K.
@karen712.bsky.social
Feminist. Trail runner. Reader. No known nationality but Wales-based. Work for an NGO.
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It's Wednesday tomorrow!
This means it's #buyastrangerabook day.
A thing where people buy strangers books cos they want to & they're ace.
I love the Bluesky has taken this on & i want to really make tomorrow's a good one.
Hope you can join in.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
This means it's #buyastrangerabook day.
A thing where people buy strangers books cos they want to & they're ace.
I love the Bluesky has taken this on & i want to really make tomorrow's a good one.
Hope you can join in.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
October 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
It's Wednesday tomorrow!
This means it's #buyastrangerabook day.
A thing where people buy strangers books cos they want to & they're ace.
I love the Bluesky has taken this on & i want to really make tomorrow's a good one.
Hope you can join in.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
This means it's #buyastrangerabook day.
A thing where people buy strangers books cos they want to & they're ace.
I love the Bluesky has taken this on & i want to really make tomorrow's a good one.
Hope you can join in.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
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This report is entirely valid, and I welcome it. However, glancing at the Key Stage 3 curriculum, I can see how it's happened -- there's little emphasis on social history or non-political biography
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
School history lessons minimise the role of women, report finds
Campaigners say key stage 3 curriculum plays to misogny and teaches a ‘false version of the past’
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This report is entirely valid, and I welcome it. However, glancing at the Key Stage 3 curriculum, I can see how it's happened -- there's little emphasis on social history or non-political biography
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Where are the women in history? www.theguardian.com/education/20...
School history lessons minimise the role of women, report finds
Campaigners say key stage 3 curriculum plays to misogny and teaches a ‘false version of the past’
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Where are the women in history? www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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September 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
observer.co.uk/news/columni... and the English curriculum ...
Girls just wanna be in our history textbooks | The Observer
Women are still largely missing from the history we teach in classrooms. If we want a fairer future, we must stop erasing half the past
observer.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
observer.co.uk/news/columni... and the English curriculum ...
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My love is of the Sisterhood,
That heretic brigade that seeks
To wrest the Her back in to History:
She will pare back the lies; falsehoods
That women were some kind of meek
Bit-part players in Big Bold Man Stories.
(cont. -> )
That heretic brigade that seeks
To wrest the Her back in to History:
She will pare back the lies; falsehoods
That women were some kind of meek
Bit-part players in Big Bold Man Stories.
(cont. -> )
August 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
My love is of the Sisterhood,
That heretic brigade that seeks
To wrest the Her back in to History:
She will pare back the lies; falsehoods
That women were some kind of meek
Bit-part players in Big Bold Man Stories.
(cont. -> )
That heretic brigade that seeks
To wrest the Her back in to History:
She will pare back the lies; falsehoods
That women were some kind of meek
Bit-part players in Big Bold Man Stories.
(cont. -> )
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Signing the very jazzy endpapers for my first YA book - Feminist History for Every Day of the Year - coming in September from Pan Macmillan Children’s Books
July 10, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Signing the very jazzy endpapers for my first YA book - Feminist History for Every Day of the Year - coming in September from Pan Macmillan Children’s Books
Exercise better than drugs ... #runningaftercancer www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Exercise ‘better than drugs’ to stop cancer returning after treatment, trial finds
First clear evidence that structured exercise regime reduces risk of dying by a third, can stop tumours coming back or a new cancer developing
www.theguardian.com
June 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Exercise better than drugs ... #runningaftercancer www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
The second in an occasional series of #oldgigtickets ... found in cupboards I haven't opened in 25 years #pinkfloyd
June 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The second in an occasional series of #oldgigtickets ... found in cupboards I haven't opened in 25 years #pinkfloyd
@lakelandtrails.bsky.social Last and proud #trailrunning
June 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
@lakelandtrails.bsky.social Last and proud #trailrunning
When you open a cupboard you haven't been in for 25 years ... #oldgigtickets
June 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
When you open a cupboard you haven't been in for 25 years ... #oldgigtickets
Nigel Farage says abortion laws are “utterly ludicrous.”
MPs are watching.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
MPs are watching.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
Decriminalise abortion and make it a protected human right.
Women’s rights are under threat from the far right.
Nigel Farage just called our current abortion provisions “utterly ludicrous” – and others in power are paying attention.
A vote in Parliament could ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
June 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Nigel Farage says abortion laws are “utterly ludicrous.”
MPs are watching.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
MPs are watching.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
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Since Donald Trump is freaking out about Bruce Springsteen calling this the most corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration, it would be a shame if this video was shared even more widely....
May 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Since Donald Trump is freaking out about Bruce Springsteen calling this the most corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration, it would be a shame if this video was shared even more widely....
farmradio.org
Support the radio programs in sub-Saharan Africa that Elon Musk tried to cancel:
Support the radio programs in sub-Saharan Africa that Elon Musk tried to cancel:
Farm Radio International | It’s amazing what good radio can do.
We’re on a mission to put radio to work for Africa’s small-scale farmers. You can help make a difference. Small-scale farmers produce most of the food in Africa, but too often can’t make ends meet. Th...
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May 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
farmradio.org
Support the radio programs in sub-Saharan Africa that Elon Musk tried to cancel:
Support the radio programs in sub-Saharan Africa that Elon Musk tried to cancel:
So much chat about Adolescence atm - talking to my 15 yo son he noted there are few female role models that inspire boys. Interesting - maybe partly because they invisible in the curriculum? @endsexisminschools.bsky.social
endsexisminschools.org.uk/adolescence-...
endsexisminschools.org.uk/adolescence-...
Adolescence and Hot Chicks - End Sexism in Schools
For all its hard-hitting truths, Adolescence has created yet another conversation about misogyny that ignores girls.
endsexisminschools.org.uk
April 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
So much chat about Adolescence atm - talking to my 15 yo son he noted there are few female role models that inspire boys. Interesting - maybe partly because they invisible in the curriculum? @endsexisminschools.bsky.social
endsexisminschools.org.uk/adolescence-...
endsexisminschools.org.uk/adolescence-...