Emma McDowell

Literally yesterday mine had a tantrum coz she couldn’t play with a kitchen knife

Being Black and British: Before, During and After Drama School Being Black and British: Before, During and After Drama School is about being Black, being British and being an actor before, during and after training. Written by Black writers working in and around ...

‘Being Black and British: Before During and After Drama School’ is released on September 22 but is available to pre-order from TODAY.

Pre-order now - directly from the publisher on the link, your favourite bookshop, or your institutional or local library.

Launch event(s) to be shared…

Sara Ahmed - No Is Not a Lonely Utterance - Manchester Book Launch Join us for an evening with Sara Ahmed as she launches her new book, No Is Not a Lonely Utterance: The Art and Activism of Complaining.

Sara Ahmed - No Is Not a Lonely Utterance - Manchester Book Launch www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sara-ahmed...

Israel kills 61 people in Gaza City, at least 100 across enclave The surge in Israel’s bombardment in the north of the Gaza Strip comes as it plans to seize Gaza City.

At least 100 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, including 61 in Gaza City, as Al Jazeera reports intensified strikes in the north while Israel prepares to seize Gaza City aje.io/io4cij

Israel bombs Gaza, Syria as alarm grows over rise in starving children UN says one in 10 children screened at their clinics in Gaza are malnourished amid Israel’s siege.

UN says one in 10 children screened at their clinics in Gaza are malnourished amid Israel’s siege.

‘Going hungry’: More than 700 Palestinians killed seeking aid in Gaza Palestinians say they have no choice but to go to deadly US- and Israeli-backed aid sites amid growing starvation.

Palestinians say they have no choice but to go to deadly US- and Israeli-backed aid sites amid growing starvation.

This 83-year-old priest has just been arrested for holding a sign which read:

“I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.”

According to Starmer’s new law, this puts her in the same category as an ISIS or Al-Qaeda terrorist, with a prison sentence of up to 14 years.

The atmosphere in the room had by now descended into a fog of paranoia. Who could be trusted? One gender-critical woman suggested that everyone in the audience turn to the person next to them, ask what they were doing there and, if they weren’t satisfied with the answer, demand they leave. Another tried to preemptively chuck someone out because they looked suspicious (I thought this was because they were young, which would have been funny, but a Dyke Project member later told me it was because they looked like they might be trans, which is less so.) A lone voice of reason in the audience cried out, “we’re not going to do an age-based witch hunt!”

A group of lesbians disrupt a GC hate talk

This bit is just perfection 😘👌

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Israeli officers and soldiers have revealed they’ve been ordered to deliberately shoot at unarmed Palestinians trying to get aid.

That’s in Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

Israel is deliberately massacring civilians it’s deliberately starving.

There are few crimes more depraved.

Israel kills 32 Palestinians seeking food at ‘death trap’ Gaza aid sites Troops gun down starving crowds, capping deadly first week of operations for controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

Israeli tanks opened fire on thousands of civilians gathered at a distribution site in southern Gaza’s Rafah on Sunday morning, killing at least 31 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office aje.io/xx7980

Palestinians gunned down while trying to reach food aid site in Gaza, hospital says Witnesses say Israeli forces opened fire on people near distribution point run by Israel-backed foundation More than 20 people were killed on Sunday as they went to receive food at an aid distribution point set up by an Israeli-backed foundation in the Gaza Strip, according to a hospital run by the Red Cross that received the bodies. Witnesses told the Associated Press that Israeli forces had opened fire on people as they headed toward the aid distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). “There were many martyrs, including women,” the 40-year-old resident said. “We were about 300 metres away from the military.” Continue reading...

Palestinians gunned down while trying to reach food aid site in Gaza, hospital says

Fundraiser for legal action against the EHRC

Israeli strike on school-turned-shelter in Gaza kills 25, medics say An Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 25 people, mostly women and children, according to the territory’s Health Ministry.

BREAKING: An Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter has killed at least 25 Palestinians, mostly women and children, Gaza's Health Ministry said. The school was hit three times while people slept, setting their belongings ablaze, they added.

