Penelope Cowell Doe
@drpenelope.bsky.social
Refugee from X
Theologian
Queer theory
Pointer lover
Hellenophile
Theologian
Queer theory
Pointer lover
Hellenophile
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I'm pleased to say that I finally received my ancestry results. Apparently I'm 14% Scottish Highlands cottage, 19% independent bookstore, 7% cat rescue, 11% rainswept cobblestone side street, 16% October, 10% dimly-lit café in Prague, 8% emotional support scone, and 15% Oxford comma.
July 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I'm pleased to say that I finally received my ancestry results. Apparently I'm 14% Scottish Highlands cottage, 19% independent bookstore, 7% cat rescue, 11% rainswept cobblestone side street, 16% October, 10% dimly-lit café in Prague, 8% emotional support scone, and 15% Oxford comma.
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Trump: "Today, I'm playing the best course I think in the world. Turnberry. Even though I own it, it's probably the best course in the world. And I look over the horizon and I see 9 windmills at the end of the 18th. I say, isn't that a shame?"
July 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Trump: "Today, I'm playing the best course I think in the world. Turnberry. Even though I own it, it's probably the best course in the world. And I look over the horizon and I see 9 windmills at the end of the 18th. I say, isn't that a shame?"
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A quote attributed to German comedian Henning Wehn: "we don't do charity in Germany. We pay taxes. Charity is a failure of government's responsibilities.
I believe that charity should be for the icing, not the cake."
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I believe that charity should be for the icing, not the cake."
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July 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A quote attributed to German comedian Henning Wehn: "we don't do charity in Germany. We pay taxes. Charity is a failure of government's responsibilities.
I believe that charity should be for the icing, not the cake."
www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
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I believe that charity should be for the icing, not the cake."
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Soon to be renamed.
Up the Garden Path☹️
Up the Garden Path☹️
If you've found yourself taking the narrative of the tragic illness the helpless homelessness and the walking cure encrusted with inspiration porn with a pinch of salt over the years, this is *quite* the read. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
The real Salt Path: how the couple behind a bestseller le...
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal it was far from the truth
observer.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Soon to be renamed.
Up the Garden Path☹️
Up the Garden Path☹️
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No, MPs haven't legalised abortion up to birth. That lie was spread on X by many who should know better. The change is about saving a handful of vulnerable women from trauma and prison. Women about whom those people do not even think.
New writing from me
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New writing from me
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
No, MPs have not legalised abortion to birth
The USification of British political discourse continues apace
open.substack.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
No, MPs haven't legalised abortion up to birth. That lie was spread on X by many who should know better. The change is about saving a handful of vulnerable women from trauma and prison. Women about whom those people do not even think.
New writing from me
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New writing from me
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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You would think most immigrants to the UK were asylum seekers if you listen to the Media but it is less than 4%.
And the housing shortage?
1945-1979 - 5,000,000 council houses built.
1980-2025 - 250,000 council houses built.
That's why.
And the housing shortage?
1945-1979 - 5,000,000 council houses built.
1980-2025 - 250,000 council houses built.
That's why.
June 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
You would think most immigrants to the UK were asylum seekers if you listen to the Media but it is less than 4%.
And the housing shortage?
1945-1979 - 5,000,000 council houses built.
1980-2025 - 250,000 council houses built.
That's why.
And the housing shortage?
1945-1979 - 5,000,000 council houses built.
1980-2025 - 250,000 council houses built.
That's why.
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People losing their jobs is always very bad and never a subject for humour, but *c'mon lads* "division" was RIGHT THERE.
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
Centre for Church Multiplication moves into subtraction phase
‘Significant number’ of its employees are being made redundant, chair of trustees confirms
www.churchtimes.co.uk
June 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
People losing their jobs is always very bad and never a subject for humour, but *c'mon lads* "division" was RIGHT THERE.
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
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Pride month starts today and Shavuot starts at sunset, so remember that queerness is a divine commandment that should be like milk, honey, and the skin of our lovers on our tongues.
June 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Pride month starts today and Shavuot starts at sunset, so remember that queerness is a divine commandment that should be like milk, honey, and the skin of our lovers on our tongues.
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Be proud.
Proud of whom you love.
Proud of who you are.
Proud of who you are becoming. Because your journey is your power.
Always remember: Europe is your ally. I am your ally.
This week and every week.
Be proud. Always.
Proud of whom you love.
Proud of who you are.
Proud of who you are becoming. Because your journey is your power.
Always remember: Europe is your ally. I am your ally.
This week and every week.
Be proud. Always.
May 17, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Be proud.
Proud of whom you love.
Proud of who you are.
Proud of who you are becoming. Because your journey is your power.
Always remember: Europe is your ally. I am your ally.
This week and every week.
Be proud. Always.
Proud of whom you love.
Proud of who you are.
Proud of who you are becoming. Because your journey is your power.
Always remember: Europe is your ally. I am your ally.
This week and every week.
