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I write. Words is how I move through this world.
Another brilliant season of #Bookshelfie wrapping up.
Rebecca Lucy Taylor, AKA Self Esteem joins Vick Hope on the final episode of #Bookshelfie season 8, talking about pushing back against the male gaze, the healing power of her art and the challenges of being a female music artist in your 40s. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts.
December 30, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Another brilliant season of #Bookshelfie wrapping up.
More spine than the entire GOP.
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
December 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
More spine than the entire GOP.
Some of Vuong’s sentences are so fragile, I’m nervous they’ll break if I turn the page. So I don’t. And read them over and over again, until they are imprinted in my mind—and I can let them break. #OnEarthWe’reBrieflyGorgeous #OceanVuong #BookChat #booksky
December 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Some of Vuong’s sentences are so fragile, I’m nervous they’ll break if I turn the page. So I don’t. And read them over and over again, until they are imprinted in my mind—and I can let them break. #OnEarthWe’reBrieflyGorgeous #OceanVuong #BookChat #booksky
If you get a 22.3% pay raise, you should probably sit down and do the job you’re being paid for—not go on strike and ask for even more. Greediness is unbecoming. #doctors #NHS
Doctors strike again amid flu crisis – The Latest
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December 18, 2025 at 9:09 AM
So the so-called leader of the free world is officially done dog-whistling and is now explicitly racist, knee deep in authoritarian water. And people actually voted for this, thinking that they’d have a better life. #racism #trump
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December 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
“Using invasive powers to search through the clothing – and even inside the mouths – of desperate and traumatised people when they have just survived a terrifying journey across the Channel is a dystopian act of brutality." #immigration #HomeOffice
Children reaching UK by small boat face sim card mouth searches
Home Office accused of putting criminality before dignity with rule seeking intelligence on people-smugglers
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December 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
“Using invasive powers to search through the clothing – and even inside the mouths – of desperate and traumatised people when they have just survived a terrifying journey across the Channel is a dystopian act of brutality." #immigration #HomeOffice
Labour’s Women’s Conference 2026—not for all women, apparently. #LabourUK #TransRights
Labour has announced that it is banning trans women from attending its 2026 Women’s Conference events.
The decision follows this year’s Supreme Court ruling that the legal definition of a woman under the Equality Act can refer only to biological sex.
The decision follows this year’s Supreme Court ruling that the legal definition of a woman under the Equality Act can refer only to biological sex.
December 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Labour’s Women’s Conference 2026—not for all women, apparently. #LabourUK #TransRights
Portobello High Street Peace Prize, y’all! #PeacePrize
December 6, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Portobello High Street Peace Prize, y’all! #PeacePrize
Murder shipwrecked Venezuelans. Get a made up peace prize. Laughing Stock in Chief. #FIFAPeacePrize #FIFA
December 6, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Murder shipwrecked Venezuelans. Get a made up peace prize. Laughing Stock in Chief. #FIFAPeacePrize #FIFA
When the highest court in the country is bought and paid for. Judicial integrity is cheap. #texas #SCOTUS
Breaking News: The Supreme Court cleared the way for Texas lawmakers to use new maps favoring Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections.
Supreme Court Clears Way for Texas to Use Republican-Friendly Redistricting Maps
Texas officials had asked the court to allow the state to use the new maps in the midterm elections, part of a push by President Trump to gain a partisan advantage.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
A full-day #writing retreat for women and non-binary writers, with writing sprints, tea and coffee in a comfy #Edinburgh co-working space.
December's By the Beach Writing Retreat with Women Who Write Edinburgh
A full-day writing retreat for women and non-binary writers, with writing sprints, tea and coffee in a comfy Edinburgh co-working space.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:36 AM
A full-day #writing retreat for women and non-binary writers, with writing sprints, tea and coffee in a comfy #Edinburgh co-working space.
It’s pretty cocky to get on stage mid-Like a Prayer, to fire off your own song. Loving the confidence in this. #AlessiRose #glasgow
November 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
It’s pretty cocky to get on stage mid-Like a Prayer, to fire off your own song. Loving the confidence in this. #AlessiRose #glasgow
Dear UK, I can't emphasize enough how much we need to end the usage of reflexive #pronouns where there should be a personal one. In NO universe does it make sense to say "We can divide the tasks between yourself and myself." or "I outlined what myself and colleagues thought ...". #english
November 28, 2025 at 12:29 PM
It's not uncommon of teenagers to engage in less than sensible behavior—not to say unacceptable ones. It's rather a rule that is to be expected. But to address those choices 49 years later, with platitudes and arrogance, is not to hold yourself accountable. This man is not fit for office.
