Leila Billing
leilabilling.bsky.social
Leila Billing
@leilabilling.bsky.social
Feminist, book lover, mama. Co-founder We Are Feminist Leaders.
Found this on the girls’ bathroom wall in my local secondary school where I go in the evenings to practise speaking Chinese. I mean… they’re not wrong!
January 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Utterly sickening news in todays @theguardian.com - also notable is that Meta removed the clause in its guidelines prohibiting users from calling women ‘household objects or property’ #Meta #Transphobia #Misogyny #Misinformation
January 9, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I didn’t read Percival Everett’s James for months because I was scared it wouldn’t live up to the hype. I was wrong - it’s utterly brilliant, as is he #goodreads
January 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Beyond sad to hear that the poet Nikki Giovanni died this week. Here’s one of my favourites. Rest in Power, Nikki.
December 11, 2024 at 7:17 PM
I never thought I wanted nor needed a PHD until I saw the instructions to use my toilet in Bangkok
December 10, 2024 at 8:35 AM
Whenever I want to cower, even though I know the right thing to do is to step forward, I look at Zanele Muholi’s pictures. They are incredible - what a powerhouse they are…
November 28, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Spending today talking about intersectional organising - the pleasure and the pain. We use this picture of parliamentarian Sarah Jammah as a teaching tool - she was thrown out of the legislature for refusing to take off her keffiyeh. Pay attention to her colleagues… #feministleadership
November 26, 2024 at 10:57 AM
Poetry will restore you like nothing else. I loved Natalie Diaz’s beautiful collection - the sorrow, the humour and the humanity. So happy it came into my hands
November 21, 2024 at 9:11 PM