Sarah Maginness

The Elephant In The Room For Zara Sultana’s “Your Party” - Labour Heartlands Zara Sultana’s recent interview with New Left Review was, in many ways, inspiring. Her call for a genuinely member-led party, one that rejects top-down

'The truth is, many women will not get involved in this project precisely because of the Corbyn–Sultana line on trans issues. Others may hope the problem quietly goes away. It won’t.
labourheartlands.com/the-elephant...

Had to draw this myself because it popped into my head and I couldn’t find an existing one. #cartoon

Tabby cat’s head comfy on a sofa with glow from the fire on his face.

#cats

If you see this post a bird #birds

(📷 by me)

Suspiciously fine

"Do not obey in advance"
-- @timothysnyder.bsky.social

And while nurses’ pay has dropped 20%, the wealth of billionaires in the UK has more than tripled since 2010.

It is not hate or bigotry to define woman as a category. It is not hate or bigotry to define homosexuality.

I have cared about women’s rights and gay rights my whole life. My principles are not fickle and do not bend to the latest cause.

I won’t apologise.

Post you from a different era. Late 70s.

How women’s basic rights and freedoms are being eroded all over the world In just four years, Afghan women have lost the right to work, speak in public and go to university.

"If the world can tolerate the Taliban’s abuses, Iraq’s restrictive laws and the US restrictions on abortion access, it reveals the fragility of women’s and girls’ rights globally, and how easy it is to take them away."

theconversation.com/how-womens-b...

On Monday we learnt that 1 in 3 children are living in poverty…

And that deprivation has hit a record high

Given their new found compassion for struggling Brits

Where’s Jeremy Clarkson, Nigel Farage and Andrew Lloyd Webber to fight their corner?

…anywhere?

Neither is it a reason to suspend a girl from matches if she asked someone in woman’s team if they are a man, especially when they are one.

If there’s a reason to have women’s categories in competitions, there’s a reason to keep men out of them.

I don’t support accusing women of being men. If sports bodies can be trusted to keep men out of women’s competitions it’s unlikely to happen. It certainly isn’t a reason to let men into women’s competitions.

I should amend that to say we haven’t all survived as clearly some have already been kicked off

Yes - I just hope we all survive the moderators getting through their backlog!

A blue spherical bead in the form of a hedgehog curled up in a defensive ball. Made of Egyptian faience, a ceramic material with a shiny blue glaze. The hedgehog’s face, ears, feet and tail are shown in relief, and the quills are shown by black dots painted over the surface. A hole for threading runs through the sphere

Ancient Egyptian blue faience bead in the form of a curled-up hedgehog! 🦔💙

Middle Kingdom, c. 1985 -1650 BC. National Museum of Scotland 📷 by me www.nms.ac.uk/search-our-c...

#Archaeology

300 suffragette women marched to the Houses of Parliament.

Metropolitan Police & male bystanders attacked & assaulted the women. Some were sexually assaulted.

This infamous day became known as #BlackFriday #OnThisDay
18/11/2010

(Yes we are a day late!)

Going to have to try this with rain. #snow

Clarkson is the person farmers should actually be angry with. By piling into farming as a tax dodge, he and other greedy millionaires brought this on.

Age yourself with your first computer

Ever wondered how dishwashers work?

#Cats

People concerned that this is just a new echo chamber have clearly never expressed a single thought that slightly goes against leftist orthodoxy. Or they're a man.

I, for one, would enjoy a space where randoms aren't screaming that they want to slit my throat because I understand biological sex. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Here's another example. Sall Grover getting censored for pointing out that John Oliver's denial of the overwhelming evidence of male sporting advantage was gaslighting.

Texas - White on Blonde album cover

And this one.

Girls and Guitars album cover

Who had this?

🏳️‍⚧️🧵

….for people besides himself

Sign the Petition Tell the FA to ban men from women's football

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