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
It's not uncommon of teenagers to engage in less than sensible behavior—not to say unacceptable ones. It's rather a rule that is to be expected. But to address those choices 49 years later, with platitudes and arrogance, is not to hold yourself accountable. This man is not fit for office.
It’s that time of year, and chances are that this gem by Ocean Vuong will make the list of books to be wrapped—at least twice. What reads will you be gifting? #OnEarthWereBrieflyGorgeous #OceanVuong #BookChat #booksky #christmas
November 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
It’s that time of year, and chances are that this gem by Ocean Vuong will make the list of books to be wrapped—at least twice. What reads will you be gifting? #OnEarthWereBrieflyGorgeous #OceanVuong #BookChat #booksky #christmas
If we are going to pave the way to premiership for someone, we should read up on their worldview. #NigelFarage #ReformUK #antisemitism #racism
Nazi salutes and racism: the allegations about Nigel Farage’s school days – podcast
Former pupils at Dulwich College have made shocking claims about the Reform leader’s behaviour at school – which he denies. Daniel Boffey reports
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November 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
If we are going to pave the way to premiership for someone, we should read up on their worldview. #NigelFarage #ReformUK #antisemitism #racism
Benjamin Dousa (M) försvarar alltså ett #bistånd på 100 miljoner kronor från svenska skattebetalare till #Somalia, som vilar på en muntlig överenskommelse utan något skriftligt att redovisa. Undra om han skulle vara lika entusiastisk över en anställning enligt muntligt avtal. #BenjaminDousa
November 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Benjamin Dousa (M) försvarar alltså ett #bistånd på 100 miljoner kronor från svenska skattebetalare till #Somalia, som vilar på en muntlig överenskommelse utan något skriftligt att redovisa. Undra om han skulle vara lika entusiastisk över en anställning enligt muntligt avtal. #BenjaminDousa
And we wonder why people think it’s pointless to show up on Election Day? When politicians can manipulate the playing field and choose their voters? #gerrymandering #texas
The Supreme Court on Friday evening temporarily allowed Texas to use its newly redrawn congressional voting map for the 2026 midterm elections.
Texas Asks Supreme Court to Clear Way for Republican-Friendly Congressional Map
State officials are seeking to use a newly redrawn map for the 2026 midterms, part of a nationwide redistricting push by President Trump.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:38 AM
And we wonder why people think it’s pointless to show up on Election Day? When politicians can manipulate the playing field and choose their voters? #gerrymandering #texas
As global pressure on women’s #HealthCare remains high, #Spain seeks to counter systemic misogyny by making abortion a constitutional right and by addressing misinformation in abortion care. Not everything is going to hell. #FeministFriday #AbortionRights #WomensRights #HumanRights #PedroSanchez
November 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
As global pressure on women’s #HealthCare remains high, #Spain seeks to counter systemic misogyny by making abortion a constitutional right and by addressing misinformation in abortion care. Not everything is going to hell. #FeministFriday #AbortionRights #WomensRights #HumanRights #PedroSanchez
“Why do you write?” is a question I get now and then. I don’t know that I know why. Why not? And what would I do if I didn’t write? What would I do with all my words?
Why do YOU write? #writing
Why do YOU write? #writing
November 15, 2025 at 12:19 AM
“Why do you write?” is a question I get now and then. I don’t know that I know why. Why not? And what would I do if I didn’t write? What would I do with all my words?
Why do YOU write? #writing
Why do YOU write? #writing
In the UK, mothers lose an average of £65,618 in pay by the time their first child turns five, with an additional £26,317 loss after the birth of a second child, and a further £32,456 after the third. Still no such thing as systemic #GenderInequality? #FeministFriday #MotherhoodPenalty #motherhood
November 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
In the UK, mothers lose an average of £65,618 in pay by the time their first child turns five, with an additional £26,317 loss after the birth of a second child, and a further £32,456 after the third. Still no such thing as systemic #GenderInequality? #FeministFriday #MotherhoodPenalty #motherhood
This is a testament of the Women’s Prize jury’s talent in picking reads that you didn’t know you needed. #MayWeBeForgiven #AMHomes #WomensPrize #BookChat #booksky
November 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
This is a testament of the Women’s Prize jury’s talent in picking reads that you didn’t know you needed. #MayWeBeForgiven #AMHomes #WomensPrize #BookChat #booksky