Illustration of a woman standing in a lit doorway, casting a long shadow down a dark hallway. Text on the image reads: 'Restricting access to safe abortion drives women and girls to unsafe procedures.'

Access to safe abortion protects the health of women and girls.

As with all other health services, women and girls should be able to access safe and respectful abortion care, when they need it, without fear of harm, punishment or recrimination.

#HealthForAll

So very true

As Bookbanks new Ambassador I’d like to spread the word about this brilliant charity giving books with food at food banks.

Please share and support if you’re able :)

www.bookbanks.co.uk

(1/2) Aroreretini, the Māori word for ADHD, translates to “attention goes to many things.” Takiwātanga, the Māori word for Autism, translates to “in their own time and space.” Combined, you could say folks give their attention to things in their own time ❤️.

Is America okay?

(you don’t need to answer that)

Haha, sorry for unlocking another fear!

When I was a child I got changed into leggings that had been drying on the washing line, only to be stung TWICE and promptly rip them off in front of my friend. It was a wasp 😒

Reminder, your TBR is not. To do list. It is a menu. Pick whatever feeds your soul.

Good morning. We are open!

That’s what someone on ketamine would say

Wishing you a speedy recovery!

A cold childhood My unheated home wasn’t a temporary discomfort. The chill got into my bones.

Me in The New Statesman today on poverty.

Please share :)

In this piece, @claudiasterbini.bsky.social & @keiranwilson.bsky.social challenge the medical humanities' reliance on disciplinary hierarchies and call for a radical rethinking that dismantles, rather than crosses, boundaries.
thepolyphony.org/2025/05/21/i...

Male Costa’s hummingbird

Good Morning! ☀️🪶🌵

Thanks so much, I will take a good look ☺️ see you soon!

Absolutely, looking forward to branching out and making connections ☺️ thank you!!

Really looking forward to attending my first ever writers conference organised by @writingwestmids.bsky.social at the end of May!

Learning more about the industry and hopefully connecting with other writers feels so helpful for an emerging writer like myself.

#writersky #booksky #writer #poet

It's so sick of our shit

Irish writers please share this amazing opportunity

✍️ Workshoppin'
✍️ Exploring new ways of writing
✍️Learning how to sculpt your work and edit
✍️ Having a geg at the #JHISS!
✍️ Networking with fellow writers and literary peeps!

APPLY APPLY APPLY! 👇

johnhewittsociety.org/freedom-to-wri…

A short-eared owl gracefully soaring through the sky with wings fully extended, staring directly at the camera with bright yellow eyes

You just locked eyes with the silent ruler of the sky. No sound. No warning. Just grace and power in motion. Photo© turnipian

Research supplies for my novel 🍀✨️

I'm actually really enjoying the process of reconnecting with the Irish half of myself in such a creative way 💚

#novel #writer #writersky #booksky #folklore #mythology

Poetry as Chronic Illness Research: ‘Another Attempt’ Jane Hartshorn’s poetry experiments within the contradictory and temporary spaces of chronic illness, reflecting rather than controlling the experience.

"If we imagine the poem is a body, is it possible to map the experience of chronic illness onto the space of the page?"

Thanks to Jane Hartshorn for this latest exploration of creative practice research in our new 'In Practice' project.

thepolyphony.org/2025/05/08/p...

Alas, I feel my diplomacy and intelligence lecturer wouldn't quite get the vision 🤣

Thank you! Appreciate the share 😊

Much needed!

real

Invisible Barriers for Women: Mental Health and Neurodivergence Iris A. Croft uses poetry to untangle the relationship between neurodivergence, being articulate, and receiving care.

@irisacroft.bsky.social uses poetry to untangle the relationship between neurodivergence, being articulate, and receiving care.

thepolyphony.org/2025/05/06/i...

Thank you 😊

🤣

Invisible Barriers for Women: Mental Health and Neurodivergence Iris A. Croft uses poetry to untangle the relationship between neurodivergence, being articulate, and receiving care.

"Not enough hours in the day? Not a problem."

Today marks my first ever publication! A hybrid poem and essay in @the-polyphony.bsky.social exploring the lived experience of navigating neurodiversity and mental illness as a woman.

#academicsky #mentalhealth #neurodiversity #poetry #womenshealth

Why I Petted the Cat by Lance Larsen - Rattle: Poetry Because I was tired and cranky and it was too late to take a bus to Siena and ask Saint Catherine’s mummified thumb to cure me of insomnia, neuropathy, and other afflictions petty and daily.

Because this cat craved attention and because
my impatient American paws had to do something.

—Lance Larsen