Siân🌱
@samanthaviolet84.bsky.social
Symphonic metal fan, hater of fascists. Cat lover. Free Palestine. She/her
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Siân🌱
@samanthaviolet84.bsky.social
· Nov 13
I'm here! Free Palestine
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A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.
September 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.
And as long as I'm posting again, I might as well reiterate: Trans Rights Now and Free Palestine
September 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
And as long as I'm posting again, I might as well reiterate: Trans Rights Now and Free Palestine
Good books I read this summer: The Getaway by Nicola Martin @nmartinwriter.bsky.social, Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, Translation State by Ann Leckie @annleckie.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Good books I read this summer: The Getaway by Nicola Martin @nmartinwriter.bsky.social, Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, Translation State by Ann Leckie @annleckie.com
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I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
Gender critical novelist urges writers to reenter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella
The gender critical Irish novelist John Boyne has said he has been brought “very close to the edge” by the backlash to his inclusion on the longlist for a literary prize for LGBTQ+ authors.
Ten authors and two judges withdrew from the Polari prize and more than 800 writers and publishing industry workers signed a petition calling on Polari to remove Boyne’s novella Earth from its longlist. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
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when you, years out from an election, say "i will vote for that triangulating shitbag throwing minorities under the bus because they'll still be better than the other guy" you need to understand that the triangulating shitbag is Watching You: "they'll still vote for me! no need to change course!"
July 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
when you, years out from an election, say "i will vote for that triangulating shitbag throwing minorities under the bus because they'll still be better than the other guy" you need to understand that the triangulating shitbag is Watching You: "they'll still vote for me! no need to change course!"
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Such Brave Girls season two review – this Bafta-winning comedy is startlingly brilliant
Such Brave Girls season two review – this Bafta-winning comedy is startlingly brilliant
The return of this twisted tale of two troubled sisters and their mum is yet more scary, lairy and perfectly portioned comedy. It is knockout TV
www.theguardian.com
July 4, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Such Brave Girls season two review – this Bafta-winning comedy is startlingly brilliant
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Anti-trans activist EHRC commissioner Akua Reindorf has told Trans+ people that they need to accept fewer human rights than cisgender people have
Meanwhile over 24,000 cis women are saying, no, Not In Our Name
Join them here:
www.change.org/p/not-in-our...
#NION
Meanwhile over 24,000 cis women are saying, no, Not In Our Name
Join them here:
www.change.org/p/not-in-our...
#NION
June 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Anti-trans activist EHRC commissioner Akua Reindorf has told Trans+ people that they need to accept fewer human rights than cisgender people have
Meanwhile over 24,000 cis women are saying, no, Not In Our Name
Join them here:
www.change.org/p/not-in-our...
#NION
Meanwhile over 24,000 cis women are saying, no, Not In Our Name
Join them here:
www.change.org/p/not-in-our...
#NION
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Hundreds stand in solidarity with Bristol’s trans community:
Hundreds stand in solidarity with Bristol's trans community
"Trans rights are human rights"
www.bristol247.com
April 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Hundreds stand in solidarity with Bristol’s trans community:
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Today, thousands gathered across the country - from Hastings to London to Glasgow - to say: we will always stand with trans people.
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
April 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Today, thousands gathered across the country - from Hastings to London to Glasgow - to say: we will always stand with trans people.
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
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BRISTOL PROTEST
2PM SATURDAY COLLEGE GREEN
If you think that it's disgusting that a room full of cis people decided that trans people should have their rights stripped away, then say something!
2PM SATURDAY COLLEGE GREEN
If you think that it's disgusting that a room full of cis people decided that trans people should have their rights stripped away, then say something!
April 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM
BRISTOL PROTEST
2PM SATURDAY COLLEGE GREEN
If you think that it's disgusting that a room full of cis people decided that trans people should have their rights stripped away, then say something!
2PM SATURDAY COLLEGE GREEN
If you think that it's disgusting that a room full of cis people decided that trans people should have their rights stripped away, then say something!
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I am really saddened by the level of vitriol and hatred being directed toward the trans community.
We are losing our common humanity. How hard is it to treat people with kindness and respect?
Trans people are human beings — and they deserve to live in dignity like anyone else.
We are losing our common humanity. How hard is it to treat people with kindness and respect?
Trans people are human beings — and they deserve to live in dignity like anyone else.
April 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I am really saddened by the level of vitriol and hatred being directed toward the trans community.
We are losing our common humanity. How hard is it to treat people with kindness and respect?
