Philippa Willitts 🏳️‍🌈

The history of LGBTQ+ homelessness: how DIVA reported it back in 1998, and the reality today In 1998, DIVA ran a feature on homelessness. Philippa Willitts finds out what we can learn from the article to help LGBTQ+ people experiencing homelessness in 2026.

The history of LGBTQ+ homelessness: how DIVA reported it back in 1998, and the reality today www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/the-...

The history of LGBTQ+ homelessness: how DIVA reported it back in 1998, and the reality today In 1998, DIVA ran a feature on homelessness. Philippa Willitts finds out what we can learn from the article to help LGBTQ+ people experiencing homelessness in 2026.

For LGBTQ+ history month, @incurablehippie.bsky.social has done a great dive into a 1998 homelessness feature in DIVA. With thanks to the Mag Hags podcast for the inspiration: www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/the-...

Sheffield Botanical Gardens: bears, birds, and bans on loathsome disease - Global Comment Opened in 1836, the Botanical Gardens in Sheffield in the north of England cover 19 acres and include 5,000 species of plants. In many ways, it’s very grand and reflective of the trends in Victorian…

Sheffield Botanical Gardens: bears, birds, and bans on loathsome disease - Global Comment globalcomment.com/sheffield-bo...

“Slimy, subversive and surprising”: Slime Mother by Abi Palmer at the Site Gallery - Global Comment People don’t generally have a very positive association with slugs. They’re slimy in a way that’s considered gross, and people blame them for eating food they plant. So seeing Slime Mother, a solo…

“Slimy, subversive and surprising”: Slime Mother by Abi Palmer at the Site Gallery - Global Comment globalcomment.com/slime-mother...

The glaring lesbian subtext in 1942 horror film Cat People - Global Comment https://globalcomment.com/lesbian-subtext-in-1942-horror-film-cat-people/

The yarn bombing revolution is joyful and subversive - Global Comment There's something wonderfully subversive about waking up one morning to find your neighbourhood postbox wearing a cosy hat, or discovering that the bike rack outside the library has been transformed…

The yarn bombing revolution is joyful and subversive - Global Comment globalcomment.com/yarn-bombing...

“… ultimately about the rage, helplessness, and desire for justice when systems fail survivors”: M.F.A. (2017) review - Global Comment https://globalcomment.com/m-f-a-2017-feminist-film-review/

How writing about places people know makes the climate crisis less abstract The connection between place and writing shapes reasoning and can change how people think about climate issues.

How writing about places people know makes the climate crisis less abstract theconversation.com/how-writing-...

The glaring lesbian subtext in 1942 horror film Cat People - Global Comment Jacques Tourneur's Cat People (1942) is a supernatural horror film about a young Serbian woman, Irena (Simone Simon), who believes, based on the lore of the area she grew up in, that she'll turn into…

The glaring lesbian subtext in 1942 horror film Cat People - Global Comment globalcomment.com/lesbian-subt...

“… ultimately about the rage, helplessness, and desire for justice when systems fail survivors”: M.F.A. (2017) review - Global Comment Natalia Leite's M.F.A. (2017) is a rape-revenge thriller that looks at campus sexual assault, victim blaming, and the drastic actions powerlessness can provoke. The film follows Noelle (Francesca…

“… ultimately about the rage, helplessness, and desire for justice when systems fail survivors”: M.F.A. (2017) review - Global Comment globalcomment.com/m-f-a-2017-f...

“… ultimately about the rage, helplessness, and desire for justice when systems fail survivors”: M.F.A. (2017) review - Global Comment Natalia Leite's M.F.A. (2017) is a rape-revenge thriller that looks at campus sexual assault, victim blaming, and the drastic actions powerlessness can provoke. The film follows Noelle (Francesca…

If you can allow yourself to be credulous and not ask too many questions about the likelihood of this series of events spawning from Noelle’s original assault, then there is drama and there is suspense and there is the satisfaction of seeing some awful people suffer globalcomment.com/m-f-a-2017-f...

6 books to give the nature-lovers in your life this Christmas - Global Comment https://globalcomment.com/nature-themed-books/

Your annual reminder to remove the 4 bottles of Baileys you put in your trolley two months ago to reserve your supermarket Christmas delivery and actually add the things you want them to bring (unless you only want 4 bottles of Baileys, in which case fill yer boots)

6 books to give the nature-lovers in your life this Christmas - Global Comment The pressure is on. You need to buy Christmas presents for everybody you love and, for some people, you are stuck. It’s an inevitable part of the season. If you know somebody who is fascinated by…

6 books to give the nature-lovers in your life this Christmas - Global Comment globalcomment.com/nature-theme...

