybe DBT/EMDR if you want some variety
- go to a&e or safe haven if you’re about to die (and get a free PD dx included)
- throw meds at it
- get detained (or imprisoned - YMMV)
perfect 👌
Your options…
- wait months or years for 6-12 sessions of CBT or maybe DBT/EMDR if you want some variety
- go to a&e or safe haven if you’re about to die (and get a free PD dx included)
- throw meds at it
- get detained (or imprisoned - YMMV)
perfect 👌
Mental Health Services - ‘They get worse if they’re admitted to inpatient’
Suicidal person - ‘oh ok, do you have a community based alt that will help me not to think about dying?’
Mental Health Services -
Suicidal person - ‘oh ok, do you have a community based alt that will help me not to think about dying?’
Mental Health Services -
a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair with his eyes closed .
Alt: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair with his eyes closed . Saying I offer you nothing
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2024 at 5:56 PM
NHS MH crisis care in a nutshell:
Your options…
- wait months or years for 6-12 sessions of CBT or maybe DBT/EMDR if you want some variety
- go to a&e or safe haven if you’re about to die (and get a free PD dx included)
- throw meds at it
- get detained (or imprisoned - YMMV)
perfect 👌
Your options…
- wait months or years for 6-12 sessions of CBT or maybe DBT/EMDR if you want some variety
- go to a&e or safe haven if you’re about to die (and get a free PD dx included)
- throw meds at it
- get detained (or imprisoned - YMMV)
perfect 👌
This is praxis. So important and one of many reasons I have so much respect for @luckyerica3.bsky.social
Any UK adult over the age of 18 can come to our zoom group as long as you need to. I can't meet everybody's needs but I will do my best to try and I will never ration out the support we can offer, I am working on more meetings, more space for you.
The Samaritans are blocking people's telephone numbers if they call too much
The Samaritans has a quietly buried policy to block telephone numbers for 30 days after a certain length or volume of calls - leaving people at risk. @h-sharland.bsky.social investigates
www.thecanary.co/long-read/20...
The Samaritans has a quietly buried policy to block telephone numbers for 30 days after a certain length or volume of calls - leaving people at risk. @h-sharland.bsky.social investigates
www.thecanary.co/long-read/20...
November 24, 2024 at 5:43 PM
This is praxis. So important and one of many reasons I have so much respect for @luckyerica3.bsky.social
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Have just read a horrific post about the waiting times for trans men surgeries, just a reminder that those who aren't aware there is currently a class action in progress. The link is in this
www.leighday.co.uk/news/news/20...
#transrightsarehumanrights
www.leighday.co.uk/news/news/20...
#transrightsarehumanrights
Trans men “left in limbo” between gender affirming surgeries take legal action | Leigh Day
An investigation has been launched on behalf of trans men facing delays in receiving gender affirming surgeries after NHS service was decommissioned and a new provider wasn’t put in place.
www.leighday.co.uk
November 24, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Have just read a horrific post about the waiting times for trans men surgeries, just a reminder that those who aren't aware there is currently a class action in progress. The link is in this
www.leighday.co.uk/news/news/20...
#transrightsarehumanrights
www.leighday.co.uk/news/news/20...
#transrightsarehumanrights