Trans people are human beings — and they deserve to live in dignity like anyone else.
We are losing our common humanity. How hard is it to treat people with kindness and respect?
Trans people are human beings — and they deserve to live in dignity like anyone else.
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My biological sex is female. It has changed
Phenotype is orders of magnitude more important than genotype for everything from discrimination to healthcare to sexuality
Chromosomes are meaningless and any law treating them as all sex is is wrong
Phenotype is orders of magnitude more important than genotype for everything from discrimination to healthcare to sexuality
Chromosomes are meaningless and any law treating them as all sex is is wrong
April 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
My biological sex is female. It has changed
Phenotype is orders of magnitude more important than genotype for everything from discrimination to healthcare to sexuality
Chromosomes are meaningless and any law treating them as all sex is is wrong
Phenotype is orders of magnitude more important than genotype for everything from discrimination to healthcare to sexuality
Chromosomes are meaningless and any law treating them as all sex is is wrong
Today I went on a walk and took the best picture ever
April 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Today I went on a walk and took the best picture ever
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Scapegoating refugees has always been a deliberate ploy by governments to distract from their own domestic failures.
Pandering to Reform UK will backfire — and vulnerable people will pay the price.
End dangerous crossings by opening safe routes for fellow human beings instead.
Pandering to Reform UK will backfire — and vulnerable people will pay the price.
End dangerous crossings by opening safe routes for fellow human beings instead.
February 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Scapegoating refugees has always been a deliberate ploy by governments to distract from their own domestic failures.
Pandering to Reform UK will backfire — and vulnerable people will pay the price.
End dangerous crossings by opening safe routes for fellow human beings instead.
Pandering to Reform UK will backfire — and vulnerable people will pay the price.
End dangerous crossings by opening safe routes for fellow human beings instead.
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Reminder that even if you are in a category targeted by your current government (as I am, thrice over), you still have the right to enjoy as many moments of your life as possible under your circumstances.
YOU contain a universe. You are so much more important than the structure that hinders you.
YOU contain a universe. You are so much more important than the structure that hinders you.
February 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Reminder that even if you are in a category targeted by your current government (as I am, thrice over), you still have the right to enjoy as many moments of your life as possible under your circumstances.
YOU contain a universe. You are so much more important than the structure that hinders you.
YOU contain a universe. You are so much more important than the structure that hinders you.
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The Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2024
YouTube video by Todd in the Shadows
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January 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
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I don’t know German but I think I understand this headline fine enough.
January 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I don’t know German but I think I understand this headline fine enough.
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. #14151:
You don't need to write for publication, or for money, or for an audience, or for anyone but yourself. Joy is a worthwhile objective. Joy doesn't need a reason.
You don't need to write for publication, or for money, or for an audience, or for anyone but yourself. Joy is a worthwhile objective. Joy doesn't need a reason.
January 18, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. #14151:
You don't need to write for publication, or for money, or for an audience, or for anyone but yourself. Joy is a worthwhile objective. Joy doesn't need a reason.
You don't need to write for publication, or for money, or for an audience, or for anyone but yourself. Joy is a worthwhile objective. Joy doesn't need a reason.
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Friends, a petition I've created to go to Parliament for the protection of Trans Healthcare in the UK has just gone live. If you are in the United Kingdom, please sign and share this. If you are not in the United Kingdom, please share it.
#Trans #LGBTQ #UK
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
#Trans #LGBTQ #UK
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Do not stop transgender people from receiving care in mainstream hospital wards
The previous government proposed changes to the NHS constitution which would mean transgender hospital patients in England may not be treated in female- and male-only wards. We believe that this segre...
petition.parliament.uk
January 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Friends, a petition I've created to go to Parliament for the protection of Trans Healthcare in the UK has just gone live. If you are in the United Kingdom, please sign and share this. If you are not in the United Kingdom, please share it.
#Trans #LGBTQ #UK
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
#Trans #LGBTQ #UK
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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All my season's greetings to the sabs out today stopping the torture & murder of these poor animals.
Fox hunting is illegal and yet there is rarely any enforcement. But direct action works.
Fox hunting is illegal and yet there is rarely any enforcement. But direct action works.
December 26, 2024 at 11:39 AM
All my season's greetings to the sabs out today stopping the torture & murder of these poor animals.
Fox hunting is illegal and yet there is rarely any enforcement. But direct action works.
Fox hunting is illegal and yet there is rarely any enforcement. But direct action works.
Meowy Christmas 😺
December 25, 2024 at 12:59 AM
Meowy Christmas 😺