@authorvcwillow
Writer. Feminist. LGBTQ+. She/her. Socialist. Whovian. Rebel scum. Unapologetic bookworm, word nerd and lover of humour. Human rights, equality. Writing novels one word at a time.π Author contact: vcwillow@gmail.com
I want to believe this is just for shits and giggles, but I've seen humans in action. We voted to call a ship Boaty McBoatface...
We do not have the greatest track record when it comes to critical decision-making
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A glimpse of UK democracy
The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 empowers the state to 24/7 snoop on bank accounts of benefit recipients.
The poor, old, sick have no financial privacy.
The same does not apply to enablers of tax abuse schemes.
We are all equal, aren't we?
They should put a monkey on the Β£50 note and a pony on the Β£10 note to confuse the hell out cockneys.
Its the job of the government and their fault if they fail to create legislation that meets the needs of workers and is in line with values that Labour supporters expect.
So you can't support your claim. Thanks for confirming.
He who makes the claim, has to provide the evidence to support it π€·π»ββοΈ
They really are quite something
AIPAC and their allies have now spent >$15.8 MILLION on independent expenditures across 4 Democratic House primary elections in Illinois:
β οΈ Donna Miller #IL02
β οΈ Melissa Conyears-Ervin #IL07
β οΈ Melissa Bean #IL08
β οΈ Laura Fine #IL09
Winston Churchill starved 3+ million Bengalis to death because he considered them subhuman, & conspired with the US to overthrow the democratically elected government of Iran, & replace it with a dictatorship, to protect the profits of UK oil firms. As far as I know, no badger has ever done that.
And what are the specific strong improvements in the legislation you mentioned and feel improves workers rights? Can you give detailed, concrete examples
OK that's one example with now watered down rights and delayed application of the law coming into force.
Anything else?
I can't think of anything less important, I can't even think of a culture war that is less important than this
Churchill was a racist, misogynistic, xenophobic bully and hypocrite who was gobbling fruit cake, downing bottles of booze and bathing in overflowing baths. The heroes were on the field.
Trans people don't need to justify existing.
This is not limited to books and other forms of art.
Existing while trans in life doesn't need justifying either. Medicine, law, society, employment, access to goods and services should be available to everyone.
#WriteSky #BookSky #TransRights #Books
All of this π Trans people have always, and will always exist. Their existence doesn't need to be justified.
Online discussion be like:
BRIAN: You've got to think for yourselves. You're all individuals!
FOLLOWERS: Yes, we're all individuals!
BRIAN: You're all different!
FOLLOWERS: Yes, we are all different!
DENNIS: I'm not.
ARTHUR: Shhhh.
FOLLOWERS: Shh. Shhhh. Shhh.
#MontyPython #NotBornToFollow
Apparently, we must blindly follow Labour no matter how much they shift to the right, abandoning their core values & supporters. Starmer said if we didn't like what he was doing we could leave. We did
Labour use to be the party for the workers. I can no longer say with confidence that is still true
Demands from Starmerites that workers should blindly support Labour despite wages failing to keep up with inflation, and rising costs of living as well as the loss in jobs and income post Brexit with no sign that Labour will remedy the 2016 Tory led disaster has led to frustration amongst workers
Can you expand on that with specific examples of the huge improvements in workers rights?
Labour have been trying to weaken their strong links to the unions and the thousands of workers they represent for the last thirty years.
"They're better that the opposition" is not a good enough position when workers have seen stagnant wages, rising cost of living and precarious workers rights.
Hey #Book and #Writing fans, How Reading Made Us, on BBC Sounds looks really interesting.
Sounds still has a wealth of good listening and programming to enjoy. The app is well worth downloading on your phone.
Will be putting this on my tbl list.
#BBC #BBCSounds
Omage is a white sheet of paper with writing in blue ink. My five moods: 1) I'm too old for this shit 2) I'm too tired for this shit 3) I don't have time for this shit 4) I'm too sober for this shit 5) I don't get paid enough for this shit
My five moods for 2026
#2026 #AllTheFeels
It's ok to find joy and pleasure even when the world is on fire. Acknowledging that you're aware of world events around you is no bad thing either. It shows a little empathy
That doesn't mean you can't shout about the things you love. Living well is the best kind of revenge
"Accuse the enemy of what you are doing"
Christian nationalists are the only ones imposing religious law on the entire populace.
If you ask for examples of the demand to impose Muslim Sharia law, they can never provide it.
There are hundreds of examples of Christian zealots trying to though.
Image shows the Mr Men books, Mr Poirot : Mystery on the Opulent Express and Little Miss Marple: Bump in the Library on the Waterstones website.
Would you like the two new Mr Men/Little Miss Marple Agatha Christie crossover books Ms Willow?
Presses click and collect quicker than a Tory MP can claim he's resigning to 'spend more time with his family' after being caught with his pen in a rent boys ink
#BookSky #Books
We need a disciplinary process put in place whereby MPs who fail to hold surgeries to meet their constituents and do the fucking basics of their job face disciplinary action.
Three strikes and you're sacked.
They work for us and get well paid for it. They must be made to do their jobs.
A better world is possible if you vote for positive policies that benefit citizens, not faceless corporations. Prioritising people, not profits, is not a utopic reverie. It is a possibility when we reject the faux status quo economic, political and social propaganda we have been fed since the 80s.
Disgusting Islamophobia, purposefully dogwhistling lies to justify their murders. Iranian women wear a hijab/chador.Iran is not Afghanistan.
Iranian women want freedom, not death, equality, not USA/Israeli bombs murdering their school-age children. Muslim lives are cheap to these colonial zealots.
No, payment for the vast majority of writers has always been low and even the most celebrated authors of the past century spent a good deal of time being broke as fuck. We have a unique set of circumstances these days driving down wages, but there was never a time when most writers did well.
HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT TO A NAZI SAYING THAT βJEWS DONβT BELONG IN GERMAN SOCIETYβ? THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE.
Someone's incensed the shirts off romance writers & readers. They're shaking their bodiced bosoms in frustration as we write
In all seriousness, whatever you read, it should be in genres you enjoy. Read widely & diversely. There's nothing snobby/better in wanting to read classic novels or romance π