Christina

I don't think it's the film, they basically can only analyse the world through the lens of racism and classism/xenophobia etc. doesn't exist.

*for the times* it's very clearly meant to be xenophobia.

I get why people are mad they're mandatory, but I'm in the same situation, no ID except birth certificate and it's been impossible for me to get one without any other form of ID.

How should we talk about ultra-thin women? After decades of celebrity thin-shaming, should we all now shut up?

I finally wrote another Substack! It's on how/whether we discuss female celebrities being too thin (a topic I have been dwelling on since 1987) glosswitch.substack.com/p/how-should...

In the 90s, when feminists were highlighting the problem of 'date rape', there was a pushback from people (not just open MRAs) asking "how would you police it?" They'd start ranting about needing contracts, filmed encounters etc. or else wouldn't just women accuse any man at random? >

The Handmaid's Tale is a good book. But did you know that there's a book written by a Black woman about a post-apocalyptic Earth heavily affected by climate change and societal decline. The book was published in 1993, but is set in 2024 following a presidential election 👀 #BookSky #BlackBookSky

Yes, this also disturbed me. A really distressing, to me, aspect of the Me Too backlash has been the return of the unspeakableness of sexual violence—so that we’ve gone back to a situation where men accused of doing horrific things to women get to profit off a taboo against anyone mentioning it.

I'm completely under a rock, I didn't even realise they'd made a second series. Loved the first series, been so long I wasn't sure they'd finish it.

Honestly can't tell if you're serious or a parody account.

"Content scraping terf" and she's never said anything terfy + the amount of work she puts into it.

Unfinished Tales - J.R.R. Tolkien
The Sexual Politics of Meat - Carol J. Adams
The Woman's History of the World - Rosalind Miles
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea - Jules Verne
The Toys of Peace and Other Papers - Saki

I will try to remember, it's been on my pile for at least a decade 😬

The greatest album of the 90's?

It's funny he pushes this nonsense given his wife is a doctor, and apparently he's the one who does the school run etc.
Full of shit.

Think I'll stay on twitter because the term starter pack irrationally fills me with rage.

I love seeing all the wankers I spent years blocking on twitter here.

HE TELLS HER by Wendy Cope He tells her that the earth is flat - He knows the facts, and that is that. In altercations fierce and long She tries her best to prove him wrong. But he has learned to argue well. He calls her arguments unsound And often asks her not to yell. She cannot win. He stands his ground. The planet goes on being round.

A poem for all time

A medieval manuscript illustration from the British Library royal ms 20 a ii f3r. Image shows a medieval king in a green gown and wearing a crown. He is stood within a burning castle with arms in the air and a look of 'oh dear' on his face

"this is fine"

British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r

YouTube video by BFI I Know Where I'm Going! 4K restoration trailer - in cinemas from 20 October 2023 | BFI

The BFI and Film Foundation restoration of I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING! (Powell and Pressburger, 1945) will have its UK TV premiere on BBC Two on Sat 16/11 at 16.10 (and on BBC iPlayer)
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