Absolutely. Every. Time.
Absolutely. Every. Time.
The media will gleefully interrogate any politician that suggests any policy thatβs even remotely progressive with βhow will you afford this?β But not ask the same for a war thatβs costing a billion a day.
Weird complicit bastards
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Good. The death penalty must be abolished. It is always always always wrong. It is demonstrably racist. It kills innocent people. But it would still be evil even if it wasnβt/didnt.
We're seeing a really horrible new trend of wealthy and powerful men using the law to gaslight women.
And we're going to the High Court to get an anonymity order against one of them discharged.
Lol. They need to pay you!
Weβre living in the world where everyone has brain damage from Covid and the increased proportion of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
"Is sex biological?" I fucking wish. Biology is easier to change than societal attitudes.
At this point I think there is a concerted effort to undermine voices who resist the patriarchal norms
Very excited to be participating in Cinema and Media Studies in Solidarity with Palestine Conference. What an amazing lineup of speakers they've put together! You can check out the full schedule below. Honored to be among them.
sites.google.com/view/scmssp/...
Square embroidery piece wurh colourful borders and central square design
Hazara embroidery from central Afghanistan, on cotton or silk material enlivened by very fine lines of cross or herringbone stitch #WomensArt
Thank you. "Long awaited".... indeed.
My second feature Low Rider screens in BFI Flare 21/22 March.
It stars Emma McDonald and Thishiwe Ziqubu. A dual heritage Londoner goes looking for her absent South African father, but a chance encounter forces her to deal with her own demons on the road. whatson.bfi.org.uk/flare/Online...
for the night crowd
"Jo Maugham KC, executive director of the Good Law Project, accused her of 'pitching for the votes of misogynists, homophobes, racists and antisemites, who are the only people who benefit from removing discrimination protections'."
Im not a normal person. But same yeah.
I teach bystander intervention for a living and have taught de-escalation to law enforcement.
Trust me when I say that bottle girls, gas station clerks, strippers, front desk employees at hotels and airports, baristas, etc. have better de-escalation skills than any cop I've ever seen.
My short experimental film (Untitled)2025 screens in the London Short Film Festival. It is an evocative incantation to trans and non-binary ancestors forgotten because of land theft, colonisation and enforced binary genders which damage us all. www.shortfilms.org.uk/programme/pa...
βGod damn them all.β
Your bravery is powerful and inspiring.
Here is a bit of my resignation speech from last night
Eight people are on hunger strike, several apparently at imminent risk of dying, because our law punishes more harshly those opposing genocide than those supporting it. (And under a so-called Labour Government.)
How on earth did we get here? www.vashtimedia.com/hunger-strik...
Tomorrow's front page π°
'The UK is letting these people die'
Richest 1/1000th of worldβs population controls 3 times more wealth than the poorest 50%. "The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies & democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency..." www.commondreams.org/news/world-i...
Screenshot of Pages of Hackney website showing the covers for both books mentioned, beneath the name Ollie.
Ahhhhhhhh thank you thank you to Ollie @pagesofhackney.bsky.social for choosing BAD LANGUAGE as one of your books of the year π₯° and alongside the equally witchy WAX CHILD by Olga Ravn, translated by Martin Aitken.
www.pagesofhackney.co.uk/christmas-20...
A thought experiment
Itβs here! For @letterboxd.social, I wrote a special starter pack about the rarest of gifts.
Here are 16 Black Christmas movies to cheer up your holiday!!
Farage just said βI didnβt wear a mask last time and I wonβt wear them this time. This is nonsense.β
Here he is, not only wearing a mask, but also getting vaccinatedβ¦