Hard to believe that, until just recently, she was a philosopher of aesthetics, not ethicsβ¦
Hard to believe that, until just recently, she was a philosopher of aesthetics, not ethicsβ¦
It is REMARKABLE the number of things on which Kathleen Stock is now apparently an expert.
"Kemi is a big fan of animals." (I'm not kidding. This is an official statement made by the representative of the leader of the Conservative Party on a day that the global oil supply is severely threatened by war.)
If you think that NHS England and Wes Streeting are just βlooking after childrenβs best interestsβ in banning puberty blockers, and βdoing a trialβ, you should really take a look at this thread about the βevidenceβ theyβre using for their scientific decision making.
Just a few places left for our in-person workshop with Marnie Hughes-Warrington (but unlimited space on the livestream!) on Monday March 30th. It's a superb opportunity to explore how History teachers can use their disciplinary expertise 2 train AI models and make them work better for our students.
I didn't come out until I was 43.
No one I work with, are friends with or any of my family care that I am trans.
What this government is doing is horrific. But not being "you" is no way to live. And you must live. If only so you're living breathing "fuck you" to these bastards.
Jolyon Maugham KC @jolyon.goodlawproject.org The NHS has now stopped all medication - puberty blockers and hormones - for trans minors. For most, unless they get drugs from other sources, this means a lifetime, in an increasingly violent and transphobic society, unable to pass. Under Wes Streeting NHS policy is harm and death for trans people. Jolyon Maugham KC @jolyon.goodlawpro... β’ 16h Tomorrow Wes Streeting will remove trans minors ability to access, and doctors to prescribe, cross-sex hormones. Try as it might Labour will never eradicate trans people. They cannot, and should not, change who they are. All Labour will do is make trans lives harder - with more harm and more death.
Jolyon is literally doing the lords work with GLP so this isnβt a call out of him at all as in individual.
I really should say, Iβm not keen on this messaging
1. Itβs not true that βmostβ trans people donβt pass if they do so over 18, in fact it couldnβt be further from it
This is heartbreaking.
Thereβs a guy on TikTok who joked repeatedly about hating the fact cottage cheese is in every βhealthyβ recipe. Now, any video with cottage cheese in, he gets a billion notifications.
Watching BBC2 and the claim that Joan Jett and Anita Baker are βOne Hit Wonders on the BBCβ is quite something.
Aaaah. Watched a lot of that before giving up because it was so relentless. No, I donβt wish to empathise with a mass-murdering rapist. No, not even then.
Ha - tempting!
TWD?
God yes. The business with the Russians was so redundant! And Iβm not sure anyone cared about the love triangleβ¦
There were so many things I enjoyed about the earlier series, but it feels like they overcomplicated it. It wasnβt supposed to be high art - just really good telly. And I feel like they forgot that a bit. But thatβs just me.
I havenβt finished the finale yet (see above!) but imo the pacing in this series has been awful. Itβs taken forever to pick up and thereβve been too many laborious subplots (also in the previous series). And I say this as someone who prefers series in general and even reads fanfic at timesβ¦
The conclusion of Stranger Things may be perfectly good (weβve only just started it) but two hours eight minutes isnβt an βepisodeβ. Thatβs a movie, and not even a short movie. Iβm tired of streaming as an excuse for lazy film-making.
So good!
Telling Jesus he'll never make it if he keeps being so hostile to wealth. Advising him to moderate his message to appeal to the Galilee suburbs
Funnily enough, the Navajo are one of the largest and best βrecognisedβ (in official terms) nations, but there are many people/nations who simply canβt get recognition for various reasons.
Hi Emmy! It's a really good question! I'm glad to say that the excellent Mexicolore has a webpage explaining Aztec beliefs about eclipses :-) www.mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/aztec...
This is a topic I donβt tend to speak on, but we all know that itβs problematic/colonising/racist to insist that individuals and groups can only be Indigenous if theyβre βofficiallyβ recognised by the settler-colonial state, right?
Sigh. It's all so sad and enraging.
I donβt want to vague-post, but some people are spending a lot of energy, and draining a lot of other peopleβs energy, by engaging in lateral attacks when there are very real threats all around.
This is a topic I donβt tend to speak on, but we all know that itβs problematic/colonising/racist to insist that individuals and groups can only be Indigenous if theyβre βofficiallyβ recognised by the settler-colonial state, right?
I am the third kind: historians who dream about reading and writing because they donβt have time to do either.
Are they bollocks. The drop in children attending private schools is only 0.6% when adjusted against total student population and the trend has been downwards for a decade. This is just PR for the independent sector.
Picture of Zack Polanski holding a board that says: Will you sign the letter? Not in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community Nion Women logo notinourname.org.uk
Thank you to @zackpolanski.bsky.social for your clear support for the trans community. In a political climate where too many are stepping back, visible allyship from political leaders matters.
We were proud to meet Zack at launch of the Trans Lives Report by @transactualuk.bsky.social