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The #NotEqualYet Roadshow is coming up at Newcastle Cathedral!

19.10.2025 14:19 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

‘“Talking to Grief”: Negotiating Loss in Our Lives’, with poet Rosie Miles, using poetry and other gently creative activities. 31/10-02/11/25, @holyroodhouse, Thirsk, Yorkshire. More details and booking form here (scroll down the Events list). Please share. www.holyroodhouse.org.uk/Groups/42671...

27.09.2025 14:27 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A few places left at our Summer Solstice Retreat at www.holyroodhouse.org.uk/Groups/42671.... Fiddle playing, circle dancing, good conversations round the fire - do join us 😊

13.06.2025 08:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Join us for our Summer Solstice Retreat at Holy Rood House in beautiful Thirsk. … time to retreat, reflect, for conversation around the fire, circle dancing, forest bathing, good food, be in tune with the earth and her healing.

Last few places left so get in touch now 😊 www.holyroodhouse.org.uk

04.06.2025 13:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Portrait in monochrome of the upper half of a young white woman facing right and looking outwards wearing a jacket and with hair tied back and with one hand visible holding her jacket

Käthe Kollwitz, Self-portrait, 1889, pen and black ink, German artist #WomensArt

31.03.2025 05:29 — 👍 329    🔁 32    💬 0    📌 3

Transgender Day of Visibility 2025 This is "Transgender Day of Visibility 2025" by Sarah Jones on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Today is Transgender Day of Visibility. Most transpeople just get on with our lives and contribute to society. I hope this short video helps folks who need to hear it. Please share if you can. #TDOV #Transgenderdayofvisibility #TDOV2025
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31.03.2025 06:41 — 👍 12    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

“The backlash that women experience speaking out can impact mental health.” Great to hear the Rt Rev Dr Rosemarie Mallet discuss gender equality in the Church of England, particularly within the context of race and class, at today’s WATCH conference. #NotEqualYet #womenempowerment #womensrights

29.03.2025 10:45 — 👍 33    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

29.03.2025 10:40 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.

You think the arbitrary arrest of political dissenters cannot happen in the UK? It already does. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

29.03.2025 07:39 — 👍 1814    🔁 954    💬 126    📌 126

Grey folded t shirt. Feminist Theology Network logo (brown circle with white letters) is central. Sat on top is a copy of 'When God Became White' by Grace Ji-Sun Kim.

Head to waist cropped photo of me wearing a grey feminist theology network t shirt, and a multicoloured chunky cardigan.

**Giveaway Alert** We have a sample of our brand new FTN t-shirt (only 3 currently in existence) and a copy of 'When God Became White'! Just like and follow. For an extra entry give us a re-post. Deadline 10th April 7pm GMT. Winner announced 12th April. (We can only post to a UK address though).

28.03.2025 20:29 — 👍 40    🔁 25    💬 2    📌 5

Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.

🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

28.03.2025 16:50 — 👍 2066    🔁 1490    💬 137    📌 614

The latest visitor at www.holyroodhouse.org.uk - a newt found indoors! It’s now safely back in its natural habitat by the pond. We love all creatures great and small 😊

28.03.2025 15:51 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sun shining through trees over Holy Rood House

Glad to be here 😊

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27.03.2025 16:45 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Caitlin Moran: One stop advice shop for understanding and helping teenage boys Caitlin Moran: One stop advice shop for understanding and helping teenage boys Obviously I don’t want to spoiler it for anyone waiting for their partner to come home and finish the series – HURRY UP S...

If "Adolescence" has scared the living bejesus out of you, I've rejigged my website with some new advice, and clips from interviews on subjects such as Andrew Tate, role-models, body positivity, and dads talking to boys about feeling good about themselves: tinyurl.com/5bubekb4

26.03.2025 17:34 — 👍 181    🔁 45    💬 5    📌 3

Drawing by artist Ben Wildflower, of Dorothy Day holding a lit cigarette in one hand. Her elbow is on the table, the hand holding the cigarette near her head. A coffee mug resting on the table in the other hand, fingers gripping the handle.

“My strength returns to me with my cup of coffee and reading the psalms.”

— Dorothy Day

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