As a feminist since the 1980s I want to send love and solidarity to all my trans and non binary friends today in the face of this court ruling. It is a vicious attack on trans rights. Shame on those who call themselves 'feminists' who supported this. You are not feminists and you're not my sisters!
Covers the regional situation, issues inside Syria with different ethnic/religious minorities, the history of the previous revolution and the sheer murderous brutality of Assad's regime. Detailed but also accessible for those looking for an introduction.
Last night Turner Prize 2024 winner Jasleen Kaur used her acceptance speech to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people, to demand an end to institutional complicity in Israels genocide & to call for an immediate arms embargo.
Small Things Like These ❤
I loved Claire Keegan's beautifully written novella and I didn't think it would transfer so well to the cinema, but I found the film as powerful and tender as the book. A lovely adaption and hats off to Cillian Murphy whose performance is compelling.
📢The call for papers for our 2025 conference is now ✨LIVE✨
We are the biggest gathering of social and cultural historians in the UK and will be at the @bclivingmuseum.bsky.social from 7-9 July 2025!
Call is open until 17 January 2025🌟🗃️
Please share widely!
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On Mansfield after the mines and factories shut down - “Towns like Mansfield were not ‘left behind’ but actively remade through … enterprise zones, land sell-offs and financial perks for large businesses, most of which offered only low-paid, insecure work.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
21 years ago, in November 2003, Section 28 was repealed.
From the HW archive: how can oral history interviews between different generations of LGBTQ+ people aid our understanding of the ongoing impact of Section 28?
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#queerhistory #oralhistory
Splendid interview with the splendid members of Trans Kids Deserve Better. I'm not crying, you're crying.
Interesting review of Steve McQueen's Blitz. Having feared I wouldn't like it, I found the film gripping and moving. I thought it captured the terror of civilian bombardment and how class and racism shaped peoples' experiences of the war
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
I'm quite new on here and have only posted once. Currently I'm liking the vibe here so think I'll stick around and start posting re writing (trying to restart writing more than my journal), gender, sexuality, disability and mental health mostly.
