Sofie Jenkinson

the end of traitors made me cry. yessssss I am so glad they won and Rachel gets to take her Mum on holiday 😭😭😭

Amen! there’re incredible things already happening run by amazing ppl, protecting&building spaces that are crucial & great for their communities. I’ve met some of these ppl recently & each has blown me away. @caitprowle.bsky.social ’s @coopparty.party.coop Community Britain campaign all about this!

Blobby socks

Saw someone wearing blobby socks on the tube yesterday. A sign from the universe.

haha thank you. it’s been a weird couple of days.

haha you and me both my friend

But really do appreciate anyone who has actually taken the time to read it & engage w/ it in a real way. It’s just my point of view & I think we need to hear more than just a few narrow points of view about the country we live in& the people we are. Not just the posh, “correct”, “accepted” version

Telling someone they aren’t serious - politically, about patriotism, about where they live - is a tried and tested way of discrediting and undermining what is being said. And it rarely levelled at the very people doing the damage we see.

3) because the content is about culture & where people find joy & laughter the big charge levelled is that it lacks seriousness. Humans contain multitudes & we need both and can be both. There’s plenty of serious stuff in there - how ppl feel about their country, their place it in & others for one.

2) SSB is cringe - of course it is! It’s a deliberately overblown device to try&capture a bunch of nebulous stuff - if a corporate brand or MP was using it I would get how that is v jarring but as a person just making a point…seems alright. But v happy to provide cool ppl w something to rail against

There have been a few common (non awful) reactions to Blobby, some of which have made me chuckle: 1) it’s twee, which I explicitly talk about in the piece - I don’t think all “soft” culture-y stuff is twee and my refs are grounded in the working class/lower middle class culture & place I grew up

Thank you, I really appreciate that and think that’s exactly it - the stuff that makes us feel like us and comfortable. Which is my biggest issue with the response - much of which is a desire to police what “real”, “serious”, “meaningful” culture & feelings about the country are (ie posh, rightwing)

I appreciate you actually engaging w it on a real level (though I never once mention TheBear) The piece was framed as silly but it is also serious - you can be both! Soft parts of culture matter in serious things. Also I don’t think joy & silliness are twee per se & do explicitly mention “tweeness”

it’s v much just my POV about how I see the country & the culture I grew up with - ie what I think exists / not a piece intended for persuasion of any particular thing. It feels too often that only certain ppl get to describe things as they see it,& class comes into that (also The Bear is not in it)

aw thank you so much, Leo!

thank you, I really appreciate that. I would’ve always appreciated it but especially so today after the pile on yesterday. I am glad I wrote it.

😂

The abuse experienced by @jeevunsandher.bsky.social under the post about his piece, and I’m sure many others, is shocking and a reminder to reach out to, support and help protect people at this time, especially those w a public profile & politicians. We have to stand with ppl & for something better

The racists on X have found this piece, via a wonderful piece @jeevunsandher.bsky.social has written for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Mostly I just feel sad for them that they see Britain as a cruel & horrible place with no joy but the level of hatred & abuse on X is awful

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Cute little bunny cuddle toy which was lost on the tube

If anyone lost this cute little bunny while out and about in London yesterday, I handed it into TFL

"There's been this kind of narrative that you're either a denier or an activist, that's just not true."

"We should be worried about the public consensus. We need to see much more comms for the people in between."

@sofiejenkinson.bsky.social

#GAevent

Panel 1 | How can we tell a more effective story on climate change to accelerate action?

Ft Lilah Howson-Smith, Rachael Orr ( @climateoutreach.bsky.social ), @sofiejenkinson.bsky.social ( @roundourwayuk.bsky.social ) + Asad Rehman ( @friends-earth.bsky.social )

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hahaha quite right!

lol 💯!!

Mr Blobby patriotism Over recent weeks I have found myself thinking about the country we live in, what it feels like and what I like, and love, about it. I guess I found myself thinking about this because of the summer w...

"We turn toward other people when they need it and take the piss out of them when they don’t."

The unofficial British motto of us at our best. Fab piece by @sofiejenkinson.bsky.social:

renewal.org.uk/blog/mr-blob...

thanks mate 🙂

yep and that’s fine. we just disagree

that’s fine - it is possible to disagree well.

And why should we let that happen or be ok with that!

sorry but it’s not twee - it’s exactly not that. It’s proper normal-people, working class, shared connection stuff. I think that’s right and plenty of people it strikes a not with tbh - that might not be you and that’s fine but there’s honestly no need to be as rude as you have.

no part of what I am saying is dismissing ppl who are scared,that was not the intention&I don’t think is what it does. it is about bringing ppl together against it&finding connection to do that.You’re allowed to disagree but think it’s unfair to patronisingly tell me that I’m not taking it seriously