I have five (5) copies of The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye to give away; 3 will go to trans people who (by their own definition) can't afford a copy. 2 will go to people who RT this tweet so that people might see it.
So many people citing The Hunger Games and The Handmaid’s Tale today, forgetting the meta critique of both books is that they are founded on the conceit of, “What if we treated white people the way we already treat people of color?” Irony thick enough to stand a spoon in.
THREAD: As Roe v Wade trends.
The people of Ireland deeply remember Savita Halappanavar. If the people of the United States have not heard this story, please read. If you feel comfortable.
In Oct 2012, Savita arrived in an Irish hospital, complaining of lower back pain that…
To mark the ✨30th anniversary✨ year of @womenslibrary, Art UK has commissioned a poem by @JackieKayPoet in response to Ingrid Pollard's work
Read along, explore the artworks and watch the rest of the poem: https://t.co/nUsQ80bxRa
Thrilled to hear that two of the artists we were lucky enough to show @womenslibrary during Covid Times are shortlisted for the #TurnerPrize#VeronicaRyan & #IngridPollard A selection of works Ingrid Pollard created can be seen @artukdotorg https://t.co/JhrWqEXyzh
1/10 Today, Britain's House of Lords debated whether the British Museum should return 11 Tabots - sacred altar tablets - that were stolen from Ethiopia during Britain's military 'expedition' there in 1868. @BishopWorcester@SteveTheQuip@britishmuseum@alulapan
For #InternationalWomensWeek 2022, Glasgow Women’s Library is pleased to celebrate five intergenerational stories as told by some of wonderful women from #Pollokshields. We will be sharing one story each day this week in this thread
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Had a lovely first-time-ever trip to @TMIGLA to see Suzanne Jackson’s “In Nature’s Way…” with a small group for a @womenslibrary Seeing Things trip! What a great space it is, and we loved how the artwork was displayed (especially letting us walk around a lot of it) 😍
A week on from when she was last seen in Portobello, the family of Alice Byrne (28) have issued an appeal urging anyone with information on her whereabouts to come forward.
Any information can be passed to police via 101 with reference 0647 of 2 January.
https://t.co/zsIRKwNUMt