Jazmine Bell

‘A Ukrainian witch kicks the crap out of Russian soldiers’: the new wave of horror films taking on Putin’s army Homegrown, female-driven scary movies in which witches and zombies lay waste to invading troops are proving popular in Ukraine. But why seek out horror on screen if you have so much of it in real life...

I hope Netflix picks up this film I am in the mood for it 🖤
#movies
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Postcards from Virginia Woolf by Sarah Bochicchio November 7, 2025 – "Woolf likely imagined these cards would end up in a garbage can or, at best, someone’s attic."

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#virginiawoolf
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Legendary Ngāti Porou filmmaker Lee Tamahori dies Tamahori made his directorial film debut with the ground-breaking Once Were Warriors.

Thoughts with all my old Wellington film industry friends. Rest in Power Lee.
#filmmaker
#filmindustry
#Aotearoa
#newzealand
#leetamahori
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The jury has been deliberating since yesterday at approximately 3:30 p.m. I have been walking in circles and squares since then. More words are flying around my mind about the hell this feels like. So close, yet so far. If purgatory were still a place, I would have landed there for now.
#r*petrial

This is the defence lawyer in my r*pe trial. He has been stalking all my posts and media. How creepy is it that the defence lawyer became a paid subscriber to see all my paid content? I had to make my newsletter private for now to keep myself safe. I also blocked him!

For Ireland
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The White White East Wing has a big gaping hole.

the year is 2030. the white house remains half demolished because president trump refused to pay construction workers and musk gutted government spending. two thieves sneak into the white house using a truck mounted ladder and steal the constitution

My ear My ear 👂
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Star photographer wins prize with stunning Aoraki Mount Cook shot Landscape astro photographer, Tom Rae, has won the Royal Museums Greenwich Skyscapes Astronomy Photographer of the Year for a second time.

This Aotearoa New Zealand photographer has taken mind-blowing photos.
#photography
#NewZealand
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Show up. Be silly. Peacefully redress your grievances to the US government. It's your First Amendment right.

We love a good book launch! Join us at #DBF25 to launch morsels, the debut poetry collection from Susanna Galbraith @machapress.bsky.social @gutterbookshop.bsky.social 🎟️ bit.ly/4orADpB

Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke named by Time as one of the world's 'most influential rising stars' Influential news magazine Time said she followed in the footsteps of ancestors who sustained Māori language, traditions and culture.

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Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke named by Time as one of the world's 'most influential rising stars' www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Wildlife advocate, primate expert Jane Goodall dies at 91 The scientist turned her childhood love of primates into a lifelong quest for protecting the environment.

Oh, this is so terribly sad. Rest in power 🫶
Wildlife advocate, primate expert Jane Goodall dies at 91 www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

YouTube video by Paris Paloma Paris Paloma - Good Boy [Official Music Video]

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‘A cottage of one’s own’: Newly unearthed Virginia Woolf stories to be published A chance discovery at a country house revealed the three funny – sometimes surreal – interlinked tales, written almost a decade before Woolf’s first book was published

This is so exciting
#books
#virginiawoolf
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The Art of the Impersonal Essay, by Zadie Smith In my experience, every kind of writing requires some kind of self-soothing Jedi mind trick, and, when it comes to essay composition, the rectangle is mine.

Open access, is free to read. I thoroughly enjoyed this as I do adore the essay form.
#essay
#thenewyorker
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Introducing the Booker Prize 2025 shortlist! The Booker Prize 2025 shortlist has been revealed. Find out which six books are in the running for the world’s most significant award for a single work of fiction

The Booker Prize 2025 shortlist is announced.
#books
#prize
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Picture of the cartoon character representations of the Gorillaz raising a Palestinian flag

Gorillaz say FREE PALESTINE

“They Fear Our Lenses”: Gaza Photojournalists Speak Out Photographers in Gaza risk their lives to witness the war. Their images speak louder than the critics trying to discredit them.

This is heartbreaking
#gaza
#freepalestine
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Liz Stein, a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse, gave some important and powerful advice to other survivors of abuse - tell someone, if they don't listen tell someone else, do not remain silent. Her courage is incredible.

The president is a rapist authoritarian who is destroying US institutions & literally invading US cities, quick ... restore healthcare subsidies!

Trump administration restrictions on Palestinian visa applicants means nearly all would be refused The Trump administration is piling new restrictions on Palestinian visa applicants, making it nearly impossible for anyone holding a Palestinian Authority passport from receiving travel documents to v...

This is terrible
#freepalestine 🇵🇸
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Hundred Year Hunger A new song for Palestine

Dear Billy Bragg has released a song for Palestine 🇵🇸 and it is beautiful
#music
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When an NGO goes rogue. Trouble with finding court support when there is only one NGO in your entire region with the contract.

My latest article.
When an NGO goes rogue.
#writing
#trauma
#NGOS
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Famine officially declared in Gaza City for first time by UN-backed group The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification system said 514,000 people - nearly a quarter of Palestinians in Gaza - are experiencing famine and that was due to rise to 641,000 by the end of Sept...

🇵🇸💔Famine officially declared in Gaza City for first time by UN-backed group www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

Demand Your Voice | Reem Al-Ghurba, Maryam Kanaan, Habiba Majd My weapon is better My weapon is organic It is an organ, a pulse, a history

These are poems from Palestinian poets. They hit hard, real hard and are beautiful 🇵🇸
##poetry
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"Go f**k a 🛋️ J D Vance". Best line of the day...!