Jewish creatives warn against ‘false censorship’ of art critical of Israel - Arts Professional Art must not be censored under the "false guise" of protecting against antisemitism, a group of Jewish creatives has warned. The group, calling itself Jewish Artists UK, says it wants to help arts org...

Jewish creatives warn against false censorship of art critical of Israel www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/jewish-...

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Your mandatory training
on
🚨🚨‼️‼️Understanding STRESS 🚨🚨‼️‼️
is OVERDUE⏰⏰⏰
do it NOW!!!!!!!!
(Yesterday)
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there
WILL
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Consequences

Starmer's anti-immigrant speech today wasn't just a moral and political embarrassment. It was also an intellectual embarrassment.

inews.co.uk/opinion/star...

whooooo remembers "they'll shift to the left once they're in power, they have to say these things to win the election first you idiots"

Keir Starmer blowing a massive racist dog-whistle

Os ydych chi eisiau byw yn y Deyrnas Unedig, dylech chi siarad Cymraeg. Dyna synnwyr cyffredin.
Felly rydym yn codi gofynion iaith Gymraeg ar draws pob prif lwybr mewnfudo.

Ministers admit failing to assess impact of thousands of NHS job cuts in England Exclusive: Failure to assess impact of axing thousands of NHS managers described by critics as reckless

This is what happens when the Treasury becomes the master rather than the servant. Accountants who know the price of everything, and the value of nothing www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

ID: slide with gradient pink, white and blue background. The slide shows a title reading 'Trans+ History Week 5th-11th May'. The THW and Intercom logos are at the top of the page. Below this are the photos of trans+ icons as follows, left to right from the back row first: Jude Guaitamacchi, Fox Fisher, Jan Morris, Shon Faye, Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Riviera, Munroe Bergdorf.

Happy #TransHistoryWeek! 🏳️‍⚧️

@transhistoryweek.com is a global week-long observance dedicated to celebrating the history of all gender diverse people – including trans, non-binary and Intersex people 🌟

Help us challenge the Supreme Court’s judgment on trans rights | Good Law Project We use cookies where necessary to allow us to understand how people interact with our website and content, so that we can continue to improve our service.

We believe the Supreme Court has placed the UK in breach of its obligations under the Human Rights Act.

Over 8,000 people have supported our case - will you join us?

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Open letter to RGS on Supreme Court and EHRC events April 2025 1 May 2025 Dear Professor Dame Jane Francis and Professor Joe Smith, Re: The response of the Royal Geographical Society to the April 2025 Supreme Court ruling and EHRC interim update We are currently ...

On top of hundreds of biologists, hundreds of feminists, hundreds of businesses, hundreds of historians all writing letters saying the Supreme Court and corrupt EHRC are wrong due to evidence from their fields, even geographers are angry and are providing evidence!

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

This statement 'Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia' has over 850 signatures and co-signatures. My bet is that we can get this to 1000 today!

Calling all feminist academics & educators -please add your name and sign ❤️🏳️‍⚧️⚧️🏳️‍🌈👇🏼

The United Nations calls for “concerted” action to stop the “humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza as Israel’s total blockade enters its 60th day.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/uz3nxr

The Settlers review – this vital film forces Louis Theroux to do something he’s never done before The documentarian manages to stay calm and polite as guns are repeatedly pointed at him in the West Bank. Then someone shoves him …

The Settlers review – this vital film forces Louis Theroux to do something he’s never done before

Israeli attacks on Gaza ‘worsen by the hour’ as drone kills five children International Court of Justice hearings begin as fears of famine grow in Gaza with Israel’s blockade nearing 60th day.

Israeli forces have killed at least 44 Palestinians across Gaza since dawn on Monday, including five children in a drone attack on a busy street in Gaza City.

🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️

🏳️‍⚧️ How to tell our history stories, so we learn from them

At this critical moment, how can we tell stories of @transhistoryweek.bsky.social and apply the lessons from them to today’s fight?

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Thank you!!