Be proud. Always.
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Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
May 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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You don’t think the conclave has been held up while they perform checks on each other’s bits to avoid accidentally choosing a woman??
May 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
You don’t think the conclave has been held up while they perform checks on each other’s bits to avoid accidentally choosing a woman??
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Once again on this auspicious date of April 23 I feel the need to remind everyone that Shakespeare was born in what is now Turkey, never visited England and almost certainly could not speak or read English.
April 23, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Once again on this auspicious date of April 23 I feel the need to remind everyone that Shakespeare was born in what is now Turkey, never visited England and almost certainly could not speak or read English.
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This is incredible. Wait about 20 seconds into this clip. 🙃
April 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This is incredible. Wait about 20 seconds into this clip. 🙃
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The regret rate for gender transition is less than 0.3% (as compared with an average of 14% for surgery in general and 7% for having kids!) but the media loves to find and platform a regretter.
April 20, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The regret rate for gender transition is less than 0.3% (as compared with an average of 14% for surgery in general and 7% for having kids!) but the media loves to find and platform a regretter.
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Thousands of people rallied in central London in support of trans rights, after a landmark court ruling on the definition of a "woman"
Trans rights supporters rally outside UK parliament
Thousands of people rallied in central London in support of trans rights, after a landmark court ruling on the definition of a "woman".
www.rte.ie
April 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Thousands of people rallied in central London in support of trans rights, after a landmark court ruling on the definition of a "woman"
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RFK Jr. framed autistic people as millstones for their families & society, which is straight up eugenics talk—& yet this delighted Profound Autism parents. On why the “profound autism” label & mindset harms rather than helps autistic people & their families:
thinkingautismguide.com/2025/04/crea...
thinkingautismguide.com/2025/04/crea...
A "Profound Autism" Category Is Segregation—Not Progress
RFK Jr. went full "useless eaters" on autistics—& Profound Autism parents are thrilled. Here's why "profound autism" is harmful, not helpful.
thinkingautismguide.com
April 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
RFK Jr. framed autistic people as millstones for their families & society, which is straight up eugenics talk—& yet this delighted Profound Autism parents. On why the “profound autism” label & mindset harms rather than helps autistic people & their families:
thinkingautismguide.com/2025/04/crea...
thinkingautismguide.com/2025/04/crea...
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There isn't a story on the BBC News site about today's trans rights rally at Parliament Square where it's estimated 20k attended. But they did have a story last week about the Let Women Speak transphobe rally in Bristol where 100 people attended.
April 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
There isn't a story on the BBC News site about today's trans rights rally at Parliament Square where it's estimated 20k attended. But they did have a story last week about the Let Women Speak transphobe rally in Bristol where 100 people attended.
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Flying saucers, invented by communion wafer manufacturers and containing a product brought back from the Crusades (sherbet), are surely the most intensely Tradcath sweets in existence
April 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Flying saucers, invented by communion wafer manufacturers and containing a product brought back from the Crusades (sherbet), are surely the most intensely Tradcath sweets in existence
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My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"?
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic
Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male
www.scientificamerican.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"?
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
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Librarians pressured to remove books by LGBTQ+ writers. Librarians harrassed at work for putting LGBTQ+ stories on their shelves. This is the UK-not Hungary, not USA. It's here and now. What can you do? Invite LGBTQ+ writers to your schools and libraries.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads
Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titles
www.theguardian.com
April 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Librarians pressured to remove books by LGBTQ+ writers. Librarians harrassed at work for putting LGBTQ+ stories on their shelves. This is the UK-not Hungary, not USA. It's here and now. What can you do? Invite LGBTQ+ writers to your schools and libraries.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
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"Almost all the UK attacks reported in my study centred on LGBTQ+ materials."
Meanwhile editors commission dozens more articles about the silencing of, perhaps, Britain's most published academic, Kathleen Stock. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Meanwhile editors commission dozens more articles about the silencing of, perhaps, Britain's most published academic, Kathleen Stock. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads
Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titles
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"Almost all the UK attacks reported in my study centred on LGBTQ+ materials."
Meanwhile editors commission dozens more articles about the silencing of, perhaps, Britain's most published academic, Kathleen Stock. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Meanwhile editors commission dozens more articles about the silencing of, perhaps, Britain's most published academic, Kathleen Stock. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
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Standing room only for Selina Stone’s paper ‘Bleeding Bodies’, on the theological underpinnings of abusive actions in the Church.
Her book on the topic, A Heavy Yoke, is published in August:, available for pre-order here:
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
Her book on the topic, A Heavy Yoke, is published in August:, available for pre-order here:
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
April 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Standing room only for Selina Stone’s paper ‘Bleeding Bodies’, on the theological underpinnings of abusive actions in the Church.
Her book on the topic, A Heavy Yoke, is published in August:, available for pre-order here:
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
Her book on the topic, A Heavy Yoke, is published in August:, available for pre-order here:
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...