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I write. Words is how I move through this world.
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
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
Stanley takes 'write what you know' to a whole new, painful level. This novel is saturated with newfound, life-changing thruths—of a 13-year-old. The imagery is striking—for a 13-year-old. This his not a novel. This is an insult. #ConsiderYourselfKissed #JessicaStanley #BookChat #booksky
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Stanley takes 'write what you know' to a whole new, painful level. This novel is saturated with newfound, life-changing thruths—of a 13-year-old. The imagery is striking—for a 13-year-old. This his not a novel. This is an insult. #ConsiderYourselfKissed #JessicaStanley #BookChat #booksky
French law has required proof of violence, threat, or coercion, to consider an offence as rape—until now, clearly stating that sex without consent is rape. Not everything is going to hell. #FeministFriday #rape #france
November 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
French law has required proof of violence, threat, or coercion, to consider an offence as rape—until now, clearly stating that sex without consent is rape. Not everything is going to hell. #FeministFriday #rape #france
“While some institutions may not be overwhelmingly white at the ground level they most certainly are at the top level. For example while more than 40% of active duty personnel in the US military are BIPOC people, seven of the eight joint chief of staff are white.” #NiceRacism #RobinDiangelo #booksky
October 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
“While some institutions may not be overwhelmingly white at the ground level they most certainly are at the top level. For example while more than 40% of active duty personnel in the US military are BIPOC people, seven of the eight joint chief of staff are white.” #NiceRacism #RobinDiangelo #booksky
There’s a story here somewhere. I just don’t know that it matters. #TheWife #MegWolitzer #BookChat #booksky
October 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
There’s a story here somewhere. I just don’t know that it matters. #TheWife #MegWolitzer #BookChat #booksky
There are books I want to reread before having even finished reading it the first time. It’s rare, but it happens. I’m already looking forward to rereading this. #FindingMe #ViolaDavis #BookChat #booksky
October 14, 2025 at 6:43 AM
There are books I want to reread before having even finished reading it the first time. It’s rare, but it happens. I’m already looking forward to rereading this. #FindingMe #ViolaDavis #BookChat #booksky
Because a female laureate two years in a row would be controversial. No shade on Krasznahorkai or his work. The Patriarchy, however, leaves a lot to be desired. #LászlóKrasznahorkai #NobelPrize #patriarchy
October 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Because a female laureate two years in a row would be controversial. No shade on Krasznahorkai or his work. The Patriarchy, however, leaves a lot to be desired. #LászlóKrasznahorkai #NobelPrize #patriarchy
This has been one of the least forgiving texts I’ve read in a while. But it’s grown on me. Can’t wait to return to it in a year or two, to see what I discover. #ThisIsHowYouLoseTheTimeWar #AmalElMohtar #MaxGladstone #BookChat #booksky
October 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
This has been one of the least forgiving texts I’ve read in a while. But it’s grown on me. Can’t wait to return to it in a year or two, to see what I discover. #ThisIsHowYouLoseTheTimeWar #AmalElMohtar #MaxGladstone #BookChat #booksky
All writing is a product of its time. Some has a harder time breaking out of that confine. This is trapped in the expectations of its own conception—at best. Three decades later, it makes for a good 1990s to-cool-for-school read. Add flannel! #GenerationX #DouglasCoupland #BookChat #booksky
October 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
All writing is a product of its time. Some has a harder time breaking out of that confine. This is trapped in the expectations of its own conception—at best. Three decades later, it makes for a good 1990s to-cool-for-school read. Add flannel! #GenerationX #DouglasCoupland #BookChat #booksky
#ThePipeline reports that the anti-DEI backlash impacts leadership aspirations of young women. Of 2,000 respondents 66% said that #GenderBias is a barrier to reaching leadership positions. 40% reported feeling less safe in the workplace due to developments in #DEI policies. #FeministFriday
October 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
#ThePipeline reports that the anti-DEI backlash impacts leadership aspirations of young women. Of 2,000 respondents 66% said that #GenderBias is a barrier to reaching leadership positions. 40% reported feeling less safe in the workplace due to developments in #DEI policies. #FeministFriday
Stuart plays with opposites in his language that moves between a cheap trick to really thoughtful. #YoungMungo #DouglasStuart #BookChat #booksky
September 30, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Stuart plays with opposites in his language that moves between a cheap trick to really thoughtful. #YoungMungo #DouglasStuart #BookChat #booksky