Police didn’t believe a 12-year-old who said she'd been raped. Then she hit record. “If I didn’t find the evidence for them, I wasn’t too sure they would find it.”

Police didn’t believe a 12-year-old who said she'd been raped. Then she hit record. www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...

13 autumn music playlists to fit every cosy day and dark night - Global Comment As the leaves start turning an ever-surprising number of shades of orange and red, there's something about autumn that just begs for the perfect playlist. Music has an amazing way of capturing that…

13 autumn music playlists to fit every cosy day and dark night - Global Comment globalcomment.com/13-autumn-mu...

“A glorious example of what the north of England has to offer in terms of natural beauty”: RSPB Bempton Cliffs - Global Comment Bempton Cliffs is a nature reserve in the north of England that is managed by the RSPB, a charity for the conservation of birds and nature. Having previously visited their Old Moor reserve, I was…

“A glorious example of what the north of England has to offer in terms of natural beauty”: RSPB Bempton Cliffs - Global Comment globalcomment.com/rspb-bempton...

I wrote this about the #SocialModelOfDisability several years ago and, having just re-read it, it's not half bad

https://globalcomment.com/mike-oliver-social-model-disability/

The joy of loitering and the question of where we belong in public spaces: Feminist Art of Walking with Morag Rose - Global Comment I’ve never done a walking tour quite like the Feminist Art of Walking with Morag Rose. Nobody was pointing at obscure bits of buildings or talking about the properties of plants in the area. Instead,…

The joy of loitering and the question of where we belong in public spaces: Feminist Art of Walking with Morag Rose - Global Comment globalcomment.com/the-joy-of-l...

A charming nature reserve in the north of England: RSPB Dearne Valley Old Moor - Global Comment Old Moor is a nature reserve in the Dearne Valley near Barnsley that is managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). The 220-acre wetland nature reserve in the north of England…

A charming nature reserve in the north of England: RSPB Dearne Valley Old Moor - Global Comment globalcomment.com/a-charming-n...

6 unmissable art exhibitions to relish in Yorkshire this October - Global Comment Yorkshire is full of gorgeous art spaces and opportunities to appreciate a wide range of artwork. So whatever artistic mood you’re in, there will be something you can enjoy. So, as the weather gets…

6 unmissable art exhibitions to relish in Yorkshire this October - Global Comment globalcomment.com/art-exhibiti...

For the love of god...

Textured paths for blind people on Fargate 'lead into poles'

“Gently hilarious”: Fisk review - Global Comment Fisk is one of those rare sitcoms that manages to be hilarious without ever making you feel mean for laughing. The comedy is gentle but legitimately funny, and all three series of the show are…

“Gently hilarious”: Fisk review - Global Comment globalcomment.com/gently-hilar...

“Eclectic and ostentatious”: The Gorgeous Nothings: Flowers at Chatsworth - Global Comment The Gorgeous Nothings: Flowers at Chatsworth is an exhibition designed to wow. Full of artwork celebrating “the resilience and persistence of nature”, the abundance of styles, media and subject…

The Gorgeous Nothings: Flowers at Chatsworth is an exhibition designed to wow. Full of artwork celebrating “the resilience and persistence of nature”, the abundance of styles, media and subject matter creates a sense of excess, even overwhelm, that reflects the surroundings the exhibition is in.

“Eclectic and ostentatious”: The Gorgeous Nothings: Flowers at Chatsworth - Global Comment The Gorgeous Nothings: Flowers at Chatsworth is an exhibition designed to wow. Full of artwork celebrating “the resilience and persistence of nature”, the abundance of styles, media and subject…

Chatsworth House is the perfect location for the similarly eclectic and ostentatious The Gorgeous Nothings art exhibition that celebrates “the resilience and persistence of nature”

globalcomment.com/the-gorgeous...

Andromeda Yelton @ThatAndromeda as a woman, I receive this service for free Tim Hwang @timhwang. 1d i would sign up for a service called AmateurClass where you pay a random person to try to explain something they've done once or twice

#mansplaining

Hills can't be avoided in this city, but the pathways are actively hostile at times.

Thankfully, I have not yet failed to get back to Monica Car. I just lose the will for a bit, then get the will back. #AccessFail #accessibility #sheffield #disability

I have come to learn that on every walk I do that's slightly longer, there is a point where I lose any faith that I can complete it.

Why are the paths at Parkwood Springs - and indeed many of our green spaces - so hellish for mobility aid users?

I have come to learn that on every walk I do that's slightly longer, there is a point where I lose any faith that I can complete it.

Accessibility fails make reaching this point considerably more likely.

In defence of guilty-pleasure TV - Global Comment https://globalcomment.com/in-defence-of-guilty-pleasure-tv/