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“I thought ‘Here Comes The Sun’ was the happiest, simplest, clearest wishing well for the world of all the songs that they [The Beatles] had ever done. It is a message for all of us.” - Richie Havens More at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/6763610.... Photo © akg images

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Persepolis (2000), autobiographical graphic novel by Iranian cartoonist, illustrator, author, film director Marjane Satrapi #WomensArt

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Untitled https://www.wikiart.org/en/mark-rothko/untitled-1968

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Nina Simone was #botd

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We have written to the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, asking that the #police ‘are given the power to remove the vetting from police officers who demonstrate attitudes entirely incompatible with the government’s intention to achieve a major reduction in #MVAWG’ 🔗 www.filia.org.uk/latest-news/...

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Remembering Nina Simone today on what would have been her 92nd birthday (born February 21, 1933) | Visit https://album.ink/NinaSimoneHBD to explore her musical legacy (including audio & video highlights)

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RIP MR Jerry Butler www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPkd...

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In Westminster it's all about who you know

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Pakistani artist Mehwish Iqbal, Womb, 2013 #womensart

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Government's failure to take control of Thames Water means almost £1billion of customers' money will be squandered - How is this good for anyone but financial parasites and predators? www.windrushwasp.org/single-post/...

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There have been so many grim moments in recent years, but Trump's (predictable) comments on Zelensky feels like a real low in terms of what's coming next. Please can we never hear about that 'special relationship' again. It's dead.

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#OnThisDay, 20 Feb 1935, Danish-Norwegian Caroline Mikkelsen sets foot on Antarctica. She was the first woman documented to have landed on the continent. Mount Caroline Mikkelsen is named after her. #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory 🗃️

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Really pleased to finally be able to announce that our film on Pauline Boty, will be shown on BBC Four on March 3rd at 10pm. Make a note in your diary and get ready for the inspiring story of Pauline Boty. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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In 1981, two women walked into a bar…and eventually overturned its male-only policy. My newsletter (link in bio) looks at how, when and why men have banned women from drinking in bars, from Mumbai to Milwaukee - and how women have resisted. rachelhewitt.substack.com/p/no-women-a...

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“You have to be an #Afghan woman to truly understand how difficult it has been to give up everything you worked for. We showed to the world that the #Taliban have not changed and will not change. And it scares them,” #EndGenderApartheid #Afghanistan #NoTaliban www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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'For every week without #USAID, nearly one million women and girls worldwide are denied contraceptive care, according to analysis from the Guttmacher Institute, a leading reproductive health policy organisation.' #USAIDGATE #TrumpsAmerica #ReproRights www.independent.co.uk/news/world/u...

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'Findings... indicate that #US states with #abortionbans experienced higher-than-expected fertility & infant mortality rates, particularly affecting Black infants, younger individuals, those with lower education levels & #Medicaid recipients' #AbortionIsHealthcare medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02...

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'Among their demands is for character references to be outlawed in cases of gender-based violence and for the practice of a victim’s counselling notes being used in court to be banned.' #Ireland #MVAWG #maleviolence #Legal #CriminalJustice www.thejournal.ie/internationa...

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about 18 months ago my closet relationship broke down because the other person thought it was appropriate to harangue me, name call me and bully me because I had a different opinion. This was the one person who seemed to understand my trauma. She knew I was having a difficult time

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I wrote about the persistence of cruel attitudes and treatments for anorexia sufferers, at a time when we are meant to be 'more enlightened' about eating disorders thecritic.co.uk/why-are-anor...

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“The Beatles, they treated me like royalty.” - Brenda Holloway Read more at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/7758430.... Photo 1 by John Rowlands, photo 2 by Pictorial Press Ltd.

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There was a strange glowing object in the sky this morning. I think it's called the sun! The sun did actually make an appearance on Glastonbury Tor this morning at sunrise. It was bitterly cold up there but so worth it.

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Untitled (Yellow, Red and Blue) https://www.wikiart.org/en/mark-rothko/untitled-yellow-red-and-blue-1953

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“I was very excited and very thrilled to get that job. [...] It was just something to be with those cats.” - Bobby Hebb (also one of the opening acts on The Beatles’ last tour) Read more at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/7757525....

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Kantha (Embroidered Quilt), embroidery of South Asia, the Indian states of West Bengal and Odisha, and also Bangladesh #womensart

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Sungi Mlengeya, born in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, a painter whose figurative portraiture honours women who surround her #WomensArt #Monday

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“We always loved those American girls groups, like the Shirelles and the Ronettes. So yeah, we developed our harmonies from trying to come up with an English, male version of their vocal feel.” - George Harrison Read more at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/7756615....

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