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My favourite drawing by Jean-Jacques Sempé
Art by Jean-Jacques Sempé; colour drawing of (daytime) NY city with high rise buildings in the distance, and a dark cat seated on a chair in front of a kitchen table, looking out the window of an apartment
September 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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One of my favourite poets: Wendy Cope
Poem by Wendy Cope (1992) The Orange At lunchtime I bought a huge orange— The size of it made us all laugh. I peeled it and shared it with Robert and Dave— They got quarters and I had a half. And that orange, it made me so happy, As ordinary things often do Just lately. The shopping. A walk in the park. This is peace and contentment. It’s new. The rest of the day was quite easy. I did all the jobs on my list And enjoyed them and had some time over. I love you. I’m glad I exist. — Wendy Cope (Serious Concerns, 1992)
June 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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National Union of Students (UK) 1990s postcard; words by Joyce Stevens ©1975 | Written for Women's Liberation Broadsheet, International Woman's Day, 1975.
Words by Joyce Stevens ©1975 Because women's work is never done and is underpaid or unpaid or boring or repetitious and we're the first to get the sack and what we look like is more important than what we do and if we get raped it's our fault and if we get bashed we must have provoked it and if we raise our voices we're nagging bitches and if we enjoy sex we're nymphos and if we don't we're frigid and if we love women it's because we can't get a 'real' man and if we ask our doctor too many questions we're neurotic and/or pushy and if we expect community care for children we're selfish and if we stand up for our rights we're aggressive and 'unfeminine' and if we don't we're typical weak females and if we want to get married we're out to trap a man and if we don't we're unnatural and because we still can't get an adequate safe contraceptive but men can walk on the moon and if we can't cope or don't want a pregnancy we're made to feel guilty about abortion and ….. for lots and lots of other reasons we are part of the women's liberation movement.
May 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Dennis Upper, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (1974) - source PubMedCentral (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1311997/)
March 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Thank you for the reminder, Michael Rosen
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Michael Rosen Poem: https://michaelrosenblog.blogspot.com/2014/05/fascism-i-sometimes-fear.html
February 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (December 6)
Poem by Jasmin Kaur "When You Ask Me Where I'm Going"
December 3, 2024 at 9:10 PM