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Freelance journalist/editor (Independent, i, Stylist, Times, Telegraph etc) & servant to extremely entitled animals. I have books out on adult ADHD diagnosis and infertility grief, but am 99% fuelled by The Archers, dogs and horse riding. 📍 London, UK
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I wrote about the devastating impact that international aid cuts will have on the HIV sector globally for @the-independent.com “We cannot sit back and watch this humanitarian disaster unfold. We must act.” www.independent.co.uk/voices/labou...

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My partner - a cis female - was misgendered twice queuing for some food at a market *today* in Dublin. She’s not hard butch (don’t tell her I said that ☺️) The fear about what will and does happen in bathrooms or changing rooms for all women is very real.

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wonderful

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Meet Ozymandias. He doesn't know it yet, but once he's had his second jab, he's going to be the new Magdalen College kitten.

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THE BIGGEST NEWS! Rob and I are offering up a hand-signed hardback, first edition/first printing copy of Monstrous Regiment straight from the Pratchett archives. Those who know the story will know why it’s a pertinent one for this cause. (More pics to come.) www.32auctions.com/organization...

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For Lithgow’s analogy to work, imagine if Dahl had used his public platform and hundreds of thousands of pounds to make policy and law more hostile to Jews and become the world’s most influential antisemite

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It’s worth following Lee for his tracking of this (and generally). If you don’t spend a lot of time flicking through physical papers it may astonish you just how many anti-trans stories they print, and how weak the spin on many of them is. It’s a relentless moral panic.

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Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:

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"The world’s poorest and most marginalised populations will bear the brunt of this – those whose voices are seldom heard. We cannot sit back and watch this humanitarian disaster unfold. We must act." Brava @drrageshri.bsky.social! www.independent.co.uk/voices/labou...

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Nobody considers trans men (fortunately for them, they're well out of this hatred) and nobody will address the elephant in the room: that this is an "issue" only because some very vocal people find trans people disgusting and want to treat them as gay people and black people were for so long.

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The BBC keep doing this. This isn't true. This is straightforwardly wrong in law. The ruling *only* applied to the Equality Act 2010. Trans women are still legally women for the vast majority of purposes! That's the whole point of the Gender Recognition Act. I've put in a complaint. So can you.

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This is such a lovely update and has, crucially, given me an excuse to read Justin's original post about them which means I am now giggling hysterically at my desk. Perfect. theguyliner.com/impeccable/g...

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Have simply refused to engage with this since I became a noise-cancelling headphones cyborg, but years ago when hammered, I do remember cheerfully playing Classic FM out loud as a counterbalance on the bus. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Swear to God, all I want from life (gaming version) is another version of Okami or Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes.

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"If the police protect the police, then we must protect us." This is an incredibly brave piece – and piece of action – by Met Police whistleblower, and former 999 call handler, Issy Vine. www.independent.co.uk/voices/met-p...

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A big moment in a young social media platform's life: the first news story based on a trend that broke on here (licking badgers and AI) www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...

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Good morning from Princess Diana/Sybil

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I am so sorry for the victim, and this developing story (& pics of holidaymakers *inches away from sharks with their phones out* beggar belief. Jaws did significant harm, but a rewatching might be in order to remind people to have some flipping respect for the sea! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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these people hate DEI because they would be unemployable in any system where they couldn’t rely on favoritism and nepotism

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Come to the next live recording of The Breakup Monologues! We had a blast @poodleclub.bsky.social last month. So we’re back on April 24 with @athenakugblenu.bsky.social @laurenbravo.bsky.social @ihussainwriter.bsky.social Once again we’re mixing comedy & literature 📚 wegottickets.com/event/651454

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My brother went through an unedifying period of signing off emails with “brgds” but soon stopped when I started signing off mine to him with “budgerigars”

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I adore Adam's language threads at the best of times but "101st Chairborne" may have just ended me.

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Oh I loved this.

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I wrote an article for @divamag to celebrate Lesbian Visibility Week ahead of my live Breakup Monologues podcast recording tomorrow evening. Please read 👀 here: diva-magazine.com/2025/04/23/r...

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This is a brilliant review of Tina Knowles' book Matriarch – a review that tells a story as well as the context (and whether it's good or not). Also fascinating that Knowles thinks she would have had an ADHD diagnosis had she been born in a different time. www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

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"Why memorise facts, write code, research *anything*" Why learn song lyrics, why drink wine, why speak more than one language, why watch comedy, why play video games, why go down a wormhole about coral-coloured gym headbands, why take yet another crap photo of a sunset, why be human at all.

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