Here's a thought. Instead of letting the far-right hijack our flag to spread their racism, how about we all fly it proudly for unity? #ReclaimOurFlag #racism
September 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Here's a thought. Instead of letting the far-right hijack our flag to spread their racism, how about we all fly it proudly for unity? #ReclaimOurFlag #racism
Some lives are larger than others. Some stories leave a bigger mark. #AllTheYoungMen #RuthComerBurks #KevinCarrOLeary #BookChat #booksky
September 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Some lives are larger than others. Some stories leave a bigger mark. #AllTheYoungMen #RuthComerBurks #KevinCarrOLeary #BookChat #booksky
Just to state the obvious, women are allowed to play with any sexualized tropes they prefer. Also, members of minoritized groups shouldn’t be expected to act as a template for every other member of that group. #FeministFriday #sexism #MansBestFriend #SabrinaCarpenter
September 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Just to state the obvious, women are allowed to play with any sexualized tropes they prefer. Also, members of minoritized groups shouldn’t be expected to act as a template for every other member of that group. #FeministFriday #sexism #MansBestFriend #SabrinaCarpenter
Some memoirs want to tell stories larger than just that one life. Some memoirs want to tell the reader that life is possible. #greenlights #MatthewMcConaughey #BookChat #booksky
September 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Some memoirs want to tell stories larger than just that one life. Some memoirs want to tell the reader that life is possible. #greenlights #MatthewMcConaughey #BookChat #booksky
Some writing holds more imagination than may be kept on a page. #TheTigersWife #TeaObreht #WomensPrize #BookChat #booksky
September 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Some writing holds more imagination than may be kept on a page. #TheTigersWife #TeaObreht #WomensPrize #BookChat #booksky
There is a sentimental streak that almost borders on simplistic, where the solution to all problems is one and one only. It strips the narrative of all complexity. #WeAreAllBirdsOfUganda #HafsaZayyan #BookChat #booksky
September 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
There is a sentimental streak that almost borders on simplistic, where the solution to all problems is one and one only. It strips the narrative of all complexity. #WeAreAllBirdsOfUganda #HafsaZayyan #BookChat #booksky
Everyone person with a vagina. Every parent and sibling to a person with a vagina. Every person interacting with a person with a vagina. Everyone should read this and learn. #TheVaginaBible #JenGunter #BookChat #booksky
September 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Everyone person with a vagina. Every parent and sibling to a person with a vagina. Every person interacting with a person with a vagina. Everyone should read this and learn. #TheVaginaBible #JenGunter #BookChat #booksky
The gradual deconstruction of a functioning society reminds the reader of how extremes never start out being extremes. It’s the silent, seamless shifts that push us into irreversible dead ends. #ProphetSong #PaulLynch #BookChat #booksky
September 9, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The gradual deconstruction of a functioning society reminds the reader of how extremes never start out being extremes. It’s the silent, seamless shifts that push us into irreversible dead ends. #ProphetSong #PaulLynch #BookChat #booksky
One thing I’ve noticed, going with the teenager to her concerts, is how young female artists enable other young female artists. Sometimes, feminism comes down to holding that space. Here, #ChappellRoan with her all female band. #FeministFriday #feminism #sisterhood #EdinburghSummerSessions
August 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
One thing I’ve noticed, going with the teenager to her concerts, is how young female artists enable other young female artists. Sometimes, feminism comes down to holding that space. Here, #ChappellRoan with her all female band. #FeministFriday #feminism #sisterhood #EdinburghSummerSessions
There is a delicacy in the narrative, at times held up by words that are ready to break. #TheTigersWife #TeaObreht #WomensPrize #BookChat #booksky
August 29, 2025 at 9:28 AM
There is a delicacy in the narrative, at times held up by words that are ready to break. #TheTigersWife #TeaObreht #WomensPrize #BookChat #booksky
When each word carries so much weight, there are no words to lose. #SmallThingsLikeThese #ClaireKeegan #BookChat #booksky
August 24, 2025 at 6:40 AM
When each word carries so much weight, there are no words to lose. #SmallThingsLikeThese #ClaireKeegan #BookChat #booksky
Laura Bates at Edinburgh International Book Festival on the need to act now to prevent a future where misogyny populates digital spaces even more than it already has. #misogyny #LauraBates #EdBookFest
August 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Laura Bates at Edinburgh International Book Festival on the need to act now to prevent a future where misogyny populates digital spaces even more than it already has. #misogyny #LauraBates #EdBookFest