Review! Female Desire in Chaucer's Legend of Good Women and Middle English Romance is "one of the most important interventions in feminist critical thought for late medieval English literary studies." @Arthuriana_Jrnl 32.1 #MedievalTwitter
I never quite know whether people are still on here, or dormant - I really miss the old twitter community. Just in case anyone is still out there, here's a post I wrote at the weekend. It's about memory, and museums, and what we carry with us. https://t.co/nXC1XFQnCr
The birth trauma inquiry recommended the appointment of a maternity commissioner to oversee improvements in maternity services.
Sign @theodoraclarke's and @LouiseAThompson's petition if you'd like to see the recommendation implemented.
https://t.co/lwmbrhIG5p
Sharing this post for the morning - a very dark morning here - because I like the idea of uncertain new starts. And I love the painting. https://t.co/bmH401yeM7
I wrote a January post about new beginnings that are not perfectly certain and bright, reflecting on a haunting painting, a barren saint and a childless painter's wife. https://t.co/bmH401yMBF
I am so enormously glad that bereavement leave for pregnancy loss before 24 weeks is finally going to become a legal entitlement. It's so important. Here's my explanation why: https://t.co/9rlXwnFbWL
Yes. My partner had a catheter in, and several times she was still asked why she couldn't get up to pick our daughter in her cot at the end of the bed - it's a bit tricky when you're tethered to a bag of your own urine, you know!
This is so true. One of the most common stories we hear is of women abandoned in the postnatal ward, unable to pick their baby up to feed it and unable to walk to the toilet - but receiving no help.
(I have especially fond memories of the person who ticked me off for picking up the baby by saying 'mum will want to do that!' Yes, mum does, but she's currently a little busy oozing blood from an emegency section wound, so maybe it'd be ok for me to do it?
Sharing this again: a reminder, written for #BabyLossAwarenessWeek2025, that the modern trend of policing grief around loss is a destructive, cruel, and shallow response.
https://t.co/P19